We have plenty of people and organisations in the valley to thank for this year's event running so smoothly and none more so than the local Volunteer Rural Fire Service. So following our AGM last week we presented a cheque of $500 to Captain Don McKillop on behalf of the
Dear Festivalgoer, We’ll be welcoming you to the Festival in less than a week now. Check out the final program here. We will also have some special intimate ‘meet the author events’ and signings. They will be advertised on boards in the Festival Reception Centre. Numbers are limited, so sign up quickly. When you
Just in case you need to directions, here they are: From Sydney city, cross the Harbour Bridge or use the M1 Harbour Tunnel towards Newcastle. Stay on the M1 motorway towards Epping and M2; DO NOT turn off towards A1 Newcastle. Go through the M2 Lane Cove Tunnel. Stay on the M2 for 17 km,
Hugh Mackay, once again you have brought us a book that invites us to grapple with fundamental concepts that determine how we make sense of ourselves and our society. Last year you spoke to a packed tent about The Art of Belonging. Welcome again with your newest book Beyond Belief.
Meg, your novel The Soldier’s Curse has been written with your father, Tom Keneally, a very famous name in Australian literature. Was it daunting; the act of writing with such an accomplished author? When I was offered the opportunity, I was both excited and terrified. Working with a man who has written dozens of
Kate, your new novel The Beast’s Garden is impossible to put down. Tell us what inspired you to write such a chilling tale. I have been fascinated with World War II since I was twelve years old, and read The Diary of Anne Frank for the first time. It delivered such