The Sydney Writers’ Festival Board of Directors has announced Ann Mossop’s appointment as Artistic Director for a three year term.
Festival Chair Mark Scott said, ‘Ann Mossop comes to Sydney Writers’ Festival with a career programming cutting-edge public conversations at the Sydney Opera House for the Ideas at the House series, Festival of Dangerous Ideas, All About Women and recently as the Director of the Centre for Ideas at UNSW Sydney. Ann also has a long association with the Festival, sitting on the board from 1995 – 2000 and was part of the committee that established the Sydney Writers’ Festival as an independent entity in 1998.’