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Bendigo Writers Festival combines the Ticketed sessions are colour-coded Online at choice and flexibility of passes, with yellow on the program grids (pp. 9-13). bendigowritersfestival.com.au non-pass ticketed events. They are available for individual By phone (03) 5434 6100 purchase and are in addition to all A three-day pass, or single-day pass, Festival passes. Non-pass ticketed In person at The Capital, gives access to events in five venues in events include workshops in 50 View Street, Bendigo the View Street Arts precinct around Trades Hall Annexe*, all events at Monday - Friday 9.15am - 5.15pm the Festival Hub in the Capital. There Ulumbarra Theatre, events in Dunolly, Saturday 10.00am - 1.00pm are no single ticket sales for any of Maryborough and Eaglehawk, and these pass events, which are colour- the Saturday Night Capital Theatre coded green on the program grids performance-conversation with (pp. 9-13). Robert Forster. contacts festival pass For program and general inquiries: Workshops $50, Concession $45 [email protected] Valid for all three days from 1.30pm Friday August 11, to 5pm Sunday Bookmark Events Dunolly/ For ticketing inquiries: August 13: access to 67 sessions in Maryborough $22, Concession $19 [email protected] five View Street venues. No reserved or (03) 5434 6100 The Arrival $16 (one-price) seating. $110, Concession $88 For marketing and publicity: #LOVEOZYA Super-session $25, [email protected] friday pass Concession $20 or (03) 5434 6007 Non-pass ticketed events $25, Valid 1.30pm-7pm, Friday August Concession $20 *Trades Hall Annexe - Please note 11: access to 13 sessions in four View access to this venue is via steps. Street venues. No reserved seating. Good Life Sunday at Ulumbarra $50, $35, Concession $28 Concession $45 Program correct at time of publication and The Words to Say It: Star Cinema is subject to change. We reserve the right to saturday pass Eaglehawk $15 (one-price) change event times and venue, and substitute presenters and guests where necessary. Valid 10am-6.30pm, Saturday August Good Taste Tram $65 (one-price) Please check online for any program changes. 12: access to 29 sessions in five View Street venues. No reserved seating. $65, Concession $52 BENDIGO WRITERS FESTIVAL PEOPLE: sunday pass Director Rosemary Sorensen [email protected]; General Manager (Capital Venues & Events) David Lloyd [email protected]; Marketing Manager (Capital Venues Valid 10am-5pm, Sunday August & Events) Anne Henshall [email protected]; Communications Officer 13: access to 25 sessions in five View Cecile Shanahan [email protected]; Administrator Coordinator Lorelle Henderson Street venues. No reserved seating. [email protected]; Volunteer Coordinator and Finance Officer Deborah $55, Concession $44 Blake [email protected]; Text Marks the Spot Coordinator Sarah Mayor Cox [email protected]. Committee of Management Rod Fyffe OAM (chair), Claire Flanagan-Smith, Glenn Harvey, Anne Henshall, Peter Kennedy, David Lloyd, Gina Pederick; Program Support Group Claire Flanagan-Smith, Dee Gill, Jennifer Mitchell, Rachel Nightingale, Cecile Shanahan.

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• Now in its 6th year, Bendigo Writers Festival assembles a brilliant cast of speakers for a long weekend that goes to the heart of who we are, what we believe, and where we’re at. • From the grand old Capital Theatre to the beautiful new Ulumbarra Theatre, in and around the View Street precinct, Bendigo is especially brilliant at Festival time. • More than 90 events give you a huge choice, with discussions about identity and politics, health and wellbeing, growing up and growing old, the books we love and the people we admire, music, food, fashion and comedy. • Whether you take a quick dip or immerse yourself from top to toe, you’re very welcome to share what’s on offer at Bendigo Writers Festival 2017.

La Trobe University is proud to The strength of a city lies in its thanks sponsor Bendigo Writers Festival community, the people who, together, for a sixth time this year. make things happen. Bendigo Writers Festival relies on the The Festival gets bigger and better Bendigo is just such a strong energy and support of a huge number each year, opening up the wonders community, enjoying both growth and of people, including the volunteers of the written word to the citizens of confidence. The City of Greater Bendigo who staff the venues and work behind Bendigo and beyond. is proud to support excellence in all the scenes to make sure it all runs aspects of our region’s development. smoothly. It is precisely this lively intellectual To those volunteers, to the many culture that makes Bendigo such a For six years now, the City has friends who encourage us, and to great place to live and work. It’s a city nurtured Bendigo Writers Festival as it the staff at Capital Venues & Events, of inspirational and innovative ideas, has established an enviable reputation we say a very sincere thankyou. and La Trobe is proud to be a partner in and further afield. in these cultural endeavours. We are A true festival of ideas, which very pleased to have established such welcomes so many writers from The City of Greater Bendigo an enduring relationship with the and internationally, is an is on both Dja Dja Wurrung Bendigo community in the arts as ideal way to celebrate all that is fine and Taungurung Country, whose well as in education. and good about our community. ancestors and their descendants are I wish Rosemary Sorensen and all the traditional owners of this Country. We are pleased to welcome writers La Trobe staff and students involved and audiences to Bendigo, once again, We acknowledge that they have every success with the sixth edition of for this exciting feast of entertainment. been custodians for many centuries the Festival. and continue to perform age old ceremonies of celebration, initiation Professor John Dewar Councillor Rod Fyffe and renewal. Vice-Chancellor, OAM, Chair, Bendigo We acknowledge their living culture La Trobe University Writers Festival and their unique role in the life of this region.

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Festival 2017 includes events in the tiny goldrush town of Dunolly, a 50 minute drive west of Bendigo, and in Maryborough, a further 20 minutes on A star from Dunolly. Both sessions have been scheduled on Friday morning, August event in 11, to make it possible to participate in one or even both, in comfortable time to return to Bendigo for the start of the Friday pass program. eaglehawk

Friday August 11, 10.30am-11.30am, Friday August 11, 12pm-1pm, Sunday August 13, 10am-11am, Old Court House Dunolly Maryborough Railway Station Star Cinema Eaglehawk the songs bryan dawe: the words of trees a satirist’s journey to say it

David george haskell bryan dawe john marsden

All of nature, including humanity, is a From the grim educational pickings John Marsden is one of Australia’s network, and the greatest connectors of working-class Port Adelaide in favourite novelists, an educator, within the network are trees. Listening the 1950s and 60s, the multi-faceted literacy advocate and international to trees, as the seasons pass, as they writer, actor and artist Bryan Dawe bestseller. His love of words and change and adapt, gives us not just escaped high school at 15 and went poetry is very much part of his wonderful and essential knowledge on to become one of Australia’s finest philosophy of life. For Festival 2017, about our world, but also enriches our satirists. A Satirist’s Journey is a John has put together a new selection spiritual understanding. American- highly amusing and deeply poignant of favourite poems, and he is joined based British biologist David George story of Bryan’s journey into political by actor John Flaus, to share these Haskell has spent many years watching, satire; the creation of his two much- inspiring works, and to explain his listening and recording the big and loved characters Roly Parks and Sir passion for the power of words. This small changes that happen to trees Murray Rivers QC, and his 30 year memorable event takes place in the in diverse environments, from great relationship with the political satirist, vintage Star Cinema, still operating forests to city sidewalks. He talks to the late John Clarke. in the historic Eaglehawk Town Hall Genevieve Barlow about how to listen on the outskirts of Bendigo and just to the “Songs of Trees”. Morning tea $22, concession $19 ten minutes’ drive from the Capital in included. View Street.

