an extended literary festival taking the form of occasional conversations with writers
We hold our events on the lands of the Jinabara and Gubbi Gubbi Peoples. We acknowledge their elders past and present.
They are the keepers of the ancient stories of this place.
Welcome to our 2025 program.
We aim to host six events throughout the year.
Our first event will be on March 11 with the author and screenwriter Debra Oswald, talking about her new novel, A Hundred Years of Betty. More information and links coming soon.
We will also be holding an event on April 24 with author Jane Rawson, speaking about her new book Human/Nature. More information and links coming soon.
Outspoken presents
Debra Oswald
Maleny Community Centre
Tuesday March 11,
6 for 6.30pm
Tickets $27.50 and $18 for students
And, Introducing
Steve MinOn
speaking about his novel
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Debra is best known for being the creator/head writer for the first five series of the remarkably successful TV show Offspring. She is, however, also an award-winning novelist and playwright, a children’s author and a performer.
Her new novel, which she’ll be talking about in Maleny, is 100 Years of Betty and, as the title suggests, it is the century-long saga of a strong, witty, intelligent woman born a bit early for her time. Through its pages we make an idiosyncratic and very personal journey through her life, experiencing just some of the remarkable cultural and historical changes we have undergone.
For more details please visit our Upcoming Events page
Image: Alex Vaughn
If you want to hear about upcoming events, with links to booking, please visit the Sign Up page.
Outspoken acknowledges the support of the Sunshine Coast Arts Foundation
This year we held events with Rick Morton, Gina Chick, Bri Lee, Hugh Mackay and Dr Norman Swan, with introducing authors Siang Lu, Andrew Stafford, Carly-Jay Metcalfe, Simon Cleary and Marko Newman.
We’re immensely grateful to all our authors for making the journey up to Maleny, and to the publishers who help us get them here.
The podcasts of our events with Rick Morton, Gina Chick, Dr Norman Swan, Hugh Mackay and Bri Lee are now available, as are the shorter interviews with Siang Lu, Andrew Stafford, Simon Cleary, Carly-Jay Metcalfe and Marko Newman.
There is a total of 82 podcasts available free under the banner of Outspoken Maleny.
Please click on the Podcasts or, find us on Apple Podcasts and Amazon Podcasts, click here to be directed to them.
Once on their podcast page click the three dots on the top right and choose ‘follow’
That way you will get regular updates of all of our episodes!
Hugh Mackay
Chris Sarra
Marko Newman
Simon Cleary
Bri Lee
Luke Stegemann
Angela O’Keeffe and Tyyni Lang
Steven and Tyyni with Hugh Mackay
Norman Swan
Alexander McCall Smith
Carly-Jay Metcalfe
Fiona Robertson
Kevin Rudd
Tony Birch
Melissa Ashley
Steven Lang
We've recently moved to an on-line booking platform. It makes it easier for you to purchase tickets, you can buy them at any time of day or night. If for some reason you have difficulties purchasing tickets over the internet a limited number of tickets are available at Rosetta Books.