The George Brandis Live Art Experience is an ongoing community-based art project, protesting against changes to arts funding announced in the 2015 Federal budget.
Curated by Roslyn Helper, New Physics is a virtual exhibition of internet art that explores ways of exhibiting and experiencing art online.
Shared instructional artworks. Perform, explore, or experiment with ephemeral, instructional actions. www.thesocialsculpturenetwork.org
Artists from Darwin + artists from Melbourne + digitally devised process + 3 day open-to-public creative development = WIP showing at The Crack House
Work with respected performance makers Chris Ryan + Solomon Thomas in an intensive durational workshop that takes you from audience member to Festival Artist! Sign up at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Tamara Winikoff, Executive Director of the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA), presents an update on what's happening with the federal arts budget and policy, together with a practical workshop on lobbying.
Come meet the writers you'll be sharing microphones, beers and hostel rooms with for the next few nights.
A real late 90s teen bedroom. Suspended between worlds, the present bleeds into the past and magic invades the mundane.
Coal River is a site-specific series of projections that intervene in the vectors of Newcastle's historic space.
Come and meet your best new NYWF friend, through the medium of games, fun and speed friend-making.
A series of mind, body + soul workouts to move the modern creative through foreboding dark forests, back to the wild arts adventure.
Do it Ourselves Culture is a documentary charting Sydney's colourful protest and party scene, from doofs to Reclaim the Streets.
A special preview of our interactive, digital narratives with DJ guest Chuck. Come grab a feed and beer and say hi as we kick off TiNA
Subbed in presents this XXL bill of writers just for NYWF. A must-see showcase of collaborative reading performances.
Harriet + Pierce explore the end of the world, money-hungry corporations and 39 Renaissance Babies Who Can't Even. Comedy featuring pantsuits.
What's the difference between Greek mythology and modern day internalized misogyny? We can tell you, but will you believe us?
Vladimir the Crow: scholar of horror, conduit to all things ghastly + ghoulish, grotesque clown and surreal song and dance man.
Poetry Slam time! Come on down and let these poets show you what they've got.
NYWF's Late Night Readings are back. Tonight it's all about Sex and Cyborgs. Come listen to some real good words.
Primal Screen is the world's first IRL social network. Practically, it's a game show / debate / sparagmos.
Curated by Roslyn Helper, New Physics is a virtual exhibition of internet art that explores ways of exhibiting and experiencing art online.
Shared instructional artworks. Perform, explore, or experiment with ephemeral, instructional actions. www.thesocialsculpturenetwork.org
Work with respected performance makers Chris Ryan + Solomon Thomas in an intensive durational workshop that takes you from audience member to Festival Artist! Sign up at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Artists from Darwin + artists from Melbourne + digitally devised process + 3 day open-to-public creative development = WIP showing at The Crack House
RE: Location is a group exhibition exploring heterotopias; imagining what is different, other – the non-hegemonic.
Join comic creators Owen Heitmann and Jake Lawrence in conversation to discuss their industry and how they stay inspired.
These writers discuss the lengths they go to 'for the story', and the responsibilities of writing outside their own experiences.
These trans writers discuss how the Australian literary landscape supports trans writing - and how it doesn't.
24 Hours of making a new work. 15 Total strangers. 1 Performance.
500 personal artifacts & an invitation: give her a personal artifact, share its story and she will give you one of hers.
An interactive experimental performance installation. How to Play: 1) Step into my space. 2) We have 3 minutes to find true connection.
It's long been romanticised in the writing community, but what are the realities of mental illness?
Is it a poet's duty to be political? These poets discuss how poetry can be part of the revolution.
A dance film and moving pop-up graffiti project, capturing imaginative inhabitation. Find all four films across TiNA!
Women from traditionally 'male' writing scenes - rap, comics, gaming, science fiction, comedy - explain how they made it in their fields.
In conjunction with National Young Writers' Festival. Fresh organic beats and rhymes made-to-order and with hands-on improvised & interactive flavour.
What's in a place? Our panellists contextualise creative spaces as complex containers of social relations, historical threads, and laboured heterotopias.
24HRS non-stop adventure: self-realisation + fantastical stories. Will the artist emerge triumphant or lose his mind? Watch live or online via livestream.