$22, concession $19 $15 (One price)

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Friday August 11, 8pm-9.30pm, Saturday August 12, 8.15pm-9.30pm, Sunday August 13, 5.30pm-6.30pm, Ulumbarra Theatre Ulumbarra Theatre Ulumbarra Theatre where how the world after the we’re at changed disappointments

David Astle Kenan Malik Judith Lucy and Denise Scott

Culture and race, politics and society, Did we see it coming, this avalanche What happens when you put together the communications revolution and of fundamentalist violence and a comedy show that sets out on a the state of the planet. Yes, but where societies divided by identity politics? mission to help us cut the crap and are we REALLY at, and, while we’re Indian-born, British-based writer embrace our mediocrity? Huge at it, who are we and what are we Kenan Malik says yes, and highlights success! Judith Lucy and Denise doing here? Interrogating Hate Race the extraordinary international Scott head to Bendigo right after author and poet, Maxine Beneba drama of the Rushdie affair as a their triumphant run in London, Clarke, social analyst and author key moment. Eloquent about what’s to give us all the gossip from their of Still Lucky Rebecca Huntley, gone wrong, passionate about how Disappointments tour. Who better children’s laureate Leigh Hobbs and it might be fixed, Malik talks with to encourage them to rise to the journalist commentator , award-winning journalist and Vice occasion and really spill the beans intrepid David Astle will steer the Chancellor’s Fellow of La Trobe than Kaz Cooke? Three women, one conversation from the intimate and University, Tony Walker, about helluva show. personal to the grand and universal, fanaticism, populism and freedom with this stellar lineup of writers. of speech. This is a La Trobe $25, concession $20 University Ideas and Society event. $25, concession $20 $25, concession $20

bendigowritersfestival.com.au 5 saturday This series of special events take place in Bendigo’s showcase theatre complex, events at #loveozya Ulumbarra. It’s an ideal way to dip into the festival or as an add-on to a festival pass. ulumbarra

Saturday August 12, 10am- 10.50am, Saturday August 12, 12.30pm-3.15pm Saturday August 12, 3.45pm-4.45pm, Ulumbarra Theatre Strategem Studio at Ulumbarra Ulumbarra Theatre the super- ordinary arrival session miracles

Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman

We’re celebrating the sensational “Young Adult” reading phenomenon with a three- event super-session. One low price will get you in to one, two or all three, and you can meet some of the team behind the Spare Parts Puppet Theatre The Arrival #LOVEOZYA campaign. Dava Sobel Photo: Mia Berg 12.30pm-1.15pm TRANSPORTED Adapted from Shaun Tan’s brilliant BY STORY You can go anywhere, be Science has never been so accessible. picture book, Spare Parts Puppet anyone, lose your way and find yourself Take a great story, add fabulous facts Theatre weaves exceptional acting in a good book. Connor Borchard- and beautiful writing, and curious and exquisite puppetry to bring to life Burns presents Kelly Gardiner and readers are avid for more. From the his fantastical world in a strange and Michael Pryor on word travels. obscure to the essential, the inspiring wonderful metropolis full of floating to the urgent, it’s no wonder this kind ships, mysterious lights, alien symbols 1.30pm-2.15pm AMAZING For readers of writing is so popular. Author and and weird animals. The absence ready to take risks, narratives can twist researcher Leslie Cannold talks to of words not only makes the story and turn, and even the pages of a book Dava Sobel (The Glass Universe) and perfect for puppetry but emphasises can misbehave. Rachel Nightingale David George Haskell (The Songs the isolation that is experienced by presents Amie Kaufman and Jay of Trees) about their passion for many people arriving in a new place. Kristoff talking about their bestselling science and how to make information This is Spare Parts Puppet Theatre’s collaboration, the Illuminae Files series. compelling for all kinds of readers. most visually stunning, emotional and 2.30pm-3.15pm moving production. Suitable for all ages. WINNERS AND $25, concession $20 LOSERS Heroes aren’t what they used $16 (One price) to be, and there is more than one way to play the game. Michael Earp talks to Will Kostakis and Bruce Mutard.

$25, concession $20

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Saturday August 12, 5.15pm-6.15pm, Saturday August 12, 6.45pm-7.45pm, Saturday August 12, 7pm-8.30pm, Strategem Studio at Ulumbarra Ulumbarra Theatre Capital Theatre 4word adventures in his brilliant with miles a weird world career

Miles Merrill JOHN SAFRAN Robert Forster Photo: Penguin Random House

To call this “spoken word” is perhaps Join David Astle in conversation with “I’ll carry it on”, Robert Forster writes a little sedate. And while this lineup John Safran as he reveals his alarming in his memoir about Grant McLennan boasts not just Maxine Beneba adventures in a weird world of misfits and the unique music they created Clarke, one of the most brilliant slam whose extremist views (and behaviour) together as the Go Betweens. This poets in the country, there’s also the have helped propel the rise of the is the story of a powerful friendship experience of actor Jenevieve Chang, alt-right. Welcome to a place in time in an era of extraordinary musical well-known for her performance in where blonde-haired, blue-eyed boys courage. Hunters and Collectors the stage adaptation of Mao’s Last grow-up aspiring to be ISIS freedom drummer Doug Falconer joins Robert Dancer, The Peasant Prince. Add fighters, an Islamic preacher quotes and his guitar to hear about those in sometime stand-up comic, John Monty Python and newly arrived days, those sounds, and the complex Richards, and enigmatic Katie Keys, immigrants oppose multiculturalism. story of a cult band fuelled by poetry whose tiny poems are a highlight of Yep, that’s right. It all depends what and passion. many people’s daily twitter feed, and you mean by extremist… you’ve got the recipe for a fast, feisty, $25, concession $20 energetic hour that will inspire. Word- $25, concession $20 meister Miles Merrill is ready to make the Strategem Studio in Ulumbarra ring loud and clear, with these four very different, very talented writers.

$25, concession $20

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Sunday August 13, 10am-5pm, This stand-alone program runs all day in the elegant foyer spaces of Ulumbarra, Ulumbarra Theatre foyer for those ready to indulge in good food, good talk and good ideas. Supported Indulgence by Bendigo Tourism and the Food Fossickers network, this six-session event that’s good is designed so you can come all day, or dip in and out when it suits. Between for you sessions, there are tastings of delicious regional specialties. $50, concession $45

10am GOOD FROM THE START AB Bishop’s journey to her Meet herb growers, winemakers, Environmental Living Zone home cheesemakers, check out the olives, in was via Dover, South charcuterie, bread and chocolate. Africa and Nauru. While they agree Native Garden has 10.15am Sonia Anthony from Masons come of age, they also know everyone of Bendigo launches her book, A has a different idea of what makes Sense of Place, published by Amy a stunning garden. They talk with Doak’s Of the World, about Central Jennifer Alden about their own plant Victoria’s exceptional food producers. philosophies and the harmonious multicultural gardens that inspire 11.15am-12.15pm Sonia anthony ULTIMATE FOOD them. Anthony Huckstep does food reviewing…no holds barred. One of 2.45pm-3.45pm HOW TO AFFORD the writers of the new Australian THE GOOD LIFE Scott Pape’s Fish and Seafood Cookbook, he’s got bestselling Barefoot Investor clears more attitude than a plate of smashed away so much of the anxiety that avocado, and writes like he eats – very comes from too much information make more well indeed. He talks to Bryley Savage. competing for our attention. of your 12.30pm-1.15pm Scott talks to Margot Spalding about weekend THE MIDSUMMER why he wrote the book, what he’s NICK anthony GARDEN To write her lyrical, learned along the way and how he evocative novel, Kirsty Manning makes his own good life work. the good taste tram researched herbs and gardens from 15th century France to contemporary 4pm-5pm FAVOURITE THINGS A tiny Food Fossickers and Bendigo Tourism . She talks with journalist object worth nothing but the memory invite you to travel with Masons of and neighbour, Sara James, about it evokes. A special tool that enables Bendigo’s acclaimed couple, Nick and the romance, beliefs and knowledge the pleasure of creative work. A Sonia Anthony, on one of Bendigo’s behind her Midsummer Garden. person, an animal, a house, something heritage fleet, as Nick serves up a 1.30pm-2.30pm picked up on the beach. Fashion taster menu featuring the very best of GO NATIVE Angus writer Kirstie Clements, music writer regional produce. Places are limited Stewart’s grandmother, who painted Christopher Lawrence, and family so book early for this special Bendigo wildflowers, was named Daisy advocate Chloe Shorten share their Writers Festival gourmet event. Wood, so of course he became a favourite things with Fiona Parker. Departs 12.30pm from the Alexandra horticulturalist and the leading expert Fountain stop on View Street. in breeding garden-friendly native plants. $65 (One price)

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Claire Corbett jenny valentish judy horacek Angus Stewart

