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.    ...