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6:00pm - 7:00pm, 15th August 2026
Byron Bay Writers Festival View map
2/58 Centennial Cct, Byron Bay, NSW 2481
Bookings Essential
Tickets via BBWF
Website: https://www.byronwritersfestival.com/
From the only author ever to have won both the Booker Prize and the Baillie Gifford Prize (Britain's leading prize for non-fiction) comes a dazzling collection of writing, essays, articles and speeches.
04 Aug 2026
Hobart, TAS
Richard Flanagan on Heresies at Theatre Royal with Peter George
05 Aug 2026
Fitzroy, VIC
Richard Flanagan on Heresies at Fitzroy Town Hall with Michael Williams
06 Aug 2026
Castlemaine, VIC
Richard Flanagan on Heresies at Castlemaine Town Hall with Astrid Edwards
14 Aug 2026
Byron Bay, NSW
Byron Bay Writers Festival: Thea Astley Oration
22 Aug 2026
Eveleigh, NSW
FoDI: HERESIES - The necessity of saying the unsayable
24 Aug 2026
Avalon Beach, NSW
Richard Flanagan on Heresies at Avalon Surf Club with Richard Fidler
