Jacqui Newling

Thank you for talking with us Jacqui. What a beautiful book! Eat Your History: Stories and recipes from Australian kitchens is hard to put down. Even my husband, who abhors cooking programs, is now immersed in your book.  Tell us a bit about this book’s provenance. To me it is a

Tim Elliott

Your latest book, Farewell to the Father, is a poignant story of a man who had a Jekyll and Hyde kind of existence, your father.  This must have been a difficult book to write. Was this act of writing important for you, personally? Yes, really really really really important. What happened with my

Pack that Hollywood Glam!

With September around the corner we want to remind all Festival Night Film attendees (and indeed those booked for the Festival Dinner) that we are hoping, nay expecting you to do Orry-Kelly proud and don some Hollywood glam – frocks, suits, kimonos, ball gowns, to view Women He's Undressed. The gorgeous Tom Langshaw

Festival accommodation in the valley

With a few valley venues now booked out, people are asking about other places to stay when they are booking a weekend pass. There are still plenty of places to stay in the area. Del Rio Resort  on the banks of the Hawkesbury is 20 minutes from St Albans, and

The Nib Waverley shortlist 2016

We are very pleased to announce that on Sunday 18th September (12.15 in The Saturday Paper Marquee) we will launch a partnership between the St Albans Writers’ Festival and Waverley Council’s Nib Waverley Library Award for Literature. First awarded in 2002, The Nib Waverley Library Award for Literature from Waverley Council