Word Fest Toowoomba
An exciting festival of writing, reading, authors, poetry, illustration, and wordplay for all ages and tastes – a feast of WORDS!
Word Fest Toowoomba has a diverse offering of events happening in Toowoomba throughout the year. We hope you can join us in our beautiful Garden City.
About Word fest
Our Mission is to develop a fresh and adventurous festival platform for the local region and the broader Queensland communities to celebrate the talents of our Toowoomba writing community.
Word Fest Events
Word Fest Toowoomba showcases writers, story tellers, food and books from around the Darling Downs & South-East Queensland, with featured events from February to August.
Word fest News
Events filling Toowoomba with authors, stories, food and joy. Discover the latest updates and event information that shines the light on home grown and imported talent and renowned venues.
You are invited to our latest event!
Literary Launch
Thursday, 1 Jun 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm AEST at
Toowoomba Masonic Centre
58 Neil Street
Toowoomba City QLD 4350
Word Fest Toowoomba as part of The Big Word of Mouth Weekend presents a Literary Lunch with Guest speaker Nikki Mottram – author of ‘Crows Nest’.
Funds raised go to Hope Horizons.
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Poetry Slam
No, it’s not slamming a poetry book down on the desk at high school. It is not a frustration reflex. A Poetry Slam is a fun, structured competition where poets share their original poems during a 3 minute timeframe in a competition decided by the live...
Word Fest Toowoomba 1000-word Short Story Competition
Word Fest Toowoomba is excited to announce our first-ever Writing Competition. Writers who are Australian residents are welcome to submit their 1000-word short story for this year’s writing competition. Entries must be unpublished work (not posted on any blogs...
The 2023 Supanova Experience
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