This artist power-up will transform the most tedious administration task into a corporate barn dance.
Interested in blackout poetry? In this workshop, you'll create new meanings from texts using different materials and techniques.
Master the art of pitching, money-making, ABNs and dealing with editors in this extremely handy freelancing 101 workshop.
These writers discuss what to do when you're afraid to hit send - and whether some stories are creative collateral damage.
Performance writers: leave your pens behind and break through barriers using the power of the image to free your writing.
From design to editorial privilege and digital journalism, our series of panels reveal how Australia's students shape the media scene.
Want to take your poems off the page? This workshop teaches you the ins and outs of slam poetry.
Sex writers mine intimacy and relationships in a public arena. How do they navigate the space between the personal and political?
What if the comforting, material certainties of daily life are not so certain? In partnership with the University of Newcastle.
Sometimes young writers are also young parents. So how do you navigate the tensions of parenthood and writing?
 Then Queercaucus is for you! Come discuss issues affecting the queer writing community.
Sex, surgeries, diseases, eating disorders...These writers discuss the ways in which they write about bodies while still retaining agency.
An artist's homecoming, a language on the verge of extinction, and one family's struggle with the legacy of colonialism.
Always want to know what's going to happen next? Like to stick to the script? Hate saying 'yes'? Improv Yourself.
A real late 90s teen bedroom. Suspended between worlds, the present bleeds into the past and magic invades the mundane.
Podcasts - it seems like everyone has one! This workshop will teach you everything you need to know so you can make your own.
This structured workshop offers insight into creating fictional worlds as well as shaping the memorable characters that inhabit them.
Can writing save the world? Can writing as activism work? These writers discuss how writing and activism intersect.
Screenwriting, comic writing, vlogging... Join these writers as they discuss how to write visually and work collaboratively.
An interactive performance responding to predictions of severe global water scarcity over the coming decades, and looking at the conflicts that might arise.
An alien research facility, a remote-controlled human, a saucy rendezvous - the power is yours!

In these TED-esque Talks, writers and storytellers go deep into something they care about - from the abject to mining disasters, freelancing to connecting with diaspora.
We put the spotlight on the stage as young bards spill the beans on the playwriting industry.
Scott plays with his imaginary friend Jack.  But then the Colossi stomp through...
In conjunction with Crack Theatre Festival. Fresh organic beats and rhymes made-to-order and with hands-on improvised & interactive flavour.
Coal River is a site-specific series of projections that intervene in the vectors of Newcastle's historic space.
Come along to celebrate official launch party of TiNA 2015 and the opening night of RE: Location - a group exhibition exploring heterotopias; imagining what is different, other - the non-hegemonic.
When a cutting edge contemporary art festival takes over a dying cement producing town in rural Australia, culture clash and cultural cringe unexpectedly give way to the transformative power of art.
A staple of the National Young Writers' Festival, our Literary Trivia will sort the amateurs from the experts.
Watch 16 poets duke it out in the Australian Poetry Slam Newcastle Final.
BYO Dinner + informal chat about hot topics around the Festival. Join programmed artists working in the emerging form of Performance Lectures.
You'll find our interactive, digital narratives wandering the neglected public spaces scattered throughout the CBD. Come and find us!
 A true story about Sara and her brother.
The Follower are planning a good ol'e fashioned arts party over the TiNA long weekend. Featuring weirdo installations, live performances & solid tunes.
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What's the difference between Greek mythology and modern day internalized misogyny? We can tell you, but will you believe us?
Five writers and producers discuss and play examples of their favourite podcasts, how they write for podcasts, and how you can start your own.
Raised in the aisles of Asian grocery stores, the time has come for Shan + Yaya to escape - and haunt modern Australia.
Is the rise of the listicle killing "real" journalism? Are millenials murdering the news? Come pick a side!
An interwoven collection of performed, pre-recorded, verbatim audio interviews conducted with Australians who have experienced paranormal phenomena in their family homes.
NYWF's famous Late Night Readings are back, and tonight we're flirting with the law. Cute ;)
The George Brandis Live Art Experience is an ongoing community-based art project, protesting against changes to arts funding announced in the 2015 Federal budget.