Thursday August 10 CAPITAL theatre CAPITAL’S BENDIGO ENGINE ROOM 2pm-5pm Trades Hall SEE BANK THEATRE AT OLD FIRE STATION Annexe* WORKSHOP 1: 1.30pm-2.30pm STILL p.15 SWOONING When Christopher INTO THE VORTEX - 1.30pm-2.30pm THE LURE 1.30pm-2.15pm BRINGING Lawrence began his Swoon CATE KENNEDY OF CRIME Books about crime ARCHIVES TO LIFE In the sessions on ABC Classic FM, no both real and imagined are so personal papers and official Thursday August 10 one anticipated how the idea popular it’s clear there’s an documents stored in archives would catch on. He talks with 6pm Arnold Street appetite for the genre. Robert can be found rich stories of SEE Dan Bendrups about the lessons communities. Bendigo Regional Gallery BRYAN DAWE’S Gott, Ray Mooney and Claire p.14 to be learnt from the most Corbett talk to Cecile Shanahan Archives officer Michele TANGIER ILLUSIONS - beautiful classical music, and about ingenious plots, dangerous Matthews and historian EXHIBITION OPENING what his all-time favourites mean liaisons, and what matters for Penny Davies share their own to him. writers and readers hooked on experiences researching the archives to create local histories. 10am-1pm 3pm-4pm TREE CHANGE It crime. * used to mean moving from the Trades Hall Annexe 3pm-4pm TOO MUCH Jenny 2.45pm-3.30pm HOW TO GET SEE city to the country for a less IT RIGHT Manuscript pitch p.15 WORKSHOP 2: THE Valentish takes an almost clear- stressed lifestyle. Now, “tree perfect and ready to go? Hold THICKENING - eyed look at addiction in her change” means something much on - has editing been done, STEVEN AMSTERDAM book, Woman of Substances. more complex and inspiring thoroughly and well? Rose Brigid Delaney rips into our 10.30am-11.30am about us and nature. Katie Michael talks to Kate Larsen Holmes hosts David George mania for quick-fix solutions about why writers need to edit Old Court House SEE Haskell, Cate Kennedy and for feeling ok in Wellmania. constantly, how to do it, and p.4 Dunolly Angus Stewart. They explain to John Richards what happens next. THE SONGS OF TREES the attractions of excess, and 4.30pm-5.30pm SEEING THE whether writing about it helps. 4pm-4.45pm WE MADE IT Judy 12pm-1pm Maryborough STARS Dava Sobel talks to Horacek’s cartoons are instantly 4.30pm-5.30pm THE START OF Railway Station Robyn Williams about the recognisable, and she is much SEE amazing women whose story THE STORY A couple of dulled admired as a children’s book p.4 BRYAN DAWE: copper pots, the memory of a illustrator. She talks to Writers A SATIRIST’S has finally come to light in her new book, wounded animal, an inauspicious Victoria’s Kate Larsen about JOURNEY The Glass Universe, women who ran up and down birth: why does the story start crowdfunding her ninth book of where it does, and how does a cartoons, Random Life. 12pm-1pm Departs ladders to operate an unwieldy telescope, “helping” the novelist decide when it’s right? 5.15pm-6pm WHY SLAM? Miles The Capital porch SEE learned gentlemen of Harvard Kirsty Manning, Libby Angel Merrill is the force behind the WALKING TOUR p.14 Observatory to discover and Sally Abbott talk to Jenny Australian poetry slams and a OF HISTORIC astronomy. Mitchell. brilliant advocate for spoken MONUMENTS word events. He shows how it’s 6pm-7pm SHADOW LAND 6pm-7pm HOW TO IMPRESS Former Vogue editor Kirstie done, and why writing out loud is 2pm-5pm Elizabeth Kostova’s novels Clements is joined by Margot so popular. Trades Hall Annexe* combine suspense with romance, SEE Spalding - who has launched TRADES HALL ANNEXE* WORKSHOP 3: history with up-to-the-minute p.15 storytelling. Caroline Baum talks fashion label Mimi - to reminisce 6pm-7pm STILLNESS: A RESEARCH FOR with her about her compelling about how they got started, WORKSHOP In her now classic WRITERS - KELLY new novel, set in Bulgaria, where where they found inspiration book, In Stillness Conquer Fear, GARDINER the shadow of corrupt power and what drives them, hosted by Pauline McKinnon teaches threatens the hopes, happiness fashion retailer and driving force people how to deal with anxiety 4.30pm-5.30pm and the very existence of a behind Vibrant Central Bendigo, naturally. In this workshop-style The Hub @ The Capital dazzling cast of characters. Fiona Rooke. session, Pauline will introduce BENDIGO STORIES- stillness meditation and explain BOOK LAUNCH how it has helped so many people deal with the debilitating PASS EVENT 8pm-9.30pm effects of anxiety. SEE Ulumbarra Theatre NON-PASS TICKETED p.5 OPENING EVENT - WHERE WE’RE AT FREE

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David Marr Robert Dessaix Louise Milligan

12pm-1pm CAPITAL THEATRE CAPITAL’S BENDIGO BANK THEATRE Departs The Capital porch SEE 10am-11am THE PLEASURES OF 10am-11am ON CARE Robert Manne p.6 WALKING TOUR CENTRAL LEISURE Meditation may be as good for underwent life-changing throat surgery BENDIGO MONUMENTS you as fish oil, but it’s useless for productive and his wife, writer Anne Manne, provides daydreamers. Witty, precise and unflinching, care: this has given them insights about 12.30pm-3.15pm Robert Dessaix talks to Caroline Baum about disability, care, and also writing about Strategem Studio at Ulumbarra SEE why not being busy is not just nice, but such experiences. They talk with Rachel #LOVEOZYA SUPER-SESSION p.6 essential, for creativity, health and pleasure. Robertson, who wrote about caring for her 12.30pm-1.15pm autistic son. La Trobe University Ideas and 11.30am-12.30pm MOOD SWINGS TRANSPORTED BY STORY Society event. Eloquent, witty, experienced - if there’s 11.30am-12.30pm NEW GENERATION 1.30pm-2.15pm a political personality requiring a canny AMAZING With digital publishing now so accessible, biographer’s eye to decipher, turn to David comic makers are exploring new narratives. 2.30pm-3.15pm Marr. He talks to Sian Gard about politics, How do they keep in touch with younger WINNERS AND LOSERS prejudice and why Pauline Hanson’s readers and invite a new generation to comic One Nation rose again in the wake of the 3.45pm-4.45pm book culture? Tom Taylor (The Deep, Ulumbarra Theatre international surge of populism. All-New Wolverine) and Chris Kennett SEE p.7 ORDINARY MIRACLES 1pm-2pm UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTHS (Star Wars) talk to comic expert Naja Later. Some stories are too troubling, difficult and 1pm-2pm WHAT IS A REFUGEE? unwieldy even for experienced journalists: 5.15pm-6.15pm Names do matter when it comes to how we Strategem Studio at Ulumbarra Louise Milligan reported The Royal treat people. William Maley talks to Kon SEE Commission into Institutional Responses p.7 4WORD WITH MILES Karapanagiotidis about definitions, history, to Child Abuse. She talks to Paul Kennedy emotions, ethics and people, and what we about Cardinal George Pell, and asks, does can do to make sure we understand the legal 6.45pm-7.45pm ambition silence evil? conventions behind the political and social Ulumbarra Theatre SEE 2.30pm-3.30pm PASSIONS Creativity is debate. p.7 ADVENTURES IN A WEIRD WORLD fuelled by obsession. For Angus Stewart, it’s 2.30pm-3.30pm IT’S ALIVE! Machines that plants; for Christopher Lawrence, music; think - ludicrous, right? Toby Walsh says, Kirstie Clements found her calling in fashion. it’s already happened. Now is the time to 7pm-8.30pm Kirsty Manning asks, when did they first feel understand artificial intelligence, so we’re Capital Theatre SEE prepared. He talks to Chris Harrigan about HIS BRILLIANT CAREER their passion stir, and how have they grown p.6 and changed over time? how AI will change the way we work, think and behave. Supported by Smith Journal. 4pm-5pm THE ART OF DEBATE With 8.15pm-9.30pm 4pm-5pm INTO THE SLIPSTREAM Ulumbarra Theatre fast news, there’s no time for analysis. SEE Where does good debate happen now, The boundaries between sci-fi and fiction p.5 HOW THE WORLD CHANGED have always been blurred but genre novels when so much shouting and manipulation are increasingly mainstream as writers get of argument seems to dominate? Annika ever more inventive. Rose Michael, Amie PASS EVENT Smethurst hosts Troy Bramston, Clementine Kaufman and Michael Pryor talk with Ford and Kon Karapanagiotidis to ask, can NON-PASS TICKETED Connor Borchard-Burns about how they we find common ground? create new places. FREE 5.30pm-6.30pm SEEDED IN HISTORY 5.30pm-6.30pm MOVING WORDS In an The material for fiction occurs by chance, age of super-effects and multiple formats, sometimes it’s an event that changes the what makes a good tv or screenplay? Some details may change. Please check course of history. Tony Jones and Elizabeth Christine Rogers talks to Karin Altmann, www.bendigowritersfestival.com.au Kostova dig into political history to plant Michael Harvey and John Reeves about best the fictional seed. They talk with Claire practice, changing fashions, and initiatives to for updates. Flanagan-Smith about how novelists develop new “pathways” for emerging writers. transmute the past. Presented by Australian Writers Guild.

