POETRY | MUSIC | FOOD
A sensory feast of community and beyond.
Come dip into the warmth of Words in Winter
Hot off the press! Here’s our 2023 programme featuring
Jon Faine, Marieke Hardy, Alicia Sometimes, Erin Reilly, Sean M Whelan, Shalini Kunahlan, Petrus Spronk, Rebecca Lister and many more…












Words in Winter
Words in Winter is a literary and arts festival held in August in the Hepburn Shire and surrounding districts. Words in Winter is a celebration of words, stories and ideas in all their forms shared by locals and visiting presenters through readings, poetry, theatre, music, talks, workshops, visiting authors, and exhibitions.
You can find out more about the festival here
Cover image by Kim Percy @kimpercy
Previous Festival Highlights
“We live by stories. It’s the principle by which we organize our experience and thus derive our sense of who we are. ”
Tobias Wolf

Words in Winter is an annual literary and arts festival held in August each year in the Hepburn Shire and surrounding districts.