Ignite Your Mind Burdekin Readers and Writers Festival 2018 is starting to take shape and planning is well in hand to ensure that festival number three, on October 12th, 13th & 14th, will surpass the standard set in previous years.
As with past festivals Friday’s program will centre around children; from toddlers in kindergarten through to students attending High School, all who attend will have the opportunity to connect with writers and learn the inside stories of their books. A rare experience for kids in regional areas and one many of us wish we had been afforded at their age.
Over the weekend event attendees will be offered a smorgasbord of Literary talent from which to choose, with a stellar cast of high profile, award winning Australian authors chatting about their works.
It will be a weekend of insight, information, education and entertainment but most of all ENJOYMENT!!!
Testimonials From the Authors of Our 2018 Festival

Michael Robotham
Crime Writer

Holly Wainwright
Journalist, Blogger, Author

Matthew Condon
Journalist & Author

Fiona McCallum
Writer

Tess Woods
Romance Author

David Hunt
Author, Satirist & Historian

Caroline Overington
Investigative Journalist, Crime Fiction Author

Chris Masters
Investigative Journalist, Author

Natasha Lester
Fiction Author

Warren Mundine
Aboriginal Advocate, Advisor & Author

Allison Tait
Freelance Writer, Blogger, Children's & Non-Fiction Author

Melina Marchetta
Fiction Author

Jacqueline Harvey
Writer

Michael Gerard Bauer
Children's & Fiction Writer

Oliver Phommavanh
Young Adult Writer

Shannon Horsfall
Writer & Graphic Artist

Jay Laga'aia
Actor, Children's Entertainer & Author

Stephen Roche
Author & Lawyer

Emeritus Professor Roland Sussex
World- Renowned Linguist
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