10 where we’re at #BWF2017 cathy wilcox clementine ford Tony Jones marie munkara elizabeth kostova

ENGINE ROOM AT OLD FIRE STATION LA TROBE ART INSTITUTE TRADES HALL 10am-11am FUTURE IMPERFECT What 10am-10.45am THE ETHICS OF EVIL 10am-11am NEW BUDDIES Friendship happens when a writer sets a story in the Ray Mooney considers the lives of the worst- stories are different now. Boys can bitch, future? Is it, by definition, fantasy? Claire of-the-worst lawbreakers, those who were and girls can stand tall. Kayla Rae Whitaker punished in the infamous Pentridge Corbett and Merlinda Bobis talk to Rachel and Will Kostakis talk to Madelaine Imber H Division. From personal experience and Nightingale about imagining the future, how about creating new-style buddies, making us first-hand accounts, Ray talks about life care about them, and giving them freedom to to anchor it in the present, and finding the inside, with AB Bishop, his partner and editor. surprise us. language to bring it to life. What should we learn about punishment? 11.30am-12.30pm IT CHANGED THE 11.30am-12.30pm THE EVOLUTION OF 11.15am-12pm WELL I NEVER Brigid WORLD Dennis Altman’s Homosexual: CHILDREN’S BOOKS From 19th-century Delaney trudged around the world for Oppression and Liberation, was one of THE cautionary tales through the rise of picture the sake of her “wellness”, fasting, eating, books of the 1970s. He is joined by ABC books, does children’s literature mirror the meditating, sifting and sorting the facts from the hype. She tells Rachel Winterton what Science Show’s Robyn Williams to talk about times? Safe and predictable or dangerous she found out, and about a global industry those heady years, and what’s happened and subversive? Sarah Mayor Cox talks to that is definitely on the rise. since, in the battle to challenge ignorance historian Robert Holden, author Belinda 12.30pm-1.15pm LIFE LINES Patti Miller and social prejudice. Murrell and writer-illustrator Anna Ciddor writes about her forebears, place and 1pm-2pm FILLING BLANK SPACES Cathy about milestones in Australian children’s belonging, about a year spent daydreaming Wilcox and Judy Horacek, two of our best publishing. in Paris, and about the deep joys of memoir. and most admired cartoonists, join journalist 1pm-2pm MAKE MIND MUSIC Harpist, She talks with Tamara Marwood about Sharon Kemp to talk about how they started Michael Johnson and bass-player, Evripides setting up the Life Stories Workshop and out, the turns they took along the way, their her new book, Writing True Stories. Evripidou have incorporated their favourite moments and the ones that got away. meditation practices into their roles as 1.45pm-2.30pm WALKING THE LINE In 2.30pm-3.30pm FINDING YOURSELF his latest book, The Easy Way Out, Steven concert performers and composers. Some memoirs are as much about finding Amsterdam does the seemingly impossible: where you belong as they are about telling They discuss with Jill Rivers powerful and creates a funny, unsentimental story about the story of where you’ve been. Marie exciting new thinking about the therapeutic euthanasia. He talks to Julie Rudner about benefits of music and the effects of walking the line between writing fiction and Munkara, Maxine Beneba Clarke and mindfulness on the creative process. preaching politics. Jenevieve Chang talk to Shane Worrell about identity, culture and their own search for 2.30pm-3.30pm NAKED MAN LIVE The 3pm-3.45pm VELVETY STILLNESS who they are. creator of the cult cartoon, Robert Gott, 30 years ago, Pauline McKinnon struggled to 4pm-5pm STILL LUCKY Are we still the heads to Bendigo - with visuals - to reveal cope with anxiety. With the help of Dr Ainslie Meares, she discovered stillness meditation “lucky country”? Social researcher Rebecca all about why the longest-running dick joke and wrote about anxiety disorders. Pauline Huntley says we are more fortunate than in the world continues to amuse rather than shares with Sarah Mayor Cox how knowing we think and have more in common than we offend. Now’s your chance to see the man the essence of stillness became an everyday know. She talks with Nigel McGuckian about behind the behind! Caution! Contains nudity. life-affirming experience. how to break through the negativity so we 4pm-5pm VOICES POETRY READINGS 4.15pm-5pm ARE THEY ALL DEAD? can feel optimistic about change. “When the talk is of angels...” Scott Alterator Paul Kennedy unearthed a tragedy that killed hosts three poets, Judith Johnson, Martin almost an entire country football team in Langford and David Musgrave, who read 1892. He tells Joel Peterson how he came to write Fifteen Young Men, set in a time when For ideas about what to see and do from their work. Presented by Puncher & the footy team was as much the centre of Wattman publishers. community as the church. in Bendigo and the region, as well as 5.30pm-6.30pm: MUSIC FOR bookings, tours, experiences and maps, MEDITATION Harpist Michael Johnson visit www.bendigotourism.com and bass guitarist Evripides Evripidou create music to lead listeners towards calmness and or call 1800 813 153 peace. Share a relaxing, inspiring, thoughtful hour with two talented musicians.

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Susan Carland Toby Walsh Kayla Rae WHITAKER

10am-11am CAPITAL THEATRE CAPITAL’S BENDIGO BANK THEATRE Star Cinema Eaglehawk SEE 10am-11am FIGHTING HISLAM On one 10am-11am ANOTHER GO The young can THE WORDS TO SAY IT p.4 side, conventional wisdom says you can’t be reckless. As we age, there are things we challenge belief. On the other, there’s an regret. Should we cushion the fall of those 10am-5pm increasing readiness to take offence. Susan who trip? Jenny Valentish and Ray Mooney Ulumbarra Foyer Carland steers through the whirlpools of talk with Paul Barclay about falling down, SEE p.8 GOOD LIFE SUNDAY debate, to challenge both Islamophobia and what helped, who hindered, and whether sexism. Clementine Ford joins her to discuss they could go through it all again. 10.15am women’s rights, tolerance and social change. LAUNCH SENSE OF PLACE 11.30am-12.30pm TOMORROWLAND 11.30am-12.30pm 18C AND ME What Enough of the here and now. Let’s cast our 11.15am-12.15pm happened to make the longstanding clause minds forward a decade or so, and ask Toby ULTIMATE FOOD 18C from the Racial Discrimination Act so Walsh, Dennis Altman, and Claire Corbett to contentious? What do we mean by “offence” tell us what they see. Are we heading in the 12.30pm-1.15pm and who draws the boundaries? For satirists right direction or into dire straits? Hosted THE MIDSUMMER GARDEN Cathy Wilcox and Max Gillies, this is daily by Tim Clare. bread-and-butter, but recent debates have 1.30pm-2.30pm 1pm-2pm THE LIMITS OF MEMOIR added some very sticky jam. GO NATIVE Every story is worth telling, but is telling 1pm-2pm THE WELCOME STRANGER 2.45pm-3.45pm every story the right thing to do? Can we sift William Maley, author of What is a Refugee?, HOW TO AFFORD through memories without distortion. When Susan Carland, author of Fighting Hislam, THE GOOD LIFE should we say that’s enough? Patti Miller and Rebecca Huntley, author of Still and Marie Munkara share with Rachel 4pm-5pm Lucky?, join Wheeler Centre host Sally Robertson their experience of making sense FAVOURITE THINGS Warhaft to examine how the idea of ‘stranger of their past. danger’ plays out in Australian culture and 2.30pm-3.30pm CREEPY Can writing politics – from media reporting to foreign 5.30pm-6.30pm CLOSING policy and refugee law. Are we more, or compete in a world saturated with big- SEE EVENT: AFTER THE less, tolerant than we think? Presented in budget special-effect film and daily doses p.5 DISAPPOINTMENTS partnership with the Wheeler Centre of scary stuff on the “real” news? Is subtle horror still relevant? And who does it best? 2.30pm-3.30pm THE MORAL Naja Later, Michael Pryor and Jay Kristoff 12.30pm-2pm TIGHTROPE The history of ethics is as talk to John Richards about ratcheting up SEE Departs Alexandra Fountain much about social needs and political the fear factor. p.8 THE GOOD TASTE TRAM desires as it is about religion. Kenan Malik traces moral thought across three millennia 4pm-5pm GOING STRONG There is no to tell the stories of the great philosophers. easy answer to the ethics of euthanasia. Rodney Syme (Time to Die) talks to Scott PASS EVENT He talks to Paul Barclay about the search for rational answers to moral questions. Alterator about how to steer a path through NON-PASS TICKETED the emotional minefield towards a sensible, 4pm-5pm POST-MILLENNIAL For fair and dignified approach. FREE ‘millennials’, what are the differences in choices, attitudes and behaviour from older generations? Many traditional markers of maturity – marriage, kids, home-ownership where – are proving unattainable or undesirable for today’s under-40s. Emily Sexton hosts we’re at Clementine Ford, Kayla Rae Whitaker, Will Kostakis and Tom Taylor to talk about the changing nature of adulthood in Australia today. Presented in partnership with The Wheeler Centre.

