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Memoir writing from the heart

Join 2024 Stella Prize shortlisted author, Katia Ariel, for a compelling conversation, as she reflects on writing her debut memoir, The Swift Dark Tide, an open love letter on selfhood, [...]
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Heart Wisdom

What does your heart wish to share? Join Cathy Williams, Author of ‘Body Wisdom’, as she guides you to open a dialogue with your Heart. Sharing excerpts from her book, [...]
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Nature connection through narrative

Writing about the natural world can help us first notice nature, but narrative – where living things have agency and inner lives – really fosters connection.
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Clean Pages Filthy Ink

“Clean Pages, Filthy Ink” is a riveting spoken word poetry reading that delves into the intricate themes of cultural identity and political uprisings. Through powerful verses and vivid imagery, Antonio [...]
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A Storyteller’s Heart

Professional storyteller Niki na Meadhra weaves a thread from her heart to yours, with traditional legends and folk tales that cast a hush over the room and invite the magic [...]
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Richard Perry & Ross Gillett

Richard Perry and Ross Gillett, who enjoy and excel in reading poems aloud, will read a wide range of poems (not their own) related to WiW’s theme: Connection of the [...]
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Travelling with a cardboard cutout

Come meet Michelle Bourke, author and storyteller, the only widow that has travelled around the world with a cardboard cut-out of her late husband. This story is a journey of [...]
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Words in Winter is an annual literary and arts festival held in August each year in the Hepburn Shire and surrounding districts.