The 2023 version of the Lit Fest’s popular writing competition The People’s Choice was held on Sunday June 18, with a high-quality array of fourteen four-minute readings ranging from the impassioned to... Read More
The 2023 Williamstown Literary Festival next month will stretch from the water’s edge of Williamstown Beach to the streets of Altona, Yarraville, and Footscray as part of its widest-ranging program... Read More
Twenty years of the Willy Lit Fest was revisited at this year’s annual festival trivia night – and, boy, what a history we’ve had! Around 60 trivia die-hards gathered as... Read More
Many thanks to the Rotary Clubs of Wyndham Harbour and Werribee, who have combined to provide additional sponsorship of the Jennifer Burbidge Short Story Award in 2023, which will help... Read More
2023 Ada Cambridge Poetry Prize Judge (with Gayelene Carbis) Andy Jackson has won the 2022 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for poetry for his collection, Human Looking. The announcement was made in... Read More
We are thrilled to announce our panel of judges for Willy Lit Fest’s 2023 suite of writing prizes. With a lifelong love of language and literature, and a... Read More