Curated by Roslyn Helper, New Physics is a virtual exhibition of internet art that explores ways of exhibiting and experiencing art online.
Shared instructional artworks. Perform, explore, or experiment with ephemeral, instructional actions. www.thesocialsculpturenetwork.org
24HRS non-stop adventure: self-realisation + fantastical stories. Will the artist emerge triumphant or lose his mind? Watch live or online via livestream.
Chris Knight wanted to be a paid comedy writer, so taking a cue from poetry buskers, he hit the streets of Adelaide.
Erotic content is growing in popularity.
Join us on a walk along Newcastle's beautiful cliffs as we reflect on our home away from home.
In so many ways, silence is built into the Australian cultural landscape, but these writers call it like it is.
Performance of Project: Artists from Darwin + artists from Melbourne + digitally devised process + 3 day open-to-public creative development = WIP showing at The Crack House
RE: Location is a group exhibition exploring heterotopias; imagining what is different, other – the non-hegemonic.
Augmentation Open Studio: Enhance the human body. Merge with technology. Observe sound artists and physical theatre makers explore Transhuman Augmentation.
Come make a mini-zine in a quiet, safe environment, with zines available to browse and inspire. Connector pens provided.
MEAA present practical advice and templates for the business end of making independent theatre. How to make profit share contracts, fair rehearsal schedules and more.
Women from traditionally 'male' writing scenes - rap, comics, gaming, science fiction, comedy - explain how they made it in their fields.
How do you write about love without being cheesy? These writers discuss the way their work engages with love.
What makes for good sportswriting, anyway? And who on earth is reading all those cricket recaps?
In Australia, where faith is so often political, how do Australian writers of faith reconcile religious practice with writing practice?
500 personal artifacts & an invitation: give her a personal artifact, share its story and she will give you one of hers.
From defamation to detention and data retention, privacy to digital permanency, these writers dive into the Aussie political underbelly.
An introduction to Bouffon - a darker style of clowning. Bouffons are devious creatures which revel in parodying society and illuminating its hypocrisies.
An interactive experimental performance installation. How to Play: 1) Step into my space. 2) We have 3 minutes to find true connection.
Sharpen your pencils, grant seekers. Bring an idea to work on. Produce a killer app in a cut-throat funding round.
Are all cultural workers destined for part time work? In partnership with the Western Sydney University.
Come join Magda Wozniak and Niki Aken in conversation as they discuss the ins and outs of the screenwriting biz.
Join us to talk about how conservation, criticism and curation shapes how we talk about and remember performance.
A dance film and moving pop-up graffiti project, capturing imaginative inhabitation. Find all four films across TiNA!
Experimental findings from other worlds, this panel explores experiences that drift from what we perceive as 'real life'.
Come learn the tips and tricks of the cryptic crossword trade - a valuable life skill if ever there were one!
What is Australia's place on the world's stage? Are our politicians 'leaders', 'followers' or 'detractors'? An insider's/outsider's view of Australian Politics.
A series of mind, body + soul workouts to move the modern creative through foreboding dark forests, back to the wild arts adventure.
An experiment in culture hacking by making us do what we believe in combining punk and poiesis.
Don't miss this series of interactive digital events, presentations and readings that explore the ways writing and technology can intersect.
Editors, publishers and writers share their tips and tricks of the trade: from navigating the slush pile, to pro pitching.
Ever been curious about what lies beyond the closed door of a TV story room? This workshop will reveal all.
Writers from Byron Bay, Tamworth, SA and remote NT are here to convince their regional peers to stick around.
A practical guide to submitting your manuscript pitch to commercial publishing houses, from a former gatekeeper of the 'slush pile'.
A one man show for everybody! Fuelled with blockbusting sketches! WouldMan's artistic adventures pose the greatest subject in art!
When will our real life identities become secondary to our online personas? Enter the immersive private world of pro-gamer CRAZYMOOSE69
Vladimir the Crow: scholar of horror, conduit to all things ghastly + ghoulish, grotesque clown and surreal song and dance man.
We discuss the implications of locative art practices on experiences of space, social mechanisms, language, and interactions with the sublime.
As an editor, it's your job to ensure your writers don't embarrass themselves. But how do you edit out ignorance?
