Sydney Writers' Festival
Highlights
- Explore diverse literary experiences at Carriageworks, where renowned authors share their stories and ideas.
- Engage with a vibrant community of book lovers during the week-long Festival each May in Sydney's Inner West.
- Discover dynamic events year-round at the State Library of NSW, a hub for writers and literature enthusiasts.
- Savour the atmosphere with onsite cafes and bars, enhancing your festival experience with food and drink options.
Sydney Writers’ Festival brings together a broad and engaged community around the sharing of books, writing and ideas. Each May, they host brilliant storytellers across all forms in a thoughtful, challenging, riotous fun week-long Festival of writing, books and ideas at their home at Carriageworks in Sydney’s Inner West and across the city.
Throughout the year, Sydney Writers’ Festival also delivers a dynamic program of events at a new literature hub for writers and booklovers at the State Library of NSW.
From everyday stories to fantastical tales, dazzling fictions to captivating life stories, and sweeping historical accounts to thought-provoking ideas, the Festival offers a rich tapestry of literary experiences.
Explore upcoming events and book your tickets at the Sydney Writer’s Festival website.
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Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Companion Cards are accepted.
- Employs people with disabilities.
- Accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on their website (can be emailed on request).
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Staff are trained in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges.
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
- A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility.
Hearing
Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
- A hearing loop is available.
- Staff are trained in Auslan.
- TVs with captioning option is available.
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
- Accessible seating areas in theatrette
- An accessible public toilet which is unlocked.
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