Real things Quote by Jeanette Winterson

What is a literary festival? Imagine a sort of cross between school and church. There are no actual festivities; what there are is a…

— Russell Smith

The National Book Festival is a great way for families and friends to share the creative works of some of America's most-loved authors, ..…

— Laura Bush

“People today spend a great deal of money on holidays abroad because they are true believers in the myths of romantic consumerism.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Most people in this country are looking for literature that is useful. They feel that just exploring their feelings is good enough - they…

— Erica Jong

“In the end, yes, it is a famous bookstore and, yes, it is of no small literary importance. But more than anything, Shakespeare and…

— Jeremy Mercer

Literary readings aren't going to shake their reputation as the added-fibre of our entertainment diet until the people who organize and participate in them…

— Lynn Coady

What makes a good festival, above all, is the audience. It feels disconnected when it's meant to bring in people from elsewhere and not…

— Baron Vaughn

“The attention for bad literature is symptomatic: they pretends its the most normal thing in the world to fill an entire newspaper page with…

— Martinus Hendrikus Benders

One of the great things about Sydney is that it has a great acceptance of everyone and everything. It's an incredibly tolerant city, a…

— Baz Luhrmann

“The enigma that had bothered me in Sydney was beginning to resolve itself. If Australians allowed themselves to be represented worldwide as a nation…

— Ted Simon

I think it's very, very important that people outside the capital cities, not just Sydney and Melbourne but also Brisbane Perth Adelaide and so…

— George Brandis

Festivals are where I see other peoples' films, where we talk, where I get to learn what was working about the film, I get…

— Debra Granik