Words in Winter is a celebration of words, stories and ideas shared by locals and visiting authors and artists through readings, poetry, theatre, music, talks, workshops and exhibitions. The festival starts this evening and runs through the weekend.
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From the Top, a memoir by Tom Robb describes his life as a “Traveller, Outlaw, and Producer”. The book is full of anecdotes about the various countries Tom’s Australian Entertainment Company (AEC) performed in, including Europe, the Middle East and Asia. It is in the end, a warm and moving account of a life well lived.
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Lesley Hewitt reviews “My Father’s Suitcase”, a disturbing book about sibling abuse by local author, Mary Garden.
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Hepburn Shire’s favourite winter festival, Words in Winter, returns this year on the last weekend in winter, August 23 to 25. The theme for this year’s festival is “Connection of the Heart.”
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Lesley Hewitt attended Rainbow Story Time at the Daylesford Library and reviewed the reading in her Second Thursday Book Club with Max Primer on Hepburn Radio.
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Celebrate World Poetry Day with Vanessa Craven who will be reading poems from her recently...
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The historic hamlet of Clunes will transform into a booklovers’ paradise on March 23 and 24 with author panels, and outdoor book bazaar of new, second-hand and rare volumes, free music in the park, and family activities.
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For First Nations People the seasons don’t change when the the calendar does. Instead they look for changes in plants, animals water, weather and the stars to mark the start of a new season.
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Lesley Hewitt reviews a biography of Samuel Goldbloom by his daughter, Sandra Goldbloom Zurbo and explores some of the complex aspects of their relationship.
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Lesley Hewitt reviews Bryan Brown’s second book, The Drowning, an entertaining example of Australian crime writing, cleverly capturing the characters and sense of place in an Australian coastal town.
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Lesley Hewitt reviews two books which give readers insights into the plight of Tamils in Sri Lanka.
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In their monthly book review, Max Primer and Lesley Hewitt talked about Prisoner #1056 by Roy Ratnavel, a Sri Lankan Tamil Canadian business executive.
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