Thanks for an amazing 2025 Festival!

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Thanks for an amazing 2025 Festival! 〰️

What’s On?

Want to read for Mudgee kids this Booktober? Your donation helps bring books and creative writing programs into Mudgee schools!

Read for Mudgee. Write the future.


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Monthly &
Our August Festival Opener Event!

2nd Wednesday of the month, 7pm
Open Mic Poetry
Read a poem of your own, or one that inspires you!
Slam Poetry
Moving / rousing / hilarious / heartbreaking. 2 minute time limit. Prize for the winner!

Our Story

Two people sitting on a bench reading books on a sidewalk with parked cars and flowering trees in the background, in front of a row of shops.

The Mudgee Readers’ Festival has been running since 2010, a huge achievement for a festival created by a small team of passionate readers, with the first modest events held in Lawson Park.

Over the years the Festival has gone from strength to strength, with an exciting line-up of events across our gorgeous town, including bibliotherapy sessions, storytelling events, book and wine matching and, of course, our Long Lazy Lunch.

Our Supporters

NSW Government logo with a red waratah flower above the text "NSW Government."
Logo of Mid-Western Regional Council with colorful arcs.
Logo of The Book Nest Mudgee featuring a stylized bird and an open book.
ACEN Australia logo with a yellow geometric symbol on the left and text on the right.
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