Our 2021 program

The festival you know and love has been reshaped for 2021. In WAM’s fifteenth year, we’re offering an intimate program of both live and online events.

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Exhibitions

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Bird's Eye View - the World of Judy Horacek

An exhibition featuring original artwork by cartoonist and writer Judy Horacek.

Leigh Hobbs books and images

Leigh Hobbs: Characters from the Drawing Board

An exhibition featuring original illustrations and treasures from Leigh's studio.

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Growing up Optional

Growing Up Optional is a vibrant display of new and vintage collectibles will delight pop culture fans of all ages.

Brook Garru Andrew: DIWIL

DIWIL brings together significant works from Brook Garru Andrew in a major new immersive installation commissioned by MAMA.

Choose Happiness

From aspirations and longing to joy and euphoria, an exploration of the realities of happiness and its many forms.

Online Discussions

Online Discussions

Dymocks presents Pip Williams

Margaret Hickey talks to Pip Williams about her much loved debut novel. Watch the replay.

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Online Discussions

Complicated Love

Sofie Laguna, Emily Maguire and Campbell Mattinson discuss the complications of love, with Jason Steger. Watch the replay.

Children's Books

Online Discussions

Creating Captivating Children's Books

With Leigh Hobbs, Ursula Dubosarsky, Sofie Laguna and Lisa Walker. Watch the replay.

Historical Fiction

Online Discussions

Historical Frictions

Anita Heiss, Dorothy Simmons and Jock Serong discuss historical fiction with Jason Steger. Watch the replay.

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Online Discussions

Seismic Shifts

Delia Falconer and Rick Morton discuss personal, planetary and cultural change with host Ailsa Piper. Watch the replay.

Humour and Heart

Online Discussions

Humour & Heart

Lisa Walker, Rick Morton, Judy Horacek and Fiona Scott-Norman discuss the role of humour in their work. Watch the replay.

Meet some of our presenters

Emily Maguire

Emily is the author of six novels and is passionate about working as a mentor to young and emerging writers.

Pip Williams

Pip is the author of the national number one bestseller, The Dictionary of Lost Words.

Rick Morton

Rick has been a journalist and writer for over 14 years. In 2017 he won the Kennedy Award for Outstanding Columnist.

Dorothy Simmons

An Irish-Australian who is looking forward to launching her collection of short stories, Only One Life, at this years WAM festival.

Jock Serong

Jock Serong’s first novel, Quota, received the Ned Kelly Award for Best First Crime Novel in 2015

Ren Alessandra

Ren is in her age of expansion. After a whirlwind year performing online, she won the 2020 Australian Poetry Slam.

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