UQP authors at the 2024 Queenscliffe Literary Festival

The Queenscliffe Literary Festivalis held in the last two weekends of October. It is a celebration of Australian writers, books and ideas featuring some of our finest authors and thinkers in a program of events designed to stimulate and entertain.

Our leisurely paced schedule has been carefully curated to give you the space and time to think as you enjoy this beautiful part of the world. We look forward to seeing you in October.


Saturday 26th of October- Nova Weetman

10.00am, Queenscliff Town Hall

Live Through This: New Memoirs

Why does writing our own stories feel so liberating and meaningful? Join memoirists Nova Weetman, Jo Peck and Alexandra Collier as they examine the pros and cons of writing about personal setbacks, difficulties and joys, and the unforeseen ways in which having their memoirs published has impacted their lives.

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Saturday 26th of October- Tony Birch

2:30pm, Queenscliff Town Hall

Women and Children

A novel exploring fraught yet loving family ties, Women and Children has been awarded The Age’s Book of the Year. Author Tony Birch talks about his long and celebrated career writing extraordinary stories anchored in ‘the ordinary’ with Jeff Sparrow.

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Sunday 27th of October- Shivaun Plozza

11.30am, Maritime Museum

Shipwrecks and Sea Myths

Among the spectacular artefacts at Queenscliffe’s iconic Maritime Museum, authors Shivaun Plozza, Michael Earp and Andrea Rowe discuss their love of writing stories about shipwrecks, pirates, ocean adventures and sea myths for young and diverse readers. Optional tour of Fishermens’ Waiting Shed included.

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