Held annually since 2015 - with the exception of last year due to the pandemic -, this year's Festival will be on Friday, July 30, and Saturday, July 31, at the Hotel Canobolas.

The event will feature a line-up of inspiring fiction and non-fiction authors, including former Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Minister Robert Tickner, whose memoir Ten Doors Down, tells of his search for his biological parents - which led him to Orange.

The book documents his life-changing search for the woman who gave birth to him and was forced to give him up for adoption.

Other speakers will include: crime author Petronella McGovern; ABC journalist Michael Brissenden and author of the compulsive thriller Dead Letters; Photography curator Helen Ennis - who has compiled a biography of pioneering modernist photographer Olive Cotton, and high-profile tree-changer Todd Alexander, who threw away his corporate career to run a vineyard and accommodation business in the Hunter Valley. You've Got to be Kidding: A Shedload of Wine and Farm Full of Goats is his latest book.

Event organisers will continue to monitor the NSW Health regulations and advise ticket purchasers of any changes to Festival arrangements.

Tickets are $95 per person - which includes morning tea and lunch - and are available through Eventbrite, via the Central West Libraries website or by phoning Orange City Library on 6393 8132.

The Festival is on July 30 and 31 at the Hotel Canobolas. The full program is available here.

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