an extended literary festival taking the form of occasional conversations with writers


We hold our events on the lands of the Jinabara and Gubbi Gubbi Peoples. We acknowledge their elders past and present.

They are the keepers of the ancient stories of this place.


Welcome to our 2026 program.


We now have two events booked for the first half of the year:


Outspoken presents:

a conversation with

Bob Carr

Maleny Community Centre

Tuesday March 31st

6 for 6.30 pm

Discussing his memoir:

Bring Back Yesterday

Introducing author to be confirmed

Tickets $30 and $20 for students

buy tickets for Bob Carr

Outspoken presents:

a conversation with

Lisa Wilkinson

Maleny Community Centre

Tuesday May 12th

6 for 6.30 pm

Discussing her new book

The Titanic Story of Evelyn

And, Introducing,

David Carlin and Peta Murray

discussing How to Dress for Old Age

Tickets $30 and $20 for students

buy tickets for Lisa Wilkinson

More details on our upcoming events page


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Outspoken acknowledges the support of the Sunshine Coast Arts Foundation


In 2025 we held seven events with Debra Oswald & Steve MinOn, Jane Rawson & Barry Traill, Hugh White & Joanna Jenkins, Chris Hammer, Heather Rose, Bob Brown & Peter Stevens from Lake Baroon Catchment Care. In 2024 we spoke with Rick Morton, Gina Chick, Bri Lee, Hugh Mackay and Dr Norman Swan, with introducing authors Siang Lu, Andrew Stafford, Carly-Jay Metcalfe, Simon Cleary and Marko Newman.

We’re immensely grateful to all our authors for making the journey up to Maleny, and to the publishers who help us get them here.

The podcasts of all our events are now available.

There is a total of 90 podcasts available free under the banner of Outspoken Maleny.

Please click on the Podcasts or find us on Apple Podcasts and Amazon Podcasts, click here to be directed to them.

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Hugh Mackay

Chris Sarra

Marko Newman

Simon Cleary

Bri Lee

Luke Stegemann

Luke Stegemann

Angela O’Keeffe and Tyyni Lang

Steven and Tyyni with Hugh Mackay

Norman Swan

Alexander McCall Smith

Carly-Jay Metcalfe

Fiona Robertson

Kevin Rudd

Tony Birch

 

Melissa Ashley

Steven Lang

Steven Lang

 

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