Odyssey Literary Festival

Tuesday 15 October 2019 | The Capitol Melbourne

[Odyssey Literary Festival @OdysseyLitFest]

Hear the once-in-a-lifetime improvised performance by Person or Persons Unknown featuring Ania Walwicz now on Soundcloud! #OdysseyLitFest #Ania #PersonOrPersonsUnknown #LiteraryFestival #Improvisation #SpokenWord #poetry #LiteraryFestival

https://t.co/EoB7nLKsyt

[Visible Ink @visink]

The Visible Ink 31st journal is available to buy online now!!! Full of this year’s best stories + poems by some truly GREAT emerging writers. Go buy yourself one here : https://t.co/f6muDEHSBP 💚

[Odyssey Literary Festival @OdysseyLitFest]

Great news! Audio recordings of Raze / Rekindle: Odyssey Literary Festival 2019 are now available. Listen to Reads Like Teen Spirit, Raze: Confronting The End and Rekindle: Igniting Action from here: https://t.co/9zqFJ2SEzt #OdysseyLitFest #LiteraryFestival #Podcast

[Odyssey Literary Festival @OdysseyLitFest]

Congratulations @critrature! <3 One more of the countless reasons for folk to read The Glad Shout! #OdysseyLitFest #ReadingsPrize

[Ilka Tampke @ilkatampke]

So grateful for this acknowledgment.

[Odyssey Literary Festival @OdysseyLitFest]

Missed #ReadsLikeTeenSpirit? Many thanks to @qianjinghua for this recap of the event featuring @_budgie @danielle_binks @AstridScholte and @NinaKenwood. #OdysseyLitFest #LoveOzYA https://t.co/N6ghcGjwFN

[Readings @ReadingsBooks]

A reminder that @kyd_magazine's Mentors Program 2020 is open for early career writers! They've gathered a really impressive line-up of mentors, so make sure to apply or encourage you friends to apply before 17 Nov

https://t.co/v87SJJmhJe

[ArtsHub @ArtsHub]

At @OdysseyLitFest this week, Australian YA authors discussed writing and responsibility in this dystopian age. #LoveOzYA
https://t.co/4Q9Uwn0Svj

[Visible Ink @visink]

Thank you so much to everyone who attended our special launch last night! If you enjoyed the event or weren’t able to make it, please consider sending some $$ our way to help cover our printing + contributor costs. It would mean the world to us!! 💕 https://t.co/huYPPpoowO

[Felicity Sutton @flicktricity]

What a beauty!🔥 Massive thanks to all who attended the 2019 @OdysseyLitFest. Thank you to our wonderful guests, to The Capitol for hosting us, and to the amazing crew of students and staff who made this happen. I could not be more proud.😊👏👏
#odysseylitfest #razerekindle

[c mccredie taleshaker.bsky.social @taleshaker]

‘Fight for the environment both in nature and yourself.’
Ali Cobby Eckermann today @ #OdysseyLitFest

[Odyssey Literary Festival @OdysseyLitFest]

A warm thank you to each and every individual, and group that has contributed in helping us to make this festival a success. It's been a fantastic experience and we hope to see you all for #Odyssey2020!#OdysseyLitFest #LiteraryFestival #PWE #Odyssey2019 #AustralianLiterature

[Madeline Crehan @MadelineCrehan]

Incredible spoken word from the brilliant Ania Walwicz with band Person or Persons Unknown. #OdysseyLitFest

[MiaFerreira @MiaFerreira]

Wonderful keynote from poet Ali Corby Eckerman - check out her poem ‘inside my mother’ #OdysseyLitFest #poetry #RMIT #PWE

[MiaFerreira @MiaFerreira]

Guilty as charged!! #OdysseyLitFest #RMIT #PWE

[Madeline Crehan @MadelineCrehan]

Writing about climate “is an act of survival.” - Tyson Yunkaporta highlights the importance of continuing to write as a form of activism in the face of climate change. A great note to end on for such an insightful panel at #OdysseyLitFest 💥

[Madeline Crehan @MadelineCrehan]

“You’ve got a bit of responsibility as a writer to bring people up and down. Kind of like parenting!” - Tyson Yunkaporta is as funny as he is wise! Loving this panel at #OdysseyLitFest

[City of Literature @MelCityofLit]

How great are the backdrop projections at @OdysseyLitFest

[Angela Savage @angsavage]

‘If you place a reader in the known world, they’re more likely to follow you into a strange world’ @critrature on why she chose a dual timeframe structure for her novel ‘The Glad Shout’, with flashbacks to contemporary world @OdysseyLitFest

[Angela Savage @angsavage]

@BishopAlice talks about the importance of visceral details in storytelling and remembering @OdysseyLitFest