This year’s Brisbane Writers Festival launched at South Brisbane’s State Library on Thursday 5 July. The festival announced a completed line up of more than 200 internationally renowned writers, thinkers and opinion makers who will appear at the State Library of Queensland from Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 September.

Jerath Head & Louise O'Neil

Jane O_Hara & Asher Spatz

Jacqueline Bawtress, Lachlan McLean & Denise Kirby

Iona Cominos & Jane Alexander

David Byrne & Mina Ross

Christina Blee & Cath Eadie

Cheryl Leary & Vicki McDonald, Paul Mazerolle

Cass Moriarty & Mary Brimblecombe

Bronwyn Lea, Zenobia Frost & Rebecca Jesson

Ben Gertz, Stephen Mam & Getano Bann

Wendy Lovelace, Susan Zulueta & Mandy Jak

Uncle Des Sandy & Cassandra Aley

Joel Johnston & Tom Nelson

Sharyn Swamepoel, Eleanor Price & Yvonne Henry

Phil Braker & Matt Tawse

Lisa Kunde & Laila Evans

Kerry Hamley & Wendy Nichlos

Ben Hobson & Zoe Piper

Carmody Culver & Joel Johnston

Jo Diskett & Rebecca Diskett

Julie Lawler & Jacqui Lowry

Sarah Teitt & Liam Ferney

Jacob Clarke & Jim Henry
