Pier pressure is forcing festival to double up
The Sydney Writers’ Festival 2008 guide was released today. While anyone living in Sydney is obviously aware of what is certainly a well promoted event locally, I was surprised to read just how much profile it has garnered internationally.
Now ranked one of the top five literary festivals in the world, and with past attendance exceeding 80,000, the 2008 Sydney Writers’ Festival is expanding its horizons. This year its traditional centre by the harbour at Pier 4/5 in The Rocks will add its next-door neighbour, the disused wharf Pier 2/3, to accommodate the surge that flocks annually to one of Sydney’s most spectacular successes.
The festival opens on 19 May and runs until 25 May.
