This page is part of the 2007 FESTIVAL ARCHIVE.
Visit the current Melbourne Writers Festival website for details of the next festival.
24th August - 2nd September 2007
Book Now!
All Melbourne Writers Festival events, except for the schools program, are booked through the Malthouse Theatre Box Office.

The Age Melbourne Writers' Festival has a booking form for your use. Download a PDF booking form.

Online Booking

Telephone:
(03) 9685 5111

Facsimile:
(03) 9685 5112

In person:
CUB Malthouse Theatre
113 Sturt Street, Southbank VIC 3006

For directions to the CUB Malthouse Theatre, please click here.

Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow (www.craphound.com) is a science fiction novelist, blogger and technology activist. He is the co-editor of the popular weblog Boing Boing, and a contributor to Wired, Popular Science, Make, the New York Times, and many other newspapers, magazines and websites. Cory notes on his website that he learned to type before he learned cursive writing, which is his excuse for "execrable handwriting".

He began selling his short fiction when he was seventeen and has had continued success with his short stories as well as publishing several science fiction novels. He won the Locus and Sunburst Awards, and been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula and British Science Fiction Awards. His novels are published by Tor Books and simultaneously released on the Internet under Creative Commons licenses that encourage their re-use and sharing, a move that increases his sales by enlisting his readers to help promote his work.

He was also named one of Forbes Magazine's 2007 Web Celebrities, and one of the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leaders for 2007. His latest novel is, Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town, and his latest short story collection is, Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present.

Cory Doctorow's visit is sponsored by the Canada Council for the Arts.
Cory Doctorow will be appearing:
Date: 25 August 2007
Time: 10am - 4pm
Cost: Full: $195, Concession: $175
Venue: City Museum
Spring Street entrance, opposite Collins Street, city. Click here for their website
Bookings: Malthouse box office (see sidebar)

Sponsored by the Canada Council.
Date: 25 August 2007
Time: 9pm - 10pm
Venue: Merlyn Theatre
Tickets:

Sponsored by the Canada Council
Date: 26 August 2007
Time: 11.30am - 12.30pm
Venue: Merlyn Theatre
Tickets: Full $18
Concession $15
Bookings: Malthouse box office (see sidebar)
Date: 26 August 2007
Time: 3pm - 4pm
Venue: Beckett Theatre
Tickets:

Sponsored by NewMatilda.com
Date: 26 August 2007
Time: 5.30pm - 7.30pm
Venue: Tower Theatre
Tickets: Full $18
Concession $15
Bookings: Malthouse box office (see sidebar)
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