He has been a guest at most of Australia's literary festivals, toured widely and been published in over 350 different newspapers, anthologies and magazines across 24 countries in 12 languages. During September/October 2006, Les Wicks was a guest of the Festival International de la Poesie in Quebec, Canada. In 2011 he was the 1st Australian guest at the International Literary Festival, Lviv, Ukraine. 2013 saw him as a guest at the International Poetry Festival of Medellin. 2014 he performed in Delhi World Poetry Festival, LA – Beyond Baroque, Austin International Poetry Festival & Struga Poetry Evenings. 2015 saw him performing at Festival Internacional de Poesía, Granada Nicaragua & International Poetry Festival Istanbul. 2016 Vilenica Int Lit Fest, Kosovo Int. Poe. Fest., Bellingen R&W Fest. 2018 Kerala Literature Festival, Chair Poetry Evenings Kolkata. 2019 Newcastle Canberra Melbourne Perth & Chengdu Int Poetry Week