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Byron Writers Festival’s constellation of vollies. Photo Jeff ‘Yes, Look Up’ Dawson

More than 150 volunteers will help deliver a packed program at the 27th Byron Writers Festival, to be held this Friday August 11, and runs until Sunday August 13. 

More than 120 writers, poets, artists and thinkers will converge at the festival’s new site at the  Bangalow Showground to explore the theme ‘Wild Imagination’, and celebrate the power of storytelling with festival audiences. 

Additionally, there is the Kids Big Day Out program, festival workshops, feature events and free satellite events in venues throughout the region.

CEO and Artistic Director, Zoë Pollock says: ‘We can’t wait to welcome our star-studded line-up to Bangalow Showground on Bundjalung Country in just a few days time and see you all enjoy the fantastic talks and conversations we’ve been cooking up’.

Tickets are available via byronwritersfestival.com/tickets, or onsite from Friday. 

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