43,000 attend PWF: Lindy West, Deng Adut and first ‘Literary Death Match’ among the highlights

1 March 2017 Books+Publishing

More than 43,000 people attended the 2017 Perth Writers Festival, which ran from 23-26 February. Attendance was slightly down on the 2016 festival, which attracted around 45,000 people. A hundred international and Australian authors appeared at 125 events, with all but 12 events free to the public. A PWF spokesperson...