12 where we’re at #BWF2017 Caroline Baum Jay Kristoff Patti Miller Chloe Shorten tom taylor

ENGINE ROOM AT OLD FIRE STATION LA TROBE ART INSTITUTE TRADES HALL 10am-11am COMIC RENAISSANCE 10am-10.45am SHE FOLLOWED HER 10am-11am THE TWENTIETH MAN Comics are popular, and artists and writers HEART When Marie Munkara was Tony Jones, host of the ABC’s weekly debate in Australia are finding work with big 28, her past turned up, out of the blue, forum Q&A, turned to fiction to write about US companies. There is a groundswell of prompting her to “live like a blackfella in real events - the bomb that exploded outside interest in ‘zines and self-published comics. an overcrowded house in the middle of the Hilton Hotel in Sydney in 1978. He talks nowhere”. She talks to Karin Altmann about Join Tom Taylor, Bruce Mutard and Naja with Steve Kendall about his debut novel, Later with host Peter Pascoe, as they discuss finding a family she had not known existed. a fast-paced thriller steeped in political the Australian Comic Book Renaissance. 11.15am-12pm THE REAL MAY GIBBS history. 11.30am-12.30pm POETIC STATE The bare-bottomed gumnut babies 11.30am-12.30pm MODERN FAMILY It’s It survives and it prospers – polemical, conceived by May Gibbs in 1913 have experimental, elegiac, lyrical. Join charmed generations. Her own tale is little time to acknowledge that behind the not- editors and poets, David Musgrave, known. Robert Holden reveals to Vivien so-standard definition of family there are Judy Johnson and Martin Langford, as Newton the woman behind the shy artist, many variations and differences, challenges they talk with Simon Patton about the her beliefs, determination and passion, and and joys. Chloe Shorten talks to Annika new Contemporary Australian Poetry talks about why her work has lasted. Smethurst about Take Heart, her book on anthology. What were they looking for? 12.30pm-1.15pm ONLY CONNECT blended families, and what she discovered How did they choose? Sponsored by The fulcrum of a seesaw, the focus of about her own family along the way. Puncher & Wattman publishers. expectations, torn between love and fear: 1pm-2pm I BECAME A WRITER 1pm-2pm ACCIDENTS OF COMPOSITION this is what it meant for Caroline Baum to BECAUSE... Always wanted to be a writer? grow up the only child of successful and Talk and poetry performance by Merlinda Had an epiphany? Seemed like a good idea conflicted parents. She talks with Chris Bobis, hosted by Mary Pomfret. Merlinda at the time? Encouraged and nurtured by circumnavigates the world, history and Kelly about how it felt to turn her attention someone at just the right moment? Libby an inner universe in her new poetry book on her own life. Angel, Steven Amsterdam and Jenny Accidents of Composition. There could be 1.45pm-2.15pm WHEN ROBYN MET Valentish tell Fiona Parker how they got little accidents along the way—of insight, BETTY For 40 years, we have tuned in to into this writing game. beauty, even kindness. Robyn Williams on ABC RN, to learn about 2.30pm-3.30pm MAGMAKERS Niche science, to hear difficult subjects presented 2.30pm-3.30pm IT’S GOT TO STOP! An publishing combines online with print with wit, and to share the wonder of ideas. orgy of kissing and hugging has broken out. in new ways. David Ryding meets the If it weren’t for a crow called Betty, he tells While the words ‘I love you’ are rarely heard, magmakers - Amy Doak (Of the World), Ann Lansberry, it might never have happened. people you’ve barely met end emails with Madelaine Imber (Butch is not a Dirty 2.45pm-3.30pm THE TRAIL BLAZER ‘Love’. Why have the rules changed? Can Word), Chris Harrigan (Smith Journal) - Troy Bramston was the one biographer who order be restored? Can Pushkin or Elizabeth to talk about the who, how and why of this managed to persuade the inimitable Paul Strout help? Robert Dessaix, takes a stand. publishing revolution. Keating to cooperate on the writing of his 4pm-5pm TRANSFORMERS Novelists story. He talks with Rob Stephenson about 4pm-5pm MY TANGIER AFFAIR are outrageous. They watch the rest of us Fascinated by the rich history of Tangier the deep research, the shrewd analysis, and covertly, carefully, thoughtfully, then turn in Morocco, Bryan Dawe created an the courageous commitment behind his us into characters, as though we are mere extraordinary series of collage artworks monumental book. which he exhibited in the Kasbah. Bryan fodder for their imagination. Elizabeth honours Tangier’s creative past in a talk Kostova, Rose Michael and Robert Gott talk about his exhibition and one of the world’s to Dianne Dempsey about the transformative most intriguing cities. process of creating characters.

FESTIVAL Our bookseller is Harry Hart from Dymocks Bendigo, and you’ll find him in the Festival Hub at the Capital, BOOKSHOP where book signings take place after each event.

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OPENING Wednesday August 9, 6pm-7pm, Thursday August 10 – Sunday OPENING WEDNESDAY AUGUST 9 Capital foyer gallery September 3, Arnold Street Gallery LA TROBE ART INSTITUTE observations – bryan dawe’s leigh hobbs bendigo and nature illusions exhibition Leigh Hobbs is one of Australia’s best loved picture book creators, and the current Australian Children’s Laureate. His characters, including Old Tom, Fiona the Pig, Horrible Harriet, and Mr Badger are internationally acclaimed. His work features in this year’s Text Marks the Spot schools’ Eucalypt Leaves Liz Martin Trapeze Girl (detail) program organised by Sarah Mayor Cox. Curated by Travis Hodgson and Karen Annett Thomas, this exhibition Bendigo photographers Liz Martin Fascinated by the rich history of shows Leigh Hobbs at work. and Alan Spalding team up to present Tangier, and increasingly drawn an exhibition dedicated both to their to the city’s cosmopolitan beauty, Open 10am-5pm, Wednesday beloved city and to their appreciation Bryan Dawe created an extraordinary August 9 – Sunday September 10. of the natural world, the pleasure to series of collage artworks, to remind Free be found in close and contemplative us of the many creative people who observation, and creative inspiration. found inspiration there. Glowing with sensuality and energy, the works Friday August 11 and Saturday Exhibition on show from Wednesday recall William S Burroughs, Jane August 12, NOON-1pm August 9 to Sunday August 13. Free and Paul Bowles, Allen Ginsberg, Ira Cohen, Barbara Hutton, all set against walking tour of Tuesday August 8, 7pm-7.30pm plus film the backdrop of a city of amazing historic monuments screening, Star Cinema Eaglehawk contrasts and enviable harmonies. Bryan Dawe’s Illusions opens at Join Bendigo Historical Society’s Carol tell ‘em they’re Arnold Street Gallery, Holsworth for a stroll around the 189 Arnold Street, North Bendigo, cultural precinct, starting from the still dreaming at 6pm, Thursday August 10. Capital on View Street, to Alexandra Fountain, on to Queen Victoria, 20 years on, celebrate the hit comedy, The Gallery is open from noon to 5pm, past Sir John Quick, then to George The Castle, on the big screen. Anthony including Sunday August 13. Lansell, on to John Walker’s South Radford hosts John Flaus - who Bryan Dawe will also be at the Gallery African War Memorial monument, played the local policeman (“put them from 2pm-4pm on Saturday August 12. across the Bendigo Creek to Ola gates around the back”) - to talk about Cohn’s drinking fountain, then up the why we still love this ocker classic. For information: gentle slope of Rosalind Park to the A BWF umbrella event in collaboration [email protected] rear of the Bendigo Art Gallery. with The Star Cinema Eaglehawk. or phone Susan on 0439 571 054. Bookings (03) 5446 2025 Friday and Saturday, noon-1pm, departs from and returns to the $11 (One price) Capital front porch. Free

