The much anticipated and loved Whitsunday Voices Youth Literature Festival has returned for its 20th year this weekend, with the Mackay region once again hosting some of Australia’s best literary talent.
Whitsunday Voices is the largest youth literature festival in regional Queensland, with over 17,000 seats booked for school students from as far as Townsville to Rockhampton.
Renowned for its quality fun-based learning and cultural experiences, over 87 schools will enjoy this year's lineup with fourteen presenters, authors, poets, illustrators and performers including Kate Ceberano, Belinda Murrell, James Foley and Nick Earls.
With workshops and sessions catering for students from Preparatory to Year 12, there is something for everyone with over 80 program sessions and workshops during the two-day Voices Festival event, to share the wonder of books and reading.
Festival Manager, Mrs Tracey Gurdler, said the Voices Festival team were incredibly excited to bring the 2024 Festival to fruition and to play a part in the journeys of the region’s youth in writing and literature.
“A personal highlight is watching the students faces light up as their favourite authors hit the stage, encouraging the next generation of readers and storytellers,” Mrs Gurdler said.
The 20th annual Whitsunday Voices Youth Literature Festival is set to commence this Thursday, July 11th and Friday, July 12th!
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