Events from August 23 – August 23 › Friday 23 Aug ›

Arnold Zable In Conversation: A Retrospective

Maia Irell May 30, 2024 No Comments

Arnold Zable is a legendary Melbourne storyteller, novelist, and recipient of the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. He will discuss a writer’s journey, culminating in his most [...]

Homemade Hepburn Jam

Maia Irell May 29, 2024 No Comments

A happy union of original electronic beats by Cameron Saunders and Clay Ravin and textual explorations by wordsmith Morgan Williams, with Tarquin Percy-Williams on bass. 100% local. 100% live. Followed [...]

Words In Winter Community Opening Night at Radius

Maia Irell May 31, 2024 No Comments

4.30pm – Acknowledgment of Country from Bruce Pascoe, Mayor’s opening remarks, then Tim Loveday will read his Holmgren-award winning poem. 4.45pm – Daylesford College students competition finalists read their work, [...]

Publishing Is More Than Print

Maia Irell May 29, 2024 No Comments

All-things-publishing Guru will enlighten you on the many channels for getting your work out there besides conventional print. On the digital front, there are various flavours of eBooks, plus audiobooks, [...]

Maia vs Petrus

Maia Irell July 3, 2023 No Comments

Maia versus Petrus Locals Maia Irell & Petrus Spronk team up to give you an insight into the creative life of the well loved artist Petrus Spronk. Inspired by a [...]

Erin Riley

Maia Irell June 18, 2023 No Comments

Erin Riley Special guest speaker, Words in Winter Festival Followed by Festival Opening at 5pm By day, Erin Riley is a social worker, having spent most of the last [...]

U3A-Schools Morning Tea Readings

Maia Irell June 15, 2023 No Comments

U3A-Schools Morning Tea Readings U3A and Schools Morning Tea readings and award presentations. Meeting of old and new writers. A multigenerational gathering with special guest Georgie Rose Puppetry doing an [...]

Shadow Puppetry Performances

Maia Irell June 15, 2023 No Comments

Shadow Puppetry Performances Georgie Rose is a puppeteer & storyteller. She shares a shadow puppet performance inspired by the classic and much loved story of ‘Le Petit Prince’ by Antoine [...]

Festival Launch. Wear it Purple Day

Juanita Broderick July 2, 2019 No Comments

Festival Launch. Wear it Purple Day Wear it purple for safe, empowering and inclusive environments for LGBT youth. 4pm Special guest Erin Riley (they/them) speaks about gender identity and writing. [...]

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