Announcing the Young Adas shortlisted writers
We are excited to announce the shortlisted entrants for the Young Adas 2020! Congratulations to the shortlisted Young Ada writers. The young writers from Melbourne’s... Read More
2020 Vision - bringing our festival together online
Announcing the Willy Lit Fest 2020 Vision online program!
We are thrilled to be bringing selected events to to you online.
Starting Thursday 21 May 2020, the first of our online programs will feature engaging and entertaining author panels and discussions.
We look forward to seeing you online.
Learn More2020 Vision
“How lovely to be part of a literary event again! Makes life feel almost normal for a while. Thank you to everyone involved in getting the event up.”
(Tapping the Zeitgeist Zoom participant, Jillian Langhammer)
Our first online session, Tapping the Zeitgeist, was a great success. Thank you to our sponsor, Creative Cities Hobsons Bay for their support in making this happen.
Books to read this year...
Mother or Pearl, A Lot with a Little, Penny Wong, Minatour, Unrequited Love, The Lost Library, There's a Hippopotamus on Our Roof, Darkness for Light, Wimmera, It Sounded Better in My Head, Beware of the Deep Dark Forest, Death of a Typographer, Dinosaur Danger, The Rise and Fall of George Pell, Maybe the Horse will Talk, Eight Lives, Field of Poppies, Stone Girl, This Thing of Darkness...
While you stay at home
Grab a book and escape into its world
Let the words soothe your soul
Recent News
Announcing the Ada Cambridge Prose and Poetry shortlisted entrants
We are excited to announce the shortlisted entrants for the Ada Cambridge Prose and Poetry Writing Prizes 2020! Thank you to our wonderful readers and... Read More
The Willy Lit Fest inaugural Literary Trivia Night
Announcing our first Literary Trivia Night. Do you know your Brontes and your Dickens and your Shakespeare? Do you know your crime fiction versus... Read More
2020 Artists’ Call Outs Now Closed
We have received SO many fantastic artist submissions for next year’s Willy Lit Fest! Thank you to everyone who submitted. We will be in touch... Read More
Announcing the Ada Cambridge Writing Prizes open for submissions
The Adas are now accepting submissions Submissions for prose and poetry are open to all writers who live in Victoria. Submissions close midnight 9th March... Read More
Save the date – Willy Lit Fest 2020
We are excited to announce the dates for Willy Lit Fest 2020. Saturday 20 June – Sunday 21 June Artists’ submissions are now open for... Read More
