Here are the second six guests for the 2021 Bellingen Readers & Writers Festival.
Hot on the heels of our first author announcement please put your hands together for…
Ellen van Neerven
Ellen is an award-winning author and editor belonging to the Mununjali Yugambeh people of south east Queensland.
Michael Robotham
Michael’s first book, The Suspect, sold more than one million copies around the world and began his career as of the most celebrated contemporary crime authors.
Mirandi Riwoe
Mirandi is the author of Stone Sky Gold Mountain, which won the Queensland Literary Award for Fiction and the inaugural ARA Historical Novel Prize.
Louis Nowra
Louis has long been recognised as one of the most outstanding names in Australian theatre
Update: we’re said to announce that Louis is unable to attend the festival in 2021.
Rhoda Roberts
A Widjabul /Wieybal woman from the Bundjalung territories, Rhoda Roberts AO is hugely respected name in Australian arts
Tony Birch
Tony Birch is the author of the bestselling The White Girl, winner of the 2020 NSW Premier’s Award for Indigenous Writing.
More special guests will be unveiled in the weeks ahead as the festival takes shape in a new location at the Bellingen Showground, complete with food and coffee vans, live music, book sales, signing, and much more.
Tickets on sale March 22.