14 where we’re at #BWF2017 work shops

Thursday August 10, 2pm-5pm, Friday August 11, 10am-1pm, Friday August 11, 2pm-5pm, 1 Trades Hall Annexe* 2 Trades Hall Annexe* 3 Trades Hall Annexe* into the vortex the thickening research for writers cate kennedy steven amsterdam kelly gardiner

CATE KENNEDY STEVEN AMSTERDAM KELLY GARDINER

In real life, sensible people avoid You’ve got the framework of your story, How do writers find out what they throwing themselves head first in and the bones of your characters. Now, need to know – from telling details to to dangerous situations. For fiction how do you thicken them up, bringing the latest research? Discover free web writers, however, getting characters in the people to life and energising the tools for gathering, organising, storing to trouble is exactly what they need to plot? Steven Amsterdam shows you and sharing resources, ideas and set the plot in motion. Cate Kennedy how, in a workshop designed to give inspiration. Learn tips and techniques shows how it works, how to set up you insights into bringing out the best for finding what you need quickly, and conflict and thoroughly control the parts of your story. pathways to incredible primary and development of your characters and secondary sources from around the Steven Amsterdam’s novels combine their dilemmas. world – without leaving your desk. clever and engaging plotting with Cate Kennedy writes across many unforgettable characters, and he is Kelly Gardiner teaches research genres, and her workshops are inspiring very experienced in showing new and writing skills across all kinds of and practical. This workshop is good writers how to develop skills and genres, and will help you understand for beginners, but is also designed to understand their own strengths. the tools at your fingertips, whatever take emerging writers further along the your project. path to developing new work. $50, concession $45 $50, concession $45 $50, concession $45

bendigowritersfestival.com.au 15 IT’S CaDyFOR YOUR BrInsomething for everyone at the library

– The quirky and participatory 4 12 Fringe Festival is back! Join us for workshops, AUGUST 2017 speakers and performance, and enjoy artistic and FrE! literary installations. COLAB EXHIBITION Fri 4 – Sat 12 August 2017

Launch Party Fri 4, 6pm – 8pm Performance Space

Showcasing the work of over 40 writers and visual artists from Bendigo and surrounds.

WORKSHOPS & SPEAKERS DAY FRI 11 AUGUST FAMILY FUN DAY SAT 12 AUGUST GO TO: WWW.NCGRL.VIC.GOV.AU/FRINGE FACEBOOK.COM/WRITEONTHEFRINGE EMAIL [email protected] PHONE BENDIGO LIBRARY: 5449 2700

16 where we’re at #BWF2017 text marks schoolS the spot day

Katrina Nannestad Belinda Murrell Will Kostakis Anna Ciddor Leigh hobbs Photo: Walker Rowsey Photo: Robert Littlewood a free program for schools on friday august 11

Text Marks the Spot once again (The performance is repeated later in We feature the work of Children’s provides students of Central Victoria the day and on Saturday morning). Laureate Leigh Hobbs in our with the opportunity to learn from the illustration exhibition and illustrators In 2017 we’re also delighted to welcome very best in Australian children’s and Chris Kennett and Bruce Mutard will some of Australia’s most popular young adult publishing from graphic also demonstrate techniques used in authors and illustrators to Bendigo: novel illustrators and authors to writers their best-selling books. Will Kostakis (The Sidekicks), Belinda covering everything from historical Murrell (Pippa’s Island), Anna Ciddor ABC’s team will once more fiction to teen friendships and grief. (The Family with Two Front Doors), be in attendance to explain how local The day kicks off with a performance Kelly Gardiner (1917) and Katrina students can become involved in this of The Arrival by Spare Parts Puppet Nannestad (Olive of the Groves). national writing initiative. Theatre. The Arrival is adapted from Students will have the chance to hear Award-winning writer, musician and Shaun Tan’s award-winning picture conversations between these much radio broadcaster Casey Bennetto story book and was inspired by stories loved authors as well as attend writing teams up with harpist Michael Johnson told by migrants from many different workshops and interactive sessions. to deliver a not-to-be-missed music and countries. song writing workshop.

Story Tram – Bookings essential - Numbers strictly limited Bookings open 1 July, 2017 FREE Contact the Box Office on 5434 6100 to book your place bendigo’s story tram DURATION approximately 60 minutes BOARDING at 9.45am at Bendigo Tramways Depot, Sam the Story Tram offers Bendigo’s pre-schoolers a 1 Tramways Avenue, Bendigo chance to engage in a fun-filled story telling session with DEPARTS at 10am - enjoy songs and entertainment on the tram a difference. Ride along with storyteller Narelle Stone STORIES presented by Conductor-Storyteller, Narelle Stone after as she delights children and adults alike with her mix of disembarking at the Central Deborah Gold Mine songs, stories and rhymes. Sam the Story Tram runs in the week before the Festival. REBOARD the tram and return to Bendigo Tramways Depot

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Troy BRAMSTON Jenevieve CHANG Kaz COOKE

