Travel Channel

Age Melbourne Writers' Festival

Celebrating Literature

117 Sturt Street
CUB Malthouse
Melbourne, VIC 3006

Nearest Train: Flinders Street train station; tram 109

Phone: +61 3 9645 9244

Fax: +61 3 9645 9344

Based in the Malthouse Theatre complex, this celebration of the written word consists of seminars, debates, readings and master classes from visiting authors. Sponsored by The Age newspaper, it covers almost every kind of literature from highbrow novels to non-fiction writing. Some of the names it has attracted in the past few years include Ben Okri, Isabelle Allende, Poppy Z Brite, Melvyn Bragg, Germaine Greer, Sir Arthur C. Clarke and Vikram Seth.