In this conversation recorded at NWF2026, @joshbornstein.bsky.social, @acgrayling.bsky.social, and @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social examine the impact of censorship and what we stand to lose. Hosted by Peter Greste.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts or at newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/podcasts
Listen wherever you get your podcasts or at newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/podcasts
July 29, 2026 at 2:19 AM
In this conversation recorded at NWF2026, @joshbornstein.bsky.social, @acgrayling.bsky.social, and @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social examine the impact of censorship and what we stand to lose. Hosted by Peter Greste.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts or at newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/podcasts
Listen wherever you get your podcasts or at newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/podcasts
Then went to a stellar afternoon session on censorship and consequences featuring @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social @joshbornstein.bsky.social and AC Grayling hosted by Peter Greste. Actually walked out feeling hopeful, but jeez folks, we need to arc up more! #NWF2026
March 28, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Then went to a stellar afternoon session on censorship and consequences featuring @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social @joshbornstein.bsky.social and AC Grayling hosted by Peter Greste. Actually walked out feeling hopeful, but jeez folks, we need to arc up more! #NWF2026
Volunteered in the morning and got to experience Bold Women with @taramoss.bsky.social @janecaro.bsky.social and Natasha Lester which was exhilarating #NWF2026
March 28, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Volunteered in the morning and got to experience Bold Women with @taramoss.bsky.social @janecaro.bsky.social and Natasha Lester which was exhilarating #NWF2026
Another craft session.
"Date with a Debut"
Samuel Elliott, Alejandra Martinez and Emma Pei Yin share the highs and lows of debut author life and spill secrets from behind the scenes with host Nick Wasiliev.
#NWF2026
"Date with a Debut"
Samuel Elliott, Alejandra Martinez and Emma Pei Yin share the highs and lows of debut author life and spill secrets from behind the scenes with host Nick Wasiliev.
#NWF2026
March 28, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Another craft session.
"Date with a Debut"
Samuel Elliott, Alejandra Martinez and Emma Pei Yin share the highs and lows of debut author life and spill secrets from behind the scenes with host Nick Wasiliev.
#NWF2026
"Date with a Debut"
Samuel Elliott, Alejandra Martinez and Emma Pei Yin share the highs and lows of debut author life and spill secrets from behind the scenes with host Nick Wasiliev.
#NWF2026
The #NWF2026 program is now live!
Tickets for this year's festival go on sale from 9am on Monday 9 February.
Explore the 2026 program at newcastlewritersfestival.org.au
Listen to the audio program, recorded by Dan Cox at newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/accessibility/
Tickets for this year's festival go on sale from 9am on Monday 9 February.
Explore the 2026 program at newcastlewritersfestival.org.au
Listen to the audio program, recorded by Dan Cox at newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/accessibility/
February 5, 2026 at 10:17 PM
The #NWF2026 program is now live!
Tickets for this year's festival go on sale from 9am on Monday 9 February.
Explore the 2026 program at newcastlewritersfestival.org.au
Listen to the audio program, recorded by Dan Cox at newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/accessibility/
Tickets for this year's festival go on sale from 9am on Monday 9 February.
Explore the 2026 program at newcastlewritersfestival.org.au
Listen to the audio program, recorded by Dan Cox at newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/accessibility/
Let's go!
"The #NWF2026 program is now live!
Join us from March 27 to 29 for a weekend packed with over 100 free and ticketed events featuring 150 speakers, including A. C. Grayling, Bryan Brown, Bob Carr, Kathleen Folbigg, Hannah Kent, Antoinette Lattouf, Bri Lee, Thomas Mayo, and Heather Rose."
"The #NWF2026 program is now live!
Join us from March 27 to 29 for a weekend packed with over 100 free and ticketed events featuring 150 speakers, including A. C. Grayling, Bryan Brown, Bob Carr, Kathleen Folbigg, Hannah Kent, Antoinette Lattouf, Bri Lee, Thomas Mayo, and Heather Rose."