Sally ABBOTT is a former PR Director and Dan BENDRUPS is a trombonist, producer, and Jenevieve CHANG is a writer, performer and journalist and the author of Closing Down. lecturer in the Graduate Research School, recovering showgirl. Her memoir The Good She was the inaugural winner of 2015 La Trobe University, Bendigo. Girl of Chinatown was released in May. Richell Prize for Emerging Writers. Jenevieve starred in Monkey Baa Theatre’s Maxine BENEBA CLARKE is a writer and slam The Peasant Prince, the award-winning JENNIFER ALDEN is a City of Greater Bendigo poet of Afro-Caribbean descent. her stage adaptation of Mao’s Last Dancer. councillor who runs a consultancy business short fiction collection Foreign Soil won specialising in health, environmental and the ABIA for Literary Fiction Book of Anna CIDDOR has written 56 books and social outcomes. the Year and the Indie Book Award for illustrated most of them. Her latest is The Scott ALTERATOR is a lecturer in the School Debut Fiction. Her memoir The Hate Family with Two Front Doors which was of Education at La Trobe University, and Race was shortlisted for the 2017 Stella chosen in 2017 as a Notable Book by the coordinator of the Vox Bendigo Fyffe Prize and Carrying the World was awarded Children’s Book Council of Australia. Award. the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award Tim CLARE is Senior Producer on ABC Dennis ALTMAN AM wrote Homosexual: for Poetry. Her children’s book The Radio Victoria’s Statewide Drive program. Oppression & Liberation in 1972. He has Patchwork Bike is shortlisted for the CBCA Previously Tim has worked at Radio since written 13 books exploring sexuality Picture Book of the Year. National, Global Citizen and The Hamilton Times and has co-founded multiple online and politics. He is a Professorial Fellow AB BISHOP is a writer and horticulturalist in the Institute for Human Security at La media outlets. who writes for The Age and various Trobe University. His most recent book is Kirstie CLEMENTS is a best-selling author magazines including Gardening Australia. Queer Wars. and journalist who was editor of Vogue She is a blogger and radio presenter, Karin ALTMANN Australia for 13 years. She is the author of is a Script Consultant, and co-author of The Australian Native previously a drama writer for TV and an Impressive: How to have a stylish career Garden. award-winning documentary director. and the memoir The Vogue Factor. Karin is a recipient of the Dorothy Merlinda BOBIS is a multi-awarded writer Kaz COOKE is one of Australia’s best-known Crawford Award for Outstanding of four novels, six poetry books, and a cartoonists and the best-selling author of Contribution to the Industry, presented collection of short stories. In 2016 she won more than 10 advice books for girls and by the Australian Writers Guild. the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction for her women, including Up the Duff, Girls Stuff, Steven AMSTERDAM is a writer and palliative novel Locust Girl. Her new book of poetry Women’s Stuff and Kidwrangling. care nurse. His latest novel The Easy Way is Accidents of Composition. Claire CORBETT is the author of When We Out was longlisted for the Miles Franklin Connor BORCHARD-BURNS is a lifelong reader, Have Wings (shortlisted for the 2012 Award and shortlisted for the ALG occasional writer, and fierce advocate for Barbara Jefferis Award) and Watch Over Gold Medal Prize. He has taught writing diverse young adult literature, particularly Me. Her stories, essays and journalism are workshops throughout Australia and in the the #LoveOzYa movement. She currently published widely in Australia. US, UK and South Africa. works as a Women’s Rights and Safety Penny DAVIES was The City of Greater Libby ANGEL is an Australian poet, based in Officer and part-time librarian. Bendigo’s Citizen of the Year in 2015 and is Castlemaine, whose work has appeared in Troy BRAMSTON is a senior writer and the secretary of Bendigo Writers Council. several journals. The Trapeze Act is her She contributed to the book From the columnist with The Australian and a first novel. Paddock to the Agora – Fifty Years of La contributor to Sky News. His eight books David ASTLE makes crosswords for Trobe University. include Rudd, Gillard and Beyond and Fairfax . He’s the author of Bryan DAWE is a writer for stage, screen, Wordburger, Riddledom, Cluetopia and Paul Keating: The Big Picture Leader. Leslie CANNOLD radio and print. He has won multiple Puzzled and a regular voice on ABC Radio is an ethicist, researcher, awards for his work in the fields of comedy, Melbourne. educator, author and public presenter. She acting and music. His work, as part of Paul BARCLAY is a Walkley Award-winning has gongs for best science tweeting and for the political satire duo Clarke and Dawe, journalist and broadcaster. He is the responsible mainstream media reporting screened on Australian TV for close to presenter and producer of the Big Ideas on violence against women. Leslie’s third thirty years. programme for ABC RN. book, The Book of Rachael, is a fictional Brigid DELANEY is a senior writer for Guardian Genevieve BARLOW is a freelance writer and meditation on gender and justice in the Australia. She is the author of This Restless editor and a columnist for The Weekly ancient world. Life and Wild Things, and a new book on Times who lives in Newstead, Central Susan CARLAND is a lecturer and researcher the wellness industry, Wellmania. Victoria. at Monash University’s National Centre DIANNE DEMPSEY is a writer and journalist Caroline Baum is a well-known journalist for Australian Studies, and the author with the Bendigo Weekly. She has reviewed and broadcaster. Her book, Only, A of Fighting Hislam: Women, Faith and for many years for The Age and is the Singular Memoir, was published in 2017. Sexism. author of the novel, Girls in Our Town.

18 where we’re at #BWF2017 Max GILLIES Anthony HUCKSTEP Madelaine IMBER Judy JOHNSON Michael JOHNSON

Robert DESSAIX writes literary non-fiction Max GILLIES has, for over three decades, Rebecca HUNTLEY researches social and including A Mother’s Disgrace and What impersonated Australia’s political leaders consumer trends and is head of research at Days Are For, and two novels, several short and public figures, and has a distinguished Essential Media. She is also a Director at stories and one play. His new book is The career as an actor on stage, film and Ipsos Australia, a presenter of Friday’s RN Pleasures of Leisure. television. Drive for , a columnist for Amy Doak is a Bendigo publisher who Robert GOTT is the creator of the Business Review Weekly and the author of created magazines such as Little One Baby cartoon The Adventures of Naked Man. books including The World According to Y, and Bendigo Magazine. She is the author of He is also the author of the William Power Eating Between the Lines and The Italian the Homes of the World series published series of crime-caper novels set in 1940s Girl. Her new book is Still Lucky. Australia, Good Murder, A Thing of Blood, by her company Of the World Books. Madelaine IMBER is a writer, educator and co- and Amongst the Dead, and is also a editor of Butch is Not a Dirty Word, a zine Michael Earp is a Melbourne specialist YA children’s book writer. and children’s bookseller and writer, and Chris HARRIGAN that celebrates butch identity and culture. is the editor of Smith Journal, Sara JAMES chairs the #LOVEOZYA committee. a quarterly magazine for curious minds. is an Emmy award-winning Evripides EVRIPIDOU is one of Australia’s His writing has been published in Junkee, correspondent, author of The Best of leading musicians and produces music for Pallet, Four & Sons and The Lifted Brow. Friends and An American in Oz. She covers Australasia for NBC News. In Australia, her film, tv and radio. Evri has been practising Michael HARVEY has over 80 hours of TV featured segment “An American in Oz” airs Transcendental Meditation (TM) and drama writing/editing credits, including Mindfulness meditation for over 20 years. creating State Coroner (TEN) and Dirt fortnightly on ABC News Breakfast. Judy JOHNSON Doug FALCONER is drummer and founding Game (ABC). has been writing award- member of the band, Hunters and David George HASKELL is professor of biology winning poetry, and more recently fiction, Collectors. He has a medical degree, is and environmental studies at the University for over twenty years. Her latest book is a partner in the Castlemaine Brewing of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, and a Dark Convicts about 11 African American Company and is writing a futuristic crime Guggenheim Fellow. The Forest Unseen convicts who arrived on the First Fleet in novel. was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His 1788. Claire FLANAGAN-SMITH latest book is The Songs of Trees. Michael JOHNSON is the resident harpist and is a Bendigo-based Leigh HOBBS consultant and a Bendigo Writers Festival is the current Australian composer at the Royal Botanic Gardens. committee member. Children’s Laureate. He is one of His tranquil music has been an integral part John FLAUS Australia’s best loved picture book creators of the Mindfulness Music program at the a radio, stage and screen actor, and his characters, including Old Tom, Mr Gawler Foundation for over 25 years. film critic, academic and journalist, is Chicken, Horrible Harriet, and Mr Badger, Tony Jones was still at school when Lionel known for his voice work on Mary and are internationally acclaimed. His work is Max and Harvie Krumpet. He played the featured in the BWF 2017 Text Marks the Murphy raided ASIO. After an ABC role of local policeman in The Castle. Spot Exhibition. cadetship, he joined Four Corners as a Clementine FORD Robert HOLDEN reporter in 1985, and then went to Dateline is a writer, social has had a distinguished at SBS in 1986. He was an ABC foreign commentator and public speaker. She is the career as a librarian, curator, writer and correspondent in London and later in book reviewer. He is the author of more author of Fight Like a Girl which won the Washington. He covered the war crimes in ABIA Matt Richell Award for New Writer than 30 books including his latest May Gibbs: More than a fairy tale. Bosnia. Today he hosts Q&A on Monday of the Year. nights. The Twentieth Man is his first novel. Robert FORSTER Katie HOLMES is professor of History at La was co-founder of the Kon KARAPANAGIOTIDIS OAM is a lawyer, internationally acclaimed rock band The Trobe University. She is the Director of the Centre for the Study of the Inland and the social worker and teacher. Kon founded Go-Betweens. He is the author of the the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre at 28 memoir, Grant and I which chronicles his author of Between the Leaves: stories of women, writing and gardens. and 16 years later ASRC has become the friendship and musical career with Grant largest organisation helping people seeking Judy HORACEK is a cartoonist, writer and McLennan. asylum in Australia. Sian GARD illustrator who has had thousands of is the host of the morning program cartoons published all over the world. Her AMIE KAUFMAN is a New York Times and on ABC Central Victoria and has produced latest book for adults is Random Life and internationally bestselling author of young national and international documentaries for children she has illustrated her fourth adult fiction. Her multi-award winning for television and presented programs to the book with Mem Fox called Ducks Away! work has been published in 30 countries. Asia and Pacific region. Anthony HUCKSTEP is a food writer, cookbook Illuminae, the first book in the Illuminae Kelly GARDINER writes historical fiction for author and national restaurant critic for Files series, co-authored with fellow BWF readers of all ages. Kelly’s most recent book many Australian publications. He is co- 2017 guest Jay Kristoff, won the Australian for adults is Goddess and her latest book for author of Australian Fish and Seafood Book Industry Awards Book of the Year for young readers is 1917. Cookbook. Older Readers.

