Sally Rippin (Billy B Mysteries) – Mini Review
Sally Rippin (Billy B Mysteries) The hour flew by as Sally delved back into family photos for the sources of her Billy B stories and showed how the book illustrations... Read More
News
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Fathers From The Edge – Mini Review
Fathers From The Edge – The Chamber Saturday 2pm A panel discussion that quickly turned into a cosy chat amongst friends, panel and audience alike. A chat about life and... Read More
Andy Griffiths: Grown Up Talk! – Mini Review
Andy Griffiths: Grown Up Talk! Rotunda in the West – The Supper Room Saturday 3.30pm A handful of kids were smuggled into this session. They were the luckiest kids in... Read More
The Adas – Winners Announced!
Congratulations to the winners of The Ada Cambridge Writing Prizes 2016! The Ada Cambridge Biographical Prose Prize 2016 First Prize Rose Damon, ‘The Line’ Runner-Up Fikret Pajalic, ‘Soul to Sell’... Read More
Willy Lit Fest on Film
We’re thrilled to share two films with you profiling Willy Lit Fest highlights from the 2015 festival. We hope these whet your appetite to come and join us at #willylitfest16.... Read More
Historical Romance in the 21st Century – Meet the Panel
Go on – admit it! You are a little bit curious about the wonderful world of historical romance. You must have asked yourself at some point… Does a bodice really... Read More
Penguin and The Lane Brothers – Reflections from Angela Altair
Who hasn’t got at least ONE dog-eared, plain covered Penguin in a corner of their bookshelves? I found mine on the topmost shelf, reserved for old paperbacks like Portnoy’s Complaint... Read More
Thank you to our sponsors
We are blessed to have so many wonderful sponsors and supporters. Without this support the Willy Lit Fest would not exist, so here’s a big thank you to them all:... Read More
We Love Workshops
Workshops on the craft of writing and storytelling have always been a feature of the Willy Lit Fest program and sell out early as spaces are limited to provide for interaction and instruction.... Read More
How do we go on living when our lives fall? – Olga Lorenzo
A little girl disappears in the wilderness. Two years later her mother is arrested for her murder. A provocative and unflinching literary novel of love, guilt and grief set against... Read More
Willy Lit Fest 2016 Tickets Selling Fast!
Tickets for this Willy Lit Fest 2016 are selling fast! There are four ways you can purchase your tickets: Online – tickets will be sent by post or available for... Read More
Backstage at Stereo Stories
Vin Maskell, MC and curator of Stereo Stories Live, gives us a glimpse into how the show comes together. The band is setting up in my loungeroom: Peter Maskell and... Read More
Congratulations – Ada Cambridge shortlist 2016
We’re so thrilled to announce the following writers who have made it onto the Ada Cambridge shortlist for 2016. A huge congratulations to them all and our thanks to everyone... Read More
Andy Griffiths at Williamstown Literary Festival – Look Out!
UPDATE – Huge congratulations to Andy and Jill Griffiths and Terry Denton for the Australian Book Industry Award for Book of the Year for Younger Children and the People’s Choice... Read More
For Children and Young Adults – Willy Lit Fest 16
We are excited to be offering so many events for children and young adults. Encouraging young readers to come to the Willy Lit Fest and get up close with their... Read More
Willy Lit Fest gifts for your Mum
Here’s a varied selection of sessions that will make a perfect Mother’s Day gift for your special Mum. If she likes football check out A Passion for Footy with Nicole Hayes,... Read More
Nick Gadd in the Griffith Review
“ABOUT EIGHTEEN MONTHS ago, I started to spend time walking around the inner western suburbs of Melbourne where I have lived for twenty years. It wasn’t for fitness reasons –... Read More
Chris Ringrose – the Willy Lit Fest Poet Laureate
We have our very own poet laureate, Committee member, Professor Chris Ringrose. Chris shared this wonderful poem on the impact that words and stories have made in his life, written especially for the Willy... Read More
The #willyitfest16 program is launched
There is something timeless about books, especially the good ones. Stories stay with us, long after we turn the cover on the final page. They take us away from today... Read More
Countdown to Willy Lit Fest 2016 with Shakespeare
Happy 450th Birthday to Shakespeare! Do you know the fifty everyday words and phrases we use that were penned by Shakespeare? Although language is constantly changing, many phrases have endured.... Read More
Jonathon Griffiths – 2014 People’s Choice Winner
“The People’s Choice is fun, whether you win or not. My entry for 2014 “The Winner” was a satirical tale of a People’s Choice entrant who takes the competition way... Read More
Meet our volunteers
We’re so grateful for our volunteers and the work they do over the festival weekend. We could not run the festival without their support and involvement. Here’s what some of... Read More
Belinda Roxy Guarnaccia – 2014 People’s Choice Awards Poetry Winner
Belinda Roxy Guarnaccia was the winner of the People’s Choice Poetry award in 2014. “I have always loved poetry and writing poetry. The poem I wrote and entered into the Williamstown... Read More
Bloodhound: An Evening with Ramona Koval
In the 1990s, Ramona Koval began her quest to discover family secrets and her own identity. Her parents were Holocaust survivors who settled in Melbourne and as a child Koval learned little... Read More