​EARLY BIRD FESTIVAL PASSES & EARLY BIRD One Day Passes 
Available until 30 MARCH 2025

Tickets for individual sessions go on sale 31 March 2025

FRIDAY  30th May

YEPPOON TOWN HALL
10.30am to 2.30pm
WRITING FOR CHILDREN   with Aleesah Darlison
​6.30pm  to 8.30pm
FESTIVAL OPENING & WELCOME TO AUTHORS

SATURDAY 31st May

YEPPOON TOWN HALL
​​8:00am to 8:40am
STUDENT SHORT STORY COMPETITION WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT
9:00am to 9:50 am
AUTHOR PANEL 
A WORLD OF INSPIRATION - FINDING YOUR PLACE
with Aleesah Darlison, Richard Yaxley , Geneve Flyn and  Lori-Jay Ellis
10:00am to 12:30pm 
CREATING MEMORABLE CHARACTERS
with Richard Yaxley
1pm to 2.20pm 
CREATING PLACE
with Richard Yaxley
2:30pm to 4.00pm
CREATING CONFLICT AND SUSPENSE
with Geneve Flyn 
7:00pm to 9:00pm
THE TRUTH BEHIND THE FICTION-
​AN EVENING WITH  GARY CREW & JACK RONEY 
THE HUB
10am to 12.30pm
 AUTHOR CONSULTS 10x 30 min slots
with Lori-Jay Ellis and Sandra Makaresz
1:00pm to 4:00pm
CRIME WRITERS  AUTHOR CONSULTS 3 x 60 min slots
​with Jack Roney

YEPPOON LIBRARY

10:30am to 11:30 pm
STORYTIME - LIBRARY READING
with Aleesah Darlison

 YEPPOON TOWN HALL UPPER FOYER

8:00am to 4:00pm
LOCAL AUTHOR EXPO

SUNDAY 1st June

YEPPOON TOWN HALL

9:00am to 9.50
AUTHOR PANEL
MAKE IT HAPPEN- FROM IDEA TO FIRST DRAFT
with  Barbara Hannay, Jack Roney and Gary Crew
10am to 11.30am
WRITING ROMANCE
with Barbara Hannay
1:00pm to 2:20pm
WRITING YOUR FIRST NOVEL
with Gary Crew
2.30pm to 4.00pm
WRITING CRIME
​with Jack Roney
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THE HUB

10am to 12.30pm
 AUTHOR CONSULTS 10x 30 min slots
with Lori-Jay Ellis and Sandra Makaresz