Caro Llewellyn
Llewellyn in 2008
Occupation(s)Business executive, artistic director, festival manager and nonfiction writer
Known forLiterary festivals
Notable workDiving into glass

Caro Llewellyn (born 1965)[1] is an Australian business executive, artistic director, festival manager and nonfiction writer. As of 2020, she is chief executive officer of the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne.

Career

Llewellyn is the daughter of Richard Llewellyn and poet Kate Llewellyn. She grew up in Adelaide.[2]

Early in her career Llewellyn had a job booking bands for venues.[2] She entered the literary world and became product manager for Random House. From 2002 to 2006 Llewellyn was director of the Sydney Writers' Festival.[3] In 2006 she moved to New York where she was employed by Salman Rushdie to manage the PEN World Voices Festival from 2007. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2009 and found she was no longer able to read.[3] At this time she had been appointed the inaugural director of what later became the Wheeler Centre but resigned before she began in the role.[4] After about three years she discovered that her sight had improved and she was able to read novels again.

For Columbia University, she served as artistic director of the Paris-based Festival des Écrivains du Monde from 2012 to 2015. During this period, from 2013 to 2015, she ran the New Literature from Europe Festival in New York.[5] Back in Australia in 2017, Llewellyn was appointed Director of Experience and Engagement at Museums Victoria.[5]

Her 2019 memoir, Diving into glass, was shortlisted for the 2020 Stella Prize.[6]

In 2020 Llewellyn was appointed chief executive officer of the Wheeler Centre.[5] She will vacate the role in July 2023.[7]

Works

References

  1. ^ "Llewellyn, Caro (1965–)". trove.nla.gov.au. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b Findlay, Carly (27 December 2020). "Response to Diving Into Glass by Caro Llewellyn". Carly Findlay. Archived from the original on 27 December 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b Walker, Alice (19 April 2019). "'I lost the ability to read': A literary festival director's 'terrible secret'". ABC News. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  4. ^ Steger, Jason (4 February 2009). "Director closes the book on literature venture". The Age. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "Caro Llewellyn appointed new Chief Executive Officer of the Wheeler Centre". Australian Arts Review. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Stella prize 2020: Charlotte Wood, Favel Parrett and Tara June Winch make shortlist". Books+Publishing. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Llewellyn to step down as Wheeler Centre CEO". Books+Publishing. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
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