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Australia’s largest free literary festival returns in 2025, offering both writers and readers a unique opportunity to spend six days sharing ideas and literary explorations in the heart of Adelaide.

Just some of the writers joining us for AWW 2025 are:

Waleed Aly • Joe Aston • Tom Baldwin • Martin Baron • Clem Bastow • Eric Beecher • Alina Bellchambers • Josh Bornstein • Christine Breen • Anna Broinowski • Geraldine Brooks • Nick Bryant • Tobias Buck • Anne Buist • Deborah Callaghan • Susan Carland • Mike Carlton • Peter Carnavas • Jo Case • Gina Chick • John Crace • Amanda Craig • Mark Dapin • Michelle de Kretser • Robert Dessaix • Tylissa Elisara • Lauren Elkin • Orlando Figes • Helen Garner • Nikki Gemmell • Masha Gessen • Peter Godwin • Daisy Goodwin • Sophie Gonzales • Alyx Gorman • Stan Grant • Elly Griffiths • Anita Heiss • Anthony Horowitz • Bettany Hughes • Rebecca Huntley • Tania Ingram • Howard Jacobson • Malcolm Knox • Rachel Kushner • Tom Lamont • Cheryl Leavy • Matthew Longo • Wesley Lowery • Emily Maguire • David Marr • Catherine McKinnon • Amy McQuire • Charlotte Mendelson • Shaun Micallef • Pankaj Mishra • Rick Morton • Brigitta Olubas • Lucia Osborne-Crowley • Lauren Oyler • Diana Reid • David Remnick • Michael Robotham • Kenneth Roth • Alan Rusbridger • John Safran • Ronni Salt • Philippe Sands • Rick Sarre • Simon Schama • Graeme Simsion • Dava Sobel • Kara Swisher • Steph Tisdell • Rose Tremain • Jessie Tu • Cathy Wilcox • Jamieson Webster • Nova Weetman • Niall Williams • Tim Winton • Clare Wright • Evie Wyld • Susan Wyndham • Markus Zusak

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