
Byron Writers Festival '25
Join us from 8—10 August at Bangalow Showground on Bundjalung Country
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We respectfully acknowledge that Byron Writers Festival takes place on the traditional lands of the Arakwal Bumberbin Peoples of the Bundjalung Nation. We pay respects to Elders past and present, and acknowledge them as the original storytellers of the lands and waterways of this Country.
Hannah Kent is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter based on Peramangk Country in South Australia. She is the author of the bestselling novels Burial Rites, The Good People and Devotion, and her original feature film, Run Rabbit Run, starring Sarah Snook and directed by Daina Reid, premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.
Hannah is the co-founder of Australian literary magazine Kill Your Darlings and her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, LitHub, The Sydney Morning Herald and Vogue Australia among other publications. Her most recent book is Always Home, Always Homesick: A Memoir of Iceland.
Join us from 8—10 August at Bangalow Showground on Bundjalung Country
Stay in the know with the latest updates on Byron Writers Festival, year-round events, workshops, competitions and news.