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We host panel talks, literary workshops, poetry slams, theatre performances, art, historical and cultural tours and more.</p><p>WAM prides itself on being an affordable and accessible writers’ festival. Our priority to ensure our events are affordable and many are free.</p><p>Write Around the Murray is an AlburyCity signature event and is a part of the Albury Libraries & Museum team. In 2024, Write Around the Murray welcomed a new festival director/coordinator, internationally-award winning author, Aimee Chan.</p><p>Write Around the Murray is supported by a volunteer WAM Committee made up of writers, educators, academics and library staff. 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Wednesday 9 – Sunday 13 September 2026
Albury's Writers' Festival
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free programs for 2300 Students
“Small but perfectly formed” Jason Steger, book editor Sydney Morning Herald & The Age
Authors who have appeared at WAM include some of Australia’s most beloved storytellers such as Kate Grenville (Man Booker Prize shortlister), Tony Birch (Patrick White award winner), Dr Clare Wright (shortlisted Prime Ministers Literary Award), Benjamin Law (award-winning Netflix and ABC screenwriter), Ursula Dubosarsky (former Australian Children’s Laureate) and Ellen van Neerven (shortlisted Stella Prize and winner multiple Premier’s Literary Awards).
About Write Around the Murray
Since 2007, Write Around the Murray has welcomed some of Australia’s best authors, illustrators and storytellers to the Albury Wodonga region. We host panel talks, literary workshops, poetry slams, theatre performances, art, historical and cultural tours and more.
WAM prides itself on being an affordable and accessible writers’ festival. Our priority to ensure our events are affordable and many are free.
Write Around the Murray is an AlburyCity signature event and is a part of the Albury Libraries & Museum team. In 2024, Write Around the Murray welcomed a new festival director/coordinator, internationally-award winning author, Aimee Chan.
Write Around the Murray is supported by a volunteer WAM Committee made up of writers, educators, academics and library staff. Current members of the WAM Committee are Izabella Bizotto, Yvonne Boag, Vivien Chivers, Evelyn Florence, Paul Grover, Melissa Kane, Narelle Lethlean, Eleanor Pearson, Kim Rhodes, Helen Salas, Rosemary Symon, and Ian Trevaskis.
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