NT Writers Festival interrogates the past and reimagines the future

The NT Writers Festival returns to the territory’s tropical capital from 27-30 June.
NT Writers Festival, Darwin. Large group of people sitting on the ground listening to something or someone we can't see.

Alternating between Arrernte country in Mparntwe/Alice Springs and Larrakia Country in Garramilla/Darwin, and once again presented by the NT Writers Centre, this year’s Northern Territory Writers Festival returns to the Territory’s tropical capital from 27-30 June.

The majority of the festival program takes place at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT), with additional events taking place elsewhere in Darwin, including Browns Mart Theatre and the Northern Territory Library.

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Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts