The WAM 2023 theme, Living Breathing Stories, brought storytelling to life with a program that included Dungeons & Dragons, Stereo Stories, a magic act, a poetry slam, Yarn Bombers, WAM4Kids and a line-up of extraordinary authors.
We featured authors and storytellers working in and between many genres: historical fiction, literary fiction, science fiction, crime fiction, memoir, poetry, non-fiction, spoken word, visual art and more.
Guests included Pip Williams, Debra Dank, Kate Mildenhall, Kathryn Heyman, Paul Dalgarno, Liz Duck-Chong, Grace Chan, Margaret Hickey, Shelley Burr, T.R. Napper, Joel McKerrow, Irma Gold, Gina Perry, Rijn Collins, Racheal Oak Butler, Mick Elliot, Jordan Gould & Richard Pritchard, Sher Rill Ng, Ruth Davys and more. View the 2023 program
This 12-minute highlights reel captures the breadth, joy and meaning of the festival and includes the schools program, WAM4Kids, the Poetry Slam, D&D, Stereo Stories, author talks, walking tours and more. Or go for a quick 90 second digest here.
