First of all, the Festival

Is that Wilk? I haven't seen him in thirty eight years and there was no trace six years ago. Perhaps he succumbed to the inevitable and joined Facebook after that. The mouth looks similar and he could be bald.

Anyway, to take these things in turn, I like the fact that it's a Writer's Festival as it is a kind of focus on the author as star rather than privileging the book, which may entail a series editor, publisher, sponsoring body.. I'd like to get a handle on the differences between the different events - when it's a festival and when a fair and so forth.

Nowadays we have all kind of festivals: dance festival, music festival, food festival. Genres that are inclusive of authors and books can also feature the other media, including spin-offs from the book.

Writers Festivals of note

• Adelaide Writers' Week
• Byron Bay Writers Festival 
• Cheltenham Literature Festival
• Conrad Festival
• Edinburgh International Book Festival
• Gothenburg Book Fair
• Hay Festival
• Jaipur Literature Festival
• Library of Congress National Book Festival 
• NGC Bocas Lit Fest
• PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature
• Sydney Writers' Festival
• Ubud Writers & Readers Festival
• Vancouver International Writers & Readers Festival
• Wordstock