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.

Our next event, April 24

For more details please visit our Upcoming Events page

June 19 Event

We also look forward to an event in June with Hugh White, discussing his Quarterly Essay Australia and the New World Order

If you want to hear about upcoming events via email, with links to booking, please visit the Sign Up page.

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!

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.