Crowds at Walsh Bay in the sunshine
Photograph: Sydney Writers Festival

Time Out's guide to the best events at Sydney Writers' Festival

Find literary therapy with our guide to the best of the fest
Emma Joyce
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This year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival is all about bibliotherapy – finding therapeutic solace between the pages of a good read. The weeklong event brings 60 international guests and more than 400 Australian writers to Sydney for talks, performances, shows and heated discussions. Take a look at our highlights of this year’s program, plus an interview with spoken-word performer and author Kate Tempest.

Opening and closing this year's festival

Where to eat and drink

Lotus Dumpling Bar
Restaurants

Lotus Dumpling Bar

  • 4 out of 5 stars
It can be hard to find a good meal before hitting the theatre. Usually it’s sushi, rushed and guzzled en route to the show, or one of those questionable...
Hotel Palisade
Bars

Hotel Palisade

  • 3 out of 5 stars
This historic hotel has stood like a sentinel on Millers Point for nearly a century, and although it spent time as a boarded up beauty, inspiring a million...
The Theatre Bar at the End of the Wharf
Bars

The Theatre Bar at the End of the Wharf

  • 4 out of 5 stars
While it’s a clear no brainer for a post-show pit stop, the bar has an attitude to drinking that’s easy to get on board with. Encouraging signs...