Artists: Patrick Lenton, David Stavanger, Lorin Elizabeth and BABYFREEZE.

BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! along with Noted brings you Bloodwords: the death of literature, a BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! Canberra National Event where literature goes head-to-head with literature in a violent bloodbath of words to decide the final victor of all time. Spoken word meets memoir meets non-fiction meets short fiction all in front of a celebrity team of judges in a battle ring royale where text will be put to the ultimate test. Who will win? The judges and literature will decide! Be there for the words, the blood, the carnage, and the half-time entertainment show from the delightful BABYFREEZE!

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Artist: Ashley Kalagian Blunt

'Shakespeare needs new material!'

'Jane Austen is only famous because of Colin Firth'

'Hey hey, ho ho, Hemingway has got to go'

Noted is taking on the literary canon. We're tired of school children being subjected to the same texts by dead white men year after year, generation after generation. Wear your best literary t-shirts, create witty lit-y placards, shout your rage into the cold Canberra night and join us on our anti-canon protest march through the city. We'll be on the look-out for the best and funniest anti-canon placards and chants.

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Artists: The Lifted Brow featuring Farz Edraki, Lachlan Brown, Linda Chen.

The Lifted Brow brings its much-loved Mixtape Memoirs series to Noted Writers Festival. Four exceptional writers have each chosen a song that changed the way they saw the world. Hear the songs, and the stories they’ve inspired.

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Artists: Jordan Morris

In a Nobel prize-worthy performance, Bob Dylan aka Jordan Morris will lead our merry band of LitHoppers across Canberra. Forget your Subterranean Homesick Blues, be your own Mr. Tambourine Man and join Jordan in a literary journey that will make you feel Forever Young.

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Artists: Ashley Kalagian Blunt + Guests

Noted presents Blind Date with a Book - the literary dating show you didn’t know you needed. Host Ashley Kalagian Blunt will guide one lucky contestant on their journey to find their literary ever after. Who will be the lucky book?

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Artists: Jordan Morris

In a Nobel prize-worthy performance, Bob Dylan aka Jordan Morris will lead our merry band of LitHoppers across Canberra. Forget your Subterranean Homesick Blues, be your own Mr. Tambourine Man and join Jordan in a literary journey that will make you feel Forever Young.

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Artists: Scum Mag and Sian Campbell.

Race against the clock to see if you can match writers to their opening paragraphs. Sound easy? Don't be so sure. That's only the beginning! To kick off LitHop, Scum Mag will be asking you to play ‘Have you got the lede?’ - a literary Mix n' Match game. Scum contributors will also read from some of their most-loved work.

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