Friends with Benefits: Sharing is Caring is a one-night only art exhibition of inter-town love and good-hearted nepotism.
A real late 90s teen bedroom. Suspended between worlds, the present bleeds into the past and magic invades the mundane.
Writers share all the ways the internet has let them down - and how to deal when the trolls won't quit.
Comics with Friends and Strangers help you draw with words and write with pictures. Suitable for seasoned professionals and complete novices alike
When will our real life identities become secondary to our online personas? Enter the immersive private world of pro-gamer CRAZYMOOSE69
Harriet + Pierce explore the end of the world, money-hungry corporations and 39 Renaissance Babies Who Can't Even. Comedy featuring pantsuits.
Learn how to write constructive critique by helping Serious Writers play silly games! Two teams of critics face off.
Inspired by hit podcast Song Exploder, musicans will take us through the process of creating one of their songs.
Science writing might seem reserved for people with PhDs, but it's just as often filled with the weird and wonderful! These science writers tell all.
How do we practice self-care when we write about trauma? Can writing about trauma work as a healing process?
Scott plays with his imaginary friend Jack.  But then the Colossi stomp through...
Coal River is a site-specific series of projections that intervene in the vectors of Newcastle's historic space.
Family aren't always happy to appear in your writing, even if they're great material. These writers have it figured out, though.
An alien research facility, a remote-controlled human, a saucy rendezvous - the power is yours!
Should you always write what you know? Is it ok to speak for others? Here's your chance to find out!
Join artists Emily Parsons-Lord and Deb Mansfield for a shot of sherry and a hike to the neon sign 'Advertising Marketing Publicity'.
A unique Australian story - bonnets and bayonets but not as you've ever seen them before. Ten performers on a pirate ship!
Join experimental music organisation Ladyz in Noyz as they delve into the experiences and challenges for women in this male dominated industry.
BYO dinner + informal chat about hot topics around the Festival. Join programmed artists presenting mental illness and disability in their work.
You'll find our interactive, digital narratives wandering the neglected public spaces scattered throughout the CBD. Come and find us!
Join Australia and the UKs most exciting female sound, noise and experimental artists as they launch Ladyz in Noyz Australia Vol. II
Primal Screen is the world's first IRL social network. Practically, it's a game show / debate / sparagmos.
A beloved festival tradition, the 2015 TiNA Enchantment Under the Sea Ball must not be missed. Dressing up strongly encouraged. Welcome one and all.
Verbatim stories from those who have left home behind, and those who have never known it, woven together to find common ground.
 A true story about Sara and her brother.
Raised in the aisles of Asian grocery stores, the time has come for Shan + Yaya to escape and haunt modern Australia.
Performance-art+Rock concert+punk political activism. The unwanted love child of Peaches and TISM following advice from the Clickhole editorial board.
An interwoven collection of performed, pre-recorded, verbatim audio interviews conducted with Australians who have experienced paranormal phenomena in their family homes.
Had a ball at the Ball? Keep on dancing into the night at Sprout@Crown & Anchor - just a shimmy away!
The George Brandis Live Art Experience is an ongoing community-based art project, protesting against changes to arts funding announced in the 2015 Federal budget.
Curated by Roslyn Helper, New Physics is a virtual exhibition of internet art that explores ways of exhibiting and experiencing art online.
Shared instructional artworks. Perform, explore, or experiment with ephemeral, instructional actions. www.thesocialsculpturenetwork.org
Chris Knight wanted to be a paid comedy writer, so taking a cue from poetry buskers, he hit the streets of Adelaide.
The George Brandis Live Art Experience is an ongoing community-based art project, protesting against changes to arts funding announced in the 2015 Federal budget.
RE: Location is a group exhibition exploring heterotopias; imagining what is different, other – the non-hegemonic.
We discuss what the literary environment is like for our NZ writer friends across the ditch.
How do you find someone willing to mentor you? And how does a mentorship work? These mentors and mentees share all.
How is migrant diaspora language shaping Australian writing? And what's it like to create language on the linguistic periphery?
NYWF's famous Zine Fair is back! Zines, stalls and events galore.
How much impact can and should an editor have? When's it more important to hold back than to have your say?
