About Aireys Festival of Words

Friday 14 – Sunday 16 August 2009

The beautiful coastal town of Aireys Inlet is set to be taken over by art and ideas as part of the annual Aireys Festival of Words.

Now in its third year, the Festival has once again attracted internationally acclaimed writers and will showcase the talents of local authors, illustrators, musicians and artists in a weekend-long celebration of words, sounds and images.

We hope you can join us.


Festival Bookings

Thanks to funding from the Victorian Government’s Regional Development Fund and with generous financial support from our many partners and sponsors, we have been able to keep the 2009 Aireys Festival of Words a mostly FREE event.

Bookings are recommended for all Festival sessions and with spaces at our workshops limited, they are essential for those events. To book you can simply email or download a booking form.

On-the-day donations to ensure the Festival’s future will be very welcome and donation buckets will be found at all Festival venues throughout the weekend.


Information Hub

Throughout the Festival weekend visit our Information Hub at the Aireys Inlet Community Centre for copies of our program guide and to get all the info you’ll need to fully enjoy the Festival activities.

Open
Friday 5pm–8pm
Saturday from 9am
Sunday from 10am


Other Important Info

You can purchase books by our guest authors at the Information Hub (and at Diamond Heights for poetry authors) and authors will be available at Festival venues over the weekend for book signings.

Refuel on delicious food, coffee and wine available for sale at the Aireys Inlet Community Centre and Fairhaven Surf Club. At our Poetry @ Diamond Heights sessions you can enjoy coffee and cake.

You can also visit our Facebook page.

 

 

Latest News

Stop Press! Keynote Literary Evening with Denise Scott and Shane Maloney is completely BOOKED OUT!

To plan the rest of your Festival weekend download our program guide here.

Festival of Words Program
(PDF document 600Kb)

Your guide to this year's Sculpture Trail.

An explanation of the program of events can be found on our Program page. And for detailed information about our Festival guests, visit the Authors & Artists page.


Festival Bookings Now Open

Get in quick to secure your place at one of our exciting literary workshops. (Some costs do apply.) Places are filling fast and the Cate Kennedy, John Bartlett and 1pm Children’s Paper Art workshops are all already completely booked out.

There are still places available in Robyn Rowland’s poetry and prose workshop. Download more detailed information about the session here.

Numbers for our Official Launch and the Keynote Literary Evening are limited so you’ll need to book for those two events.

Bookings for all other Festival conversations and workshops are advised.

Download a Booking Form and email us to make sure you don’t miss out.


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