Artists & Authors

Every great story starts with a curious mind.

Meet some of the writers, artists and storytellers who'll be joining us in Daylesford and Hepburn Springs this August.

More artists and authors to be added over the coming weeks!

Writer, editor and collage maker

Theatre maker, writer and performer

Poet, writer and funeral celebrant

Researcher, writer, storyteller.

Self publishing collective

Writer, director, and creative artist

Children's author

Fernanda Dahlstrom

Writer, editor and lawyer

Cultural anthropologist

Activist, historian

Farmer, singer, baker and more

Olivia De Lesantis

Playwright, writer and performer

Fiction and memoir author

Food journalist, literary agent

Sandra Fiona Long

Writer, theatre maker and artist

Sandra Goldbloom Zurbo

Writer, editor and activist.

Young adult fiction writer, performer

Arts journalist, critic, editor and poet

Share your work at Words in Winter

Join writers, performers and artists from across the country for five days of storytelling in the heart of Djaara Country.

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Share your work at Words in Winter