How do you beat the news cycle and engage readers? These writers discuss how to maintain conversations around important issues.
A lively panel discussion between performance, writing and visual arts/design practitioners around social inclusion and creating of dynamic thought-provoking art.
An intimate workshop for performers and creators with a focus on creating and sharing autobiographical stories, and personal story exchange and development.
We chat with people who work beyond the local. Cross-country collaborations, tours, and interstate residencies in our huge continent.

A beginners guide to Tracker music hosted by some of Australia's best Tracker artists. High energy, quick decisions - are you game?
An interactive experimental performance installation. How to Play: 1) Step into my space. 2) We have 3 minutes to find true connection.
500 personal artifacts & an invitation: give her a personal artifact, share its story and she will give you one of hers.
A dance film and moving pop-up graffiti project, capturing imaginative inhabitation. Find all four films across TiNA!
Paired with a new best friend, audience members embark on a series of adventures and experiences that celebrate and test their virtues as a friend. Limited places. Sign up at cracktheatrefestival.com
The Lit Picnic is a jam-packed arvo of market stalls, performances, lawn games, book clubs, picnic hampers, discussion groups, colouring in, a pi_ata, the zine fair and general good-times.
Unlock this mystery through an interactive experience on the streets of Newcastle. For further details refer to the NYWF website.
Day 2 in culture hacking by making us do what we believe in combining punk and poiesis.
This artist power-up will transform the most tedious administration task into a corporate barn dance.
What is digital poetry, anyway? Karen Murphy explains - and teaches you how to use digital writing programs. BYO laptop.
Is it possible to have an appreciation for love stories and alpha men and still be a feminist?
How do young writers afford to do this whole 'writing' thing? These writers tell us how they stay afloat.
Paired with a new best friend, audience members embark on a series of adventures and experiences that celebrate and test their virtues as a friend. Limited places. Sign up at cracktheatrefestival.com
When will our real life identities become secondary to our online personas? Enter the immersive private world of pro-gamer CRAZYMOOSE69
In partnership with the Newcastle Museum, brilliant young storytellers delve into the town's history: from lightbulbs to biscuits to coal.
Augmentation Showing and Forum: Join the discussion as artists show moments from the collaborative lab and discuss Transhuman Augmentation, Fear and Performance.
Children (aged 6 to 11) can explore how sounds are created with scientist and musician Dr Claire Pannell and build sound devices to take home.
Learn to make contact mics, solder, circuit bend, alter toys, and hack any noisemakers for cheap, gratifying and experimental musical thrills.
YA is often at the cutting edge when it comes to diversity. These writers explain why.
When will our real life identities become secondary to our online personas? Enter the immersive private world of pro-gamer CRAZYMOOSE69
An artist's homecoming, a language on the verge of extinction, and one family's struggle with the legacy of colonialism.
Come and experience first-hand the process of creating a simple text-based game. BYO laptop.
A real late 90s teen bedroom. Suspended between worlds, the present bleeds into the past and magic invades the mundane.
Part showcase, part workshop, this event will explain the different ways writing to constraint can improve and inspire your writing.
Patrick Lenton and Jack Vening are making the most of the short story boom. Join them in conversation as they discuss their chosen medium.
Artists from Darwin + artists from Melbourne + digitally devised process + 3 day open-to-public creative development = WIP showing at The Crack House
Women of colour are often silenced or misrepresented in the writing community. These writers celebrate the work of women of colour.
An interactive performance responding to predictions of severe global water scarcity over the coming decades, and looking at the conflicts that might arise.
This debate pits serious journos against satirists. Is hard news best served cold or is funnier always better?
Special advanced screening of the feature film "Pop-Up", shot in Newcastle and in Transylvania. Duration: 94 minutes. Book at tix.yt/popup
No one cares what you made for dinner. No one cares that you're up at 5am. No one cares that you're lonely.
This comedy game show pits NYWF's best minds against each other. Battle it out in a serious of ridiculous games.
See your Festival experience out with a bang at the closing party. Featuring special guest DJs and your best dance moves.
Write-off is an elimination-style game show where writers test their word-smithing chops in a series of challenges.
NYWF's famous Late Night Readings are back. Tonight it's all about breakups and breakdowns, so bring the tissues.