The Scone Festival exists for the ‘love of words’, and to create stimulating, informal and intimate events that spark conversations. SLF is the only readers and writers festival in the Upper Hunter and has two major events each year: the Literary Festival in the second week of March and the Patrick White Oration in November.

Established in 2013 by a group of like-minded individuals who decided to invite some authors to discuss their books over a series of literary lunches, it has become a much-anticipated event on the literary calendar. In 2018, the Festival was ranked in the prestigious, Qantas list of 101 things to see and do – the only literary event to be listed.