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22 May 2025
23 May 2025
24 May 2025
25 May 2025
After the wild success of Live & Local in 2024, Sydney Writers' Festival returns to The Empire in 2025 to bring the best of the Festival direct to you.
One of Australia's most loved forums for literature, ideas and storytelling, Sydney Writers' Festival will livestream its headline events from Sydney to Toowoomba on Thursday 22, Friday 23, Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 May.
Prepare to be invigorated and engaged by conversations, debates and discussions featuring some of the world's finest writers and thinkers. Audiences can also participate in live Q&A sessions at each event, sending questions straight to the Sydney stage.
Join in for Live & Local 2025, streamed live by Sydney Writers' Festival and delivered locally to The Empire.
Amenities
Carpark
Car parking available
Restaurant
Restaurant on site
Internet Access
Free Wifi
Facilities
Bar
Carpark
Non Smoking
Parents Room
Public Toilet
Restaurant
Accessibility
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
Accessibility
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
- Offer multiple options for booking - web, email, phone
- Offer a range of contact methods for receiving complaints
- Accept the Companion Card
- Employ people with disability
- Train your staff in disability awareness
- Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.
Sydney Writers Festival
54-56 Neil Street,
Toowoomba City,
Toowoomba Area
Queensland
4350
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