Designed to mesmerise and enthral, the 2017 Ocean Film Festival showcases more than two hours of sublime footage taken above and below the water’s surface. This carefully curated selection of short films document the beauty and power of the ocean, and celebrate the divers, surfers, swimmers and oceanographers who live for the sea’s salt spray;...
Come along to this pre-festival fundraiser to have your Jasper Jones book signed, watch the movie and participate in a Q&A with the author himself, Craig Silvey. Bar opens at 7.30pm | Movie starts 8pm JASPER JONES - 8pm Mystery/Drama film ‧ 1h 45m Australian film directed by Rachel Perkins and based on the novel...
Comic Capers Settlers Tavern Wed Aug 23 | 5.30pm | $70 If it’s laughs you are after, you’ll love this night of comedy shorts and good times at Settlers Tavern. Films to make you laugh out loud, filmmakers sharing yarns and a three-course meal by Executive Chef Rick Houston makes Opening Night in Margs a...
A Readers & Writers Festival Fundraiser Judy Nunn returns with a stunning portrait of love, hope and survival on an isolated island off Western Australia in her latest book Sanctuary. Many years ago, as part of a local writers’ festival, Judy had the opportunity to visit the Houtman Abrolhos, a chain of islands off the...
A Readers & Writers Festival Fundraiser Meet Robin Esrock, bestselling Vancouver-based author, award-winning journalist, blogger, producer, and broadcaster as he speaks about his latest book The Great Global Bucket List.. For over a decade, bestselling author, TV host and travel expert Robin Esrock has sought out the extraordinary, visiting 110 countries on 7 continents in...
The ultimate comedy roadtrip! Join the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow as it journeys around the country, home-delivering hot and tasty comic treats to audiences near and far. This roving tour-de-comedy features funnymakers from Australia and beyond, showcasing everything from stand-up and sketch to satire and song in one side-splitting show! There’s nowhere our exceptional entertainers fear to...
Stories that shape us 01 - 03 June 2018 Arts Margaret River is proud to present the 10th annual Margaret River Readers and Writers Festival. VOYAGER ESTATE FESTIVAL HUB This year’s Festival will be in the magical grounds of Voyager Estate. Enjoy author talks, discussions, Q & A sessions, free events, entertainment and stalls....
READERS & WRITERS FESTIVAL FUNDRAISER STORM BOY Adventure / Drama / Family ‧ 1h39m A beautiful and contemporary retelling of Colin Thiele's classic Australian tale. 'Storm Boy' has grown up to be Michael Kingley, a successful retired businessman and grandfather. When Kingley starts to see images from his past that he can't explain, he is...
Book Week (M) Drama/Comedy ‧ 1h 38m Filmed in the Blue Mountains, Book Week is a shaggy dark comedy about a disgraced novelist turned English teacher trying to find redemption. For generations, dressing up for Book Week has been an Aussie school tradition. But for high-school English teacher Nicholas Cutler (Alan Dukes), it’s the week...
PLEASE NOTE: LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR ONLY ON MONDAY EVENING Comedian, screenwriter & bestselling author Ben Elton, returns with a blistering satire of the world as it...
Laugh, chuckle, roar and buckle for a roller coaster ride through 14 short comedy films portraying the imperfect worlds of human beings. After all, not only does being “imperfect” make...
MARGARET RIVER READERS & WRITERS FESTIVAL FUNDRAISER Bar opens at 6.30pm | Movie starts 7pm ALL IS TRUE Drama/History ‧ 1h 41m The year is 1613, and Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age. But disaster strikes when his renowned Globe Theatre burns to the ground. Devastated, Shakespeare returns to Stratford, where...
Arts Margaret River proudly brings to you the WOMEN’S ADVENTURE FILM TOUR, presented by Paddy Pallin. Back for its third season, this is Australia’s original women’s adventure film tour, created...
Bringing you the world’s most breathtaking films from above and below the surface. SORRY THIS SCREENING HAS SOLD OUT. With a vision to mesmerise and captivate, the Ocean Film Festival World Tour showcases more than two hours of sublime footage taken above and below the water’s surface. This carefully curated selection of short films document...
Each year, the Visual Stories Art Competition and Exhibition forms an exciting part of the Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival with unique works displayed for a month over the...
The 2022 Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival ran from 13 -15th May 2022 with a dazzling array of novelists, journalists, creative thinkers, artists, performers and established and emerging storytellers from WA, interstate and overseas. Celebrating storytelling across multiple art forms, the hybrid festival program featured author talks, workshops, networking events alongside a program of...