bendigowritersfestival.com.au 19 Chris KENNETT Christopher LAWRENCE Anne MANNE Pauline McKINNON William MALEY

Chris KELLY is CEO of the Goldfields Ann LANSBERRY is the CEO for the Anne MANNE is a newspaper columnist and Libraries Corporation. Community Foundation for Central her essays on contemporary culture have Sharon KEMP is a Bendigo Weekly journalist Victoria where she created Australia’s first appeared in magazine. She with more than two decades’ reporting and Community Giving Day – Big Give. An is the author of The Life of I: The New teaching experience. Engineer by training, she is Vice President Culture of Narcissism and Motherhood: Steve KENDALL is the Bendigo Weekly’s of Bendigo’s Discovery Centre. How Should We Care for Our Children. chief of staff and next year marks 40 years Kate LARSEN is the Director of Writers Robert MANNE is emeritus professor and in professional media. He is a weekly Victoria and a writer, poet and arts vice-chancellor’s fellow at La Trobe contributor to ABC Central Victoria manager with 20 years’ experience in the University. He is a regular contributor to and co-editor of Gallipoli Eyewitness. The Monthly and his recent books include Cate KENNEDY not-for-profit, government and cultural is an award-winning author sectors in Australia, Asia and the UK. Making Trouble: Essays Against the New who writes across most genres and is one Her alter ego (Katie Keys) publishes a Complacency. He curates La Trobe of Australia’s most popular teachers of the tiny poem every day on Twitter. University’s Ideas and Society events. short story form. Kirsty MANNING’s first novel, The Naja LATER has a PhD on 21st-Century Paul KENNEDY is a national television Midsummer Garden, was published American horror movies and their presenter for ABC News Breakfast and has this year. With a decade of publishing 20 years news reporting experience. He has relationship to terror culture. She experience, she also writes journalism and written four books, including co-authoring researches superheroes, monsters and photography, specialising in lifestyle and Hell on the Way to Heaven. His latest is transmedia storytelling. She is a co- travel. Fifteen Young Men, Australia’s Untold founder of the All Star Women’s Comic David MARR Football Tragedy. Book Club. is a Guardian Australia Chris KENNETT journalist, winner of four Walkley Awards, is an animator, illustrator Christopher LAWRENCE is the author of three and one of Australia’s most influential and author. His recent releases include best-selling books about music and has commentators, writing on subjects such as his fourth Star Wars Golden Book I am a been a radio presenter and interviewer for politics, censorship, the media and the arts. Stormtrooper and third Pixel Raiders (Bajo a couple of decades, mostly on ABC Classic His most recent is The and Hex) novel, Speed Zone. Chris was one FM. of the designers on the TV adaptation of White Queen, on Pauline Hanson. The Day My Bum Went Psycho. JUDITH LUCY has been performing shows John MARSDEN has written more than 40 KATIE KEYS is one of Australia’s best-known since 1995, all of them ‘provide warnings books, mostly for teenagers and children, Twitter poets, Katie tweets a tiny little to asthmatics’ funny. She’s the best- including Tomorrow When the War Began, poem each day as @tinylittlepoems. selling author of two devastatingly So Much to Tell You, and Letters from the Will KOSTAKIS is an award-winning author. honest, hilarious books and created two Inside. He has sold around five million The Sidekicks, his third novel for young of her own ABC series Judith Lucy’s books worldwide, and has won every adults, was longlisted for the 2017 Gold Spiritual Journey and Judith Lucy Is All major writing award in Australia for young Inky Award and the Ethel Turner Prize Woman both of which were nominated people’s fiction. South of Darkness, John’s for Young People’s Literature. It was also for Best Light Entertainment series at the recent novel for adults, won the Christina included on the Notables list for the 2017 AACTA awards. After being nominated Stead Award for Best Novel of 2015. CBCA Young Adult Book of the Year. for a third time, Judith became the proud Tamara MARWOOD is a communications Elizabeth KOSTOVA is the author of three owner of the 2015 Helpmann Award for professional whose consultancy, Create novels - The Historian, The Swan Thieves Comedy. Business, specialises in empowering and The Shadow Land. The Historian was William MALEY is Professor of Diplomacy organisations to serve their audience and the first novel in U.S. publishing history at The Australian National University, give to their community. Her blog explores to debut at #1 on the New York Times Vice-president of the Refugee Council the intersection between creativity and Bestseller List and has been translated of Australia, and the author of What Is a business. into 40 languages. Jay KRISTOFF Refugee? Michele MATTHEWS is an historian and the is an internationally bestselling Bendigo Regional Archives Officer. multi-award winning author of sci-fi and Kenan MALIK is a London-based writer, fantasy books like The Lotus War and lecturer and broadcaster. He is a presenter Sarah MAYOR COX is a lecturer in education Nevernight Chronicles. Illuminae, the of Analysis on BBC Radio 4, and a panellist at La Trobe University and the program first book in the Illuminae Files series, on The Moral Maze. He has presented coordinator for Text Marks the Spot co-authored with Amie Kaufman, was many TV documentaries and writes schools day. She reviews and discusses shortlisted for the 2016 Prime Minister’s regularly for newspapers across the world children’s books on ABC radio. Literary Awards, and the second book, including the New York Times, The Nigel McGUCKIAN has worked with rural Gemina, was published this year. Guardian and Göteborgs-Posten. His books communities, agricultural industries, Martin LANGFORD has written seven books include The Meaning of Race, The Quest businesses and farming families for 25 of poetry, including Ground and The for a Moral Compass and From Fatwa to years and chairs a number of farmer and Human Project: New and Selected Poems. Jihad: How the World Changed. community boards.

20 where we’re at #BWF2017 Rose MICHAEL Bruce MUTARD Scott PAPE Michael PRYOR Rachel ROBERTSON

Pauline McKINNON, a practising Marie MUNKARA is of Rembarranga and Michael PRYOR is the author of more than psychotherapist, specializes in Stillness Tiwi descent. She spent her early years 35 fantasy books and over 60 short stories, Meditation Therapy (SMT) and is the on Bathurst Island. Her first novel, Every from literary fiction to science fiction to author of the classic book on anxiety, Secret Thing, won the David Unaipon slapstick humour. Seven of his books have In Stillness Conquer Fear. Award in 2008 and the been CBCA Notable Books, including three Miles MERRILL is a writer, performer, facilitator Book of the Year in 2010 and is currently books in the Laws of Magic series. and event coordinator who combines poetry being written as a tv mini-series. Her John REEVES has written for and script- with theatre, experimental audio, hip-hop memoir, Of Ashes and Rivers that Run edited many of Australia’s most successful beats, stand-up and, occasionally, political to the Sea, was shortlisted for the NSW television drama series, won two Awgie confrontation. Miles introduced poetry Premier’s Multicultural Award. awards, and developed feature and mini- slam to Australia, co-wrote and co-directed Belinda MURRELL is a bestselling, series material for major Australian and European producers. Slamming for the Sydney Festival and internationally published children’s author performed with UK DJ Billy Bizniz at the of over 25 books including the Lulu Bell John RICHARDS is a writer, broadcaster and Sydney Opera House. He has performed in series for younger readers, The Sun Sword public speaker and co-creator and writer Krakow’s Audio Art Festival, and writers Trilogy and her series of time-travel tales of the ABC’s TV comedy series Outland. festivals in Bali, Beijing, Vancouver and including The Lost Sapphire. Her newest Jill RIVERS is an advocate for the health Calgary. series is Pippa’s Island. and wellbeing benefits of the arts. She Rose MICHAEL was a runner-up for the Vogel David MUSGRAVE is a poet, novelist, publisher currently runs Art-full Conversations Award with her first novel, The Asking in Pubs & Hubs, a series of talks held in and critic. He is the founder of Puncher & Game. She co-founded Arcade Publications Central Victoria, and is the author of The to publish hidden histories of Melbourne. Wattmann publishing house. Arts Apothecary. Bruce MUTARD A commissioning editor she is now lecturing is the author and illustrator Rachel ROBERTSON is a writer and senior in RMIT’s new Master of Writing and of the graphic novels The Silence, The lecturer at Curtin University. Her memoir, Publishing. Her new novel is The