Write Out West Festival: A River of Stories

Join us at our Write Out West opening event! Our four local authors, Felicity Castagna, Tegan Bennett Daylight, Sarah Ayoub and Vivian Pham reflect on the theme ‘A River of Stories’ and their experiences as Western Sydney writers.

This session is best suited for adults. Tickets cost $5 per person; bookings are essential.

Tea, coffee and light refreshments provided.

QBD Books will be there. Purchase books to have them personally signed.

About Felicity Castagna

Felicity Castagna has published four novels for adults and young adults including her most recent book, “Girls In Boys’ Cars” which recently won the Victorian and Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards, was adapted for stage by Priscilla Jackman and is now being adapted to film.

She is currently a Senior lecturer in Creative Writing at Western Sydney University where she is the Convenor of Creative Writing.

About Tegan Bennett Daylight

Tegan Bennett Daylight is a writer, teacher and critic who has published three novels: “Bombora”, “What Falls Away” and “Safety”, as well as several books for children and teenagers.

Tegan’s latest book is the YA novel “Royals”, which tells the story of six teenagers trapped in a parallel universe – only this parallel universe is a shopping mall (rumoured to be Penrith Westfield).

She works as a lecturer in English and Creative Writing at Western Sydney University.

About Sarah Ayoub

Sarah Ayoub is a freelance journalist and bestselling author of “Hate is Such a Strong Word” and “The Yearbook Committee”. Her work has appeared in “The Guardian”, “The Australian”, “The Sydney Morning Herald”, “Marie-Claire”, “ELLE”, SBS, “Sydney Review of Books” and more. Sarah attained her PhD with a thesis examining migrant narratives in Australian teen lit and currently lectures in journalism and writing.

About Vivian Pham

Vivian Pham is a Vietnamese-Australian fiction writer, closet poet, amateur screenwriter, university student and hopeful dropout if any of the aforementioned ventures take flight.

Vivian is the winner of the SMH/Age Best Young Novelist of the Year and the Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year.

Vivian’s 2021 debut novel “The Coconut Children” is an urgent, moving and wise debut from a young and gifted storyteller.

About Write Out West

Join us for Write Out West: Western Sydney Libraries and Literature Festival from Wednesday 27 November – Thursday 5 December for nine days of literary fun for all ages! Find out more at penrith.city/library