The Wang Lit Fest and Book Fair grew from a Rotary Club of Wangaratta Book Fair initiative started early in 2017. Held over the Queen’s Birthday weekend in 2017 & 2018 the festival now moves to the weekend of September 14th & 15th for 2019. More than 40,000 books have been donated from the local community and the Fair continues to raise significant funds for community projects.
In 2018 Rotary significantly expanded the scope of the original Book Fair project to incorporate a Literary Festival and the Wang Lit Fest and Book Fair will continue to develop in 2019 and will again feature:
40,000 books, don’t miss it!
St Patricks Hall, Ford Street, Wangaratta,
Saturday 8am-4pm and Sunday 9am-3pm.
Proceeds to Wangaratta Community Projects including the Wangaratta Specialist School.
Book sculpture artist’s installation project in St Patricks Hall.
The Rotary Club of Wangaratta is proud to present the Wangaratta Young Writers’ Award for 2018. The award encourages you to develop your capacity and imagination through your writing.
The Visiting Authors program has been organised and sponsored by the Wangaratta Arts Council Inc.
The CWA will be providing refreshments all through the day in the main St Patricks Hall with their unique Retro Café.
Outside the Hall the CWA will also be providing home cooked cakes and refreshments outside the main entrance, supported by Rotary and their all day sausage sizzle.
Children between 9 and 14 are invited to tell their stories through manipulating pages and images, creating collages and drawings, using words and symbols to produce a 3D diary to keep secrets and share feelings. Find out More
