Episode 06 | Slow Grains: Small is Beautiful

Episode 06 | Slow Grains: Small is Beautiful

Listen to the stories of Australia’s pioneers in artisanal, small scale baking, from growers to millers, bakers, activists and researchers. This intimate panel discussion explores the chances they are taking to change the face of baking in Australia, from soil to gut....
Episode 05 Ross McMullin | Pompey Elliott at War: In His Own Words.

Episode 05 Ross McMullin | Pompey Elliott at War: In His Own Words.

Pompey Elliott was Australia’s most famous fighting general in World War I. Now, with Ross McMullin’s new book, Pompey Elliott has also become the creator of Australia’s most riveting personal narrative of that conflict. Pompey Elliott At War: In His Own Words is Ross...
Episode 04 Cate Kennedy | Like A House on Fire

Episode 04 Cate Kennedy | Like A House on Fire

Author Cate Kennedy’s short story collections are currently on the VCE English syllabus. In this session she will be giving an insider scoop on the stories, their themes, how she wrote them, and how to craft your own short stories for assessment. Like a House on Fire...
Episode 03 How to make a writer’s workshop work for you.

Episode 03 How to make a writer’s workshop work for you.

Bearing scars and trophies from tours of duty with other writers’ groups, a group of writers decide to risk social discomfort and creative derailment by workshopping together. Nearly three years later, they’re here to share hard-won wisdom. They discuss guidelines for...
Episode 01 Welcome to Country 2018

Episode 01 Welcome to Country 2018

A moving and inspiring Welcome to Country by Rebecca Phillips of the Dja Dja Wurrung. This session officially kicked off the 2018 Words in Winter festival. Many thanks to Anthony Petrucci for the intro music, which was recorded during the festival. Welcome to Country...
Final Weekend Highlights

Final Weekend Highlights

The final weekend of the festival started on Friday evening with a fascinating conversation between author Jay Carmichael and local favorite Lauren Matthews. Jay’s new book Ironbark, about growing up queer in rural Victoria raised some relevant themes for the youth in...
Opening weekend highlights – Sunday

Opening weekend highlights – Sunday

Sunday morning started early with a booked out Mushroom Cultivation masterclass with Milkwood Permaculture, followed by the U3A story circle next door at Hotel Frangos. Michael Webster then had us captivated by all sorts of fascinating facts on the publishing...
Opening weekend highlights – Saturday

Opening weekend highlights – Saturday

We are so grateful to everyone who braved the crazy weather on the weekend and joined us for a heartwarming, soul nourishing, intellect enhancing weekend. The festival kicked off with a beautiful Welcome to Country by Rebecca Phillips of Dja Dja Wurrung. Then Arnold...
Festival Verse: Anthony Petrucci sings Patrick Jones

Festival Verse: Anthony Petrucci sings Patrick Jones

This is a slow text mesostic poem by Patrick Jones. Anthony Petrucci sets many of Patrick’s poems to his music. This is one of the songs he will be playing at his Words in Winter event. You’ll have two chances to catch the calming soulful music of Anthony...
Festival Spotlight: Elderhood, What Really Matters.

Festival Spotlight: Elderhood, What Really Matters.

Di Percy, with a background in business and psychology and with long experience guiding company and personal transitions, gives us a brief overview of what we can expect from her session Elderhood: What really matters at Words in Winter this year.    ...
Festival Spotlight: David Holmgren asks Can a Book Change the World?

Festival Spotlight: David Holmgren asks Can a Book Change the World?

This is indeed a good question for a Writers Festival! If the book in question is from permaculture co-originator, David Holmgren the answer could well be ‘yes’. We are thrilled to have David as a major speaker at the festival this year. Not only is David globally...