Following the 2025 Bendigo Writers Festival, the City is undertaking a review of the event and how it is delivered in the community. The review will consider if the Festival:

• continues in its current format
• is reimagined into a different format
• should reallocate funding to support the delivery of similar literary events

The survey will be open from Wednesday October 8 to Monday October 27.

The City will also engage directly with a cross section of:

• publishers
• local authors
• stakeholders identified as being involved in establishing the Festival or having had significant involvement in past festivals

All feedback from these engagement processes will then be used to make decisions about the future of the Festival.

We will let the community know what the outcome is once the review is complete.

Feedback received during the review will inform decision making on the future of the Festival. We will let the community know what the outcome is once the review is complete.

The City will also engage directly with a cross section of:

• publishers
• local authors
• stakeholders identified as being involved in establishing the Festival or having had significant involvement in past festivals

A summary of the information collected through the review will be shared via Let’s Talk.