Canberra Writers Festival nearly sold out before final week
Festival tickets vanishing faster than usual, yet Elaine Castillo, Susan Orlean and other major authors still performing.
Canberra Writers Festival is selling out fast, but tickets remain for the full week. Elaine Castillo, a Filipino-American author, will discuss her 2025 novel Moderation.
It's about a young woman who moderates online content while managing family and identity. Susan Orlean is a legendary journalist.
She has spent more than 40 years writing feature articles for The New Yorker and Rolling Stone. She speaks Friday and Saturday.
Jane Messer and Majeda Awawdeh will talk about their memoirs. Both explore family secrets and how people moved to new countries.
Kris Kneen discusses Rite of Spring. It's a novel about a couple caring for a lighthouse on a remote Tasmanian island.
Events happen at four venues: the National Library, National Portrait Gallery, Verity Lane Market and Dendy.
- 40-plus years
- Susan Orlean's career span
- 2025
- Castillo's novel publication year
- 4 locations
- Festival venues
- Adaptation, 2002 film with Meryl Streep
- Orlean's films screening
Why it mattersTickets are vanishing before the festival week begins. This means you could miss major international and Australian authors in one venue.
AustraliaCanberra's biggest annual literature festival is running out of seats, affecting local readers and visitors planning a cultural weekend.
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