Odyssey Literary Festival

Explore a vibrant range of activities and events passionately curated by RMIT University’s Professional Writing and Editing students. Through the filter of ‘rewilding’, reflect on and reimagine our literary ecosystem via author panels, community events, poetry and performance.

You'll look closely at this shared ecosystem, interrogate what harms it, as artists and audience members are invited to partake in acts of rewilding to restore balance and celebrate community.

Hear from guests such as Ilke Tampke, Will Cox, Mel Fulton and Claire G Coleman, and more. Book lovers can pollinate reading experiences through the Book World Ecosystem or find sanctuary in the Book Doof event. You can also participate venue-wide in the 'Who bleached the coral?' scavenger hunt. To finish the day, come together and resonate with an original musical finale.