February 5, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Let's go!
"The #NWF2026 program is now live!
Join us from March 27 to 29 for a weekend packed with over 100 free and ticketed events featuring 150 speakers, including A. C. Grayling, Bryan Brown, Bob Carr, Kathleen Folbigg, Hannah Kent, Antoinette Lattouf, Bri Lee, Thomas Mayo, and Heather Rose."
"The #NWF2026 program is now live!
Join us from March 27 to 29 for a weekend packed with over 100 free and ticketed events featuring 150 speakers, including A. C. Grayling, Bryan Brown, Bob Carr, Kathleen Folbigg, Hannah Kent, Antoinette Lattouf, Bri Lee, Thomas Mayo, and Heather Rose."
We want #NWF2026 to be accessible to everyone in our community and have Auslan interpreters available by request until March 9.
Learn more at #NWF2026 at www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/accessibility/
Learn more at #NWF2026 at www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/accessibility/
Accessibility | Newcastle Writers Festival
Read how Newcastle Writers Festival is making every effort to ensure our events are accessible to all members of the community.
www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au
February 26, 2026 at 8:49 AM
We want #NWF2026 to be accessible to everyone in our community and have Auslan interpreters available by request until March 9.
Learn more at #NWF2026 at www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/accessibility/
Learn more at #NWF2026 at www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/accessibility/
Was lovely to be a part of the “Pushing the Boundaries” panel talk with moderator Nina Cullen, and authors Cadence Bell and Yumna Kassab.
Was my first opportunity to discuss my new book Guardian.
Thanks to @newwritersfest.bsky.social for having me.
#NWF2026 #Books #Author #Writing #Fiction
Was my first opportunity to discuss my new book Guardian.
Thanks to @newwritersfest.bsky.social for having me.
#NWF2026 #Books #Author #Writing #Fiction
April 2, 2026 at 11:27 PM
So proud of my sister Alejandra Martinez, first in our family to attend high school and university, now a published author. #NWF2026 #WorkingClassWriters
March 28, 2026 at 4:05 AM
So proud of my sister Alejandra Martinez, first in our family to attend high school and university, now a published author. #NWF2026 #WorkingClassWriters
So far so fab #NWF2026 engaging, engrossing and ever so entertaining @newwritersfest.bsky.social
March 28, 2026 at 8:00 AM
So far so fab #NWF2026 engaging, engrossing and ever so entertaining @newwritersfest.bsky.social
Congratulations to Charlotte McConaghy, whose third novel Wild Dark Shore has been longlisted for the 2026 #WomensPrize for Fiction.
We are excited to welcome Charlotte to Newcastle for #NWF2026
🎟️ www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/events/a-vanishing-world-charlotte-mcconaghy-in-conversation/
We are excited to welcome Charlotte to Newcastle for #NWF2026
🎟️ www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/events/a-vanishing-world-charlotte-mcconaghy-in-conversation/
We are thrilled to reveal the 2026 #WomensPrize for Fiction longlist. 16 titles that showcase the profound force, resonance and scale of fiction writing: from tackling turbulent global issues to examining the intensely intimate. Discover the longlist here: youtu.be/fyPfDaHddLg
The 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction longlist!
Join us as we reveal the 2026 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction longlist on Wednesday 4 March at 2pm GMT.
youtu.be
March 5, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Congratulations to Charlotte McConaghy, whose third novel Wild Dark Shore has been longlisted for the 2026 #WomensPrize for Fiction.
We are excited to welcome Charlotte to Newcastle for #NWF2026
🎟️ www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/events/a-vanishing-world-charlotte-mcconaghy-in-conversation/
We are excited to welcome Charlotte to Newcastle for #NWF2026
🎟️ www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/events/a-vanishing-world-charlotte-mcconaghy-in-conversation/
Samuel Elliott:
"I wrote about 10 novels in 20 years. None of it should see the light of day.
