The Adas 2020
Always a highlight of the festival, this year’s awards ceremony for the Ada Cambridge writing prizes was the culmination of the 2020 Vison online Willy... Read More
2020 Vision - bringing our festival together online
Presenting a virtual festival, was not at all where we expected to find ourselves when we commenced planning for the 2020 Vision Willy Lit Fest, and like everyone else, we were blindsided by a pandemic.
Needless to say, we have all seen our world change before our eyes and as readers, writers, commentators, journalists, flaneurs-all: we can only anticipate the stories this will generate from the creative and critical thinkers we are privileged to host at our annual winter event.
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2020 Vision
Enjoy 2020 Vision online again!
Whether you missed out first time around or just want to enjoy them again, our online sessions are now available to view at your leisure.
Tapping the Zeitgeist, View from the Street, The Golden Country, Eight Lives: a burden of proof and Death of a Typographer – all available to enjoy again.
Thank you to our sponsor, Creative Cities Hobsons Bay for their support in making this happen.
2020 Vision: bringing our festival community together online
Experience the Willy Lit Fest online this year and join us for some fabulous Zoom sessions. Special guests include: Tim Watts, Nick Gadd, Dr Susan Hurley and Peter Goldsworthy. Join us for your festival favourites: The People's Choice and the Ada Awards.
Zoom back into our online events
2020 Vision is now available to watch & listen
Recent News
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
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
