DAYLESFORD | Words in Winter Festival
16-18 August 2019
Welcome to Words in Winter 2019
Words in Winter is an annual literary and arts festival held in August each year in the Hepburn Shire and surrounding districts. Words in Winter is a celebration of words, stories and ideas in all their forms shared by locals and visiting presenters through readings, poetry, theatre, music, talks, workshops, visiting authors, and exhibitions.
You can find out more about the festival here
Do you have an event you would like to submit for consideration for this years festival?
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2018 Festival Highlights
Winter is coming!
Venie Poetry Prize
Entries close Monday July 22
The 2019 Venie Holmgren Environmental Poetry Award has been launched and is ready for your entry.
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Trivia Night
Coming Soon!
Get your brain into gear and gather some of your smarty pants friends for a fun night of trivia, prizes and community gathering! We will let you know when and where…
Trentham Programme
16 August – 18 August
The Trentham Words in Winter 2019 Programme is ready to view!
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Creswick Exhibition
Official Opening 6 August 6-8pm
Words in Winter Creswick 2019 Exhibition “Words and Visions” – 10 works by local wordsmiths plus the works of 10 visual artists based on the works.
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“We live by stories. It’s the principle by which we organize our experience and thus derive our sense of who we are. ”
Tobias Wolf
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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.