Season’s greetings from all of us here at the Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival!

As 2024 draws to a close, we’re busy planning for the 2025 Festival, which is shaping up to be our best festival yet.

We wish you a joyous, healthy and safe holiday period.

Michael, Liz, Adam, Sue, Melissa, Rachel & Georgie

Save the date!
The Festival will be back next June long weekend.

6–8 June 2025
Join us at the Bellingen Memorial Hall and surrounding venues for an unforgettable weekend of creativity and connection, starting with the Poetry Slam on Friday 6 June and finishing on Sunday evening. Get ready to celebrate 15 years of storytelling magic!

Our new website
Our beautiful new website has just launched and is looking fabulous.  You can find all the latest news, relive the fun of previous festivals, and buy tickets online once our 2025 festival program launches. And check out how amazing our local shops and services are looking on the Eat, Shop, Stay page!!

In the meantime, we’ll keep you posted with festival news through our regular newsletters.  You’ll be first to find out who’s headlining next year and catch those early-bird tickets.