When I was writing Haze, I was as close as ever to just giving up. But then I got a new literary agent."
#NWF2026
"I wrote about 10 novels in 20 years. None of it should see the light of day.
When I was writing Haze, I was as close as ever to just giving up. But then I got a new literary agent."
#NWF2026
March 28, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Samuel Elliott:
"I wrote about 10 novels in 20 years. None of it should see the light of day.
When I was writing Haze, I was as close as ever to just giving up. But then I got a new literary agent."
#NWF2026
"I wrote about 10 novels in 20 years. None of it should see the light of day.
When I was writing Haze, I was as close as ever to just giving up. But then I got a new literary agent."
#NWF2026
Lee: "I do about 4 hours of hard work a day on a graphic novel."
Carol: "I keep the work in a Dropbox on my phone and it's always near me."
Lucy: "When I'm drafting I do a few hours each morning."
#NWF2026
Carol: "I keep the work in a Dropbox on my phone and it's always near me."
Lucy: "When I'm drafting I do a few hours each morning."
#NWF2026
March 28, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Lee: "I do about 4 hours of hard work a day on a graphic novel."
Carol: "I keep the work in a Dropbox on my phone and it's always near me."
Lucy: "When I'm drafting I do a few hours each morning."
#NWF2026
Carol: "I keep the work in a Dropbox on my phone and it's always near me."
Lucy: "When I'm drafting I do a few hours each morning."
#NWF2026
That's a wrap on another fantastic edition of the @newwritersfest.bsky.social 💛
Thank you to Rosemarie Milsom and her team for delivering an outstanding program, and Macleans Books for locking in our reading habits for the next few months! 📸
#writerfestival #author #NWF2026
Thank you to Rosemarie Milsom and her team for delivering an outstanding program, and Macleans Books for locking in our reading habits for the next few months! 📸
#writerfestival #author #NWF2026
March 29, 2026 at 10:00 PM
That's a wrap on another fantastic edition of the @newwritersfest.bsky.social 💛
Thank you to Rosemarie Milsom and her team for delivering an outstanding program, and Macleans Books for locking in our reading habits for the next few months! 📸
#writerfestival #author #NWF2026
Thank you to Rosemarie Milsom and her team for delivering an outstanding program, and Macleans Books for locking in our reading habits for the next few months! 📸
#writerfestival #author #NWF2026
Lucy Nelson:
"At RMIT we had a writer visit. Her fiction book was about a divorce. She asked her father his review of it.
He said 'Your mother left me, not the other way around!'
And she had to say 'It's fiction!'...."
#NWF2026
"At RMIT we had a writer visit. Her fiction book was about a divorce. She asked her father his review of it.
He said 'Your mother left me, not the other way around!'
And she had to say 'It's fiction!'...."
#NWF2026
March 28, 2026 at 5:34 AM
Lucy Nelson:
"At RMIT we had a writer visit. Her fiction book was about a divorce. She asked her father his review of it.
He said 'Your mother left me, not the other way around!'
And she had to say 'It's fiction!'...."
#NWF2026
"At RMIT we had a writer visit. Her fiction book was about a divorce. She asked her father his review of it.
He said 'Your mother left me, not the other way around!'
And she had to say 'It's fiction!'...."
#NWF2026
Randa Abdel-Fattah:
"Most solidarity questions come down to emotional intelligence. Everyone comes to these movements with different experiences and levels of knowledge.
Some old white men have come to the movement and said to my face 'If only you hadn't said that'...."
#NWF2026
"Most solidarity questions come down to emotional intelligence. Everyone comes to these movements with different experiences and levels of knowledge.
Some old white men have come to the movement and said to my face 'If only you hadn't said that'...."
#NWF2026
March 28, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Randa Abdel-Fattah:
"Most solidarity questions come down to emotional intelligence. Everyone comes to these movements with different experiences and levels of knowledge.
Some old white men have come to the movement and said to my face 'If only you hadn't said that'...."
