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This page is part of the 2009 FESTIVAL ARCHIVE.
Visit the current Melbourne Writers Festival website for details of the next festival.


Contact us

The Melbourne Writers Festival
Arts House
117 Sturt Street
Southbank
Victoria 3006
AUSTRALIA

T: +61 (0)3 9645 9244
F: +61 (0)3 9645 9344
E: admin@mwf.com.au


Festival Director/CEO
Steve Grimwade


Festival Manager
Helenka King


Program Manager
Currently being recruited


Festival Administrator
Louise Angrilli


Development Manager
Nina Gibson


Marketing Manager
Currently being recruited

Box Office Manager
Vacant until mid 2010.

Volunteer Coordinator
Vacant until mid 2010.

Festival Production Manager
Tom Abud. This position has finished for 2009.
m 0425 707 951

Festival Publicist
Magda Petkoff, Purple Media
p +61 3 9328 4522
m 0409 436 473
Queries about media and publicity only


Festival photographer
Jim Lee
m 0411 112 163


Festival staff, on the last day of MWF 09
l to r Magda Petkoff, Nina Gibson, Steve Grimwade, Rosemary Cameron, Steve Joyce, Gen Cizevskis (crouching at front), Helenka King, Tom Abud, Zohar Spatz, Will Todd, Jane Dickenson, Louise Angrilli. Thomas Caldwell was absent at this time.

Founding Patron
The Hon. John Button


Patrons
Philip Cornish
Allan J Myers AO QC


The Melbourne Writers Festival Board

Chair Michael Webster
Vice Chair Caroline Cornish
Treasurer Bernard Marin
Public Officer Nick Ruskin
Committee Kristen Boschma, Maree Davidson, Jayne Dullard, Jan McGuinness.


2009 Programme advisors

Christine Andell, Nikki Anderson, Elisa Berg, Jo Case, Helen Elliott, Hilary Harper, John Lenarcic, Pam Macintyre, Jan McGuinness, Peter McLennan, Mark Rubbo OAM, Anna Ryan-Punch, Martin Shaw, Mike Shuttleworth, Kerry Smyth, Jason Steger, Louise Swinn, Aviva Tuffield, Chris Wheat, Michael Williams (resigned)


Marketing sub-committee

Michael Webster (chair)
Maree Davidson
Helenka King

Fundraising, sponsorship & patrons sub-committee

Caroline Cornish (chair)
Nina Gibson
Bernard Marin
Jan McGuinness

Venues and strategic plan sub-committee

Vacant (chair)
Rosemary Cameron
Jan McGuinness
Michael Webster


Board succession sub-committee

Maree Davidson (chair)
Jan McGuinness