O’Hara to step down as BWF director

Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) director and CEO Jane O’Hara has confirmed that this year’s festival will be her last.

‘Jane provided more than twelve months notice to the Committee that 2012—the Festival’s fiftieth anniversary—would be her final year and we thank her for giving us a generous window to recruit to a refreshed strategic vision for the future Festival,’ said BWF management committee chair David Fishel in a statement. ‘Jane has shown a consistent and strong commitment to building a sustainable organisation, innovative programming, sound governance, stable human resource management and clear strategic visioning. Her legacy to the Festival is acknowledged and appreciated; she will be missed.’

The statement said that, following this year’s festival, O’Hara would be ‘looking to embrace new challenges and apply the considerable skills and experience she has gained in an industry she continues to love so much’.

O’Hara is ‘the longest-serving BWF director, having produced and delivered four successive Festival programs,’ said the statement.

The BWF has begun advertising the director position.

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