Four international headliners to appear at the 2025 Melbourne Writers Festival

MWF has announced four of the top overseas drawcards for its May program.

Veronica Sullivan, Melbourne Writers Festival’s (MWF) new Festival Director has announced the first authors lined up for her inaugural program running from Thursday 8 May through to Sunday 11 May.

“These four authors’ latest books transport readers to vastly different cultures, eras and genres. Perhaps the only quality they all share is that they are utterly riveting storytellers. We can’t wait to welcome them to our City of Literature in May,” says Sullivan.

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