#NWF2026
"Most solidarity questions come down to emotional intelligence. Everyone comes to these movements with different experiences and levels of knowledge.
Some old white men have come to the movement and said to my face 'If only you hadn't said that'...."
#NWF2026
Write what you know?
Hannah Kent: "That old adage to 'write what you know'.…. that doesn't appeal to me. I want to learn."
JP Pomare: "Early in your career... when you're learning your craft... I can see some use for it. Removing research reduces friction."
#NWF2026
Hannah Kent: "That old adage to 'write what you know'.…. that doesn't appeal to me. I want to learn."
JP Pomare: "Early in your career... when you're learning your craft... I can see some use for it. Removing research reduces friction."
#NWF2026
March 27, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Write what you know?
Hannah Kent: "That old adage to 'write what you know'.…. that doesn't appeal to me. I want to learn."
JP Pomare: "Early in your career... when you're learning your craft... I can see some use for it. Removing research reduces friction."
#NWF2026
Hannah Kent: "That old adage to 'write what you know'.…. that doesn't appeal to me. I want to learn."
JP Pomare: "Early in your career... when you're learning your craft... I can see some use for it. Removing research reduces friction."
#NWF2026
Emma Pei Yin:
"It sucks. Rejection. You eat it for breakfast.
I submitted the YA novel to a number of agents. One agent said 'I already have an Asian author I'm representing next year.' I kept a printout of that one.
The next book, I got 5 agent offers in two weeks."
#NWF2026
"It sucks. Rejection. You eat it for breakfast.
I submitted the YA novel to a number of agents. One agent said 'I already have an Asian author I'm representing next year.' I kept a printout of that one.
The next book, I got 5 agent offers in two weeks."
#NWF2026
March 28, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Emma Pei Yin:
"It sucks. Rejection. You eat it for breakfast.
I submitted the YA novel to a number of agents. One agent said 'I already have an Asian author I'm representing next year.' I kept a printout of that one.
The next book, I got 5 agent offers in two weeks."
#NWF2026
"It sucks. Rejection. You eat it for breakfast.
I submitted the YA novel to a number of agents. One agent said 'I already have an Asian author I'm representing next year.' I kept a printout of that one.
The next book, I got 5 agent offers in two weeks."
#NWF2026
Love poetry? Join us at #NWF2026 for one (or more) of our diverse sessions featuring poetry.
Learn more through the thread below and book tickets at www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au
Learn more through the thread below and book tickets at www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au
March 5, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Love poetry? Join us at #NWF2026 for one (or more) of our diverse sessions featuring poetry.
Learn more through the thread below and book tickets at www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au
Learn more through the thread below and book tickets at www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au
We are welcoming submissions from published writers at all stages of their careers to participate in #NWF2026, which will be held from 27 to 29 March ✨📚
Learn more at www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/2026-program-submissions/
Learn more at www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/2026-program-submissions/
2026 Program Submissions Now Open - Newcastle Writers Festival 2026
We are welcoming submissions from published writers at all stages of their careers to participate in the 2026 festival, which will be held from 27 to 29 March. Ideally, you...
www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au
June 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
We are welcoming submissions from published writers at all stages of their careers to participate in #NWF2026, which will be held from 27 to 29 March ✨📚
Learn more at www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/2026-program-submissions/
Learn more at www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/2026-program-submissions/
On #InternationalWomensDay, we celebrate women and their ongoing fight for equality.
The #NWF2026 program features a dynamic range of sessions that platform women writers who use their powerful voices to inspire change.
The #NWF2026 program features a dynamic range of sessions that platform women writers who use their powerful voices to inspire change.
March 7, 2026 at 11:32 PM
On #InternationalWomensDay, we celebrate women and their ongoing fight for equality.
The #NWF2026 program features a dynamic range of sessions that platform women writers who use their powerful voices to inspire change.
The #NWF2026 program features a dynamic range of sessions that platform women writers who use their powerful voices to inspire change.