Art by Mana Morimoto
Writers festivals are not just for the inner city set. This year the Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) is championing the message that the festival is for everyone. A third of events are free and the program utilises venues in Eltham, Frankston, Nunawading and regional Victoria as well as the CBD.
‘We have spent a lot of time this year thinking about how people perceive writers’ festivals. We’ve known for a very long time that there are events for all sorts of people within the festival, but we don’t necessarily know that Greater Melbourne knows that,’ said MWF Director, Lisa Dempster.