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Melbourne Writers Festival to call State Library Victoria home

After 10 years at Federation Square, Melbourne Writers Festival will now call the redeveloped State Library Victoria home.

5 Feb 2019

Richard Watts

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Writing and Publishing

MWF18, Book of Fête; photo by Timothy Herbert.

A new partnership between two of Melbourne’s leading literary organisations, Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF) and State Library Victoria (SLV) was announced on Tuesday 5 February, and has been made possible by the creation of new public spaces as part of SLV’s ambitious Vision 2020 redevelopment.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts