Sydney Writers' Festival 2024 group session photo

SYDNEY WRITERS' FESTIVAL

22 – 24 May 2025

The greatest celebration of writers, readers and thinkers is coming to Parramatta!  Explore the exciting program of local and international authors appearing in Parramatta, join the conversation and let the Sydney Writers’ Festival take you away!

Thursday 22 May, 6pm - 7pm
PHIVE, 5 Parramatta Square
Cost: $10

Join esteemed British philosopher A.C. Grayling for a talk on his new book exploring the history and present of cancel culture, Discriminations: Making Peace in the Culture Wars.

 

Friday 23 May, 6:30 pm - 7:30pm
Riverside Theatres
Cost: $10

Join esteemed British philosopher A.C. Grayling for a talk on his new book exploring the history and present of cancel culture, Discriminations: Making Peace in the Culture Wars.

 

Story Time with Kirli Saunders

Author and Illustrator Kirli Saunders

Story Time with Kirli Saunders

Saturday 24 May, 10:30am – 11am
Parramatta Library at PHIVE
Cost: Free

A beautiful session for children by award-winning artist and author Kirli Saunders, celebrating First Nations culture through art and words with her picture book Afloat.
 

Virginia Trioli: A Bit on the Side

Journalist Virginia Trioli

Virginia Trioli: A Bit on the Side

Saturday 24 May, 12pm - 1pm
PHIVE
Cost: $10

Join journalist, broadcaster and author Virginia Trioli for an engaging conversation on her memoir A Bit on the Side, filled with all things that make life delicious. 

The Book of Everything

The Books of Everything panelists

The Book of Everything

Saturday 24 May 2pm - 3pm 
PHIVE
Cost: $10

Growing Up Indian in Australia brings together a diverse diaspora of storytellers whose experiences straddle the boundaries of Indian and Australian identities and who write of building something new in the middle.
 

Saturday 24 May 4pm - 5pm 
PHIVE
Cost: $10

Growing Up Indian in Australia brings together a diverse diaspora of storytellers whose experiences straddle the boundaries of Indian and Australian identities and who write of building something new in the middle.

Saturday 24 May 6:30pm - 8:30pm 
PHIVE
Cost: $15

Sometimes endings are beginnings in disguise. Come listen to stories about starting over again and building something new at one of Sydney’s most exciting arts venues, Parramatta Artists Studios in Granville.

 

Visit the Sydney Writers’ Festival website to explore the full program.

Full Program

 

 

City of Parramatta is proud to be a Partner of the 2025 Sydney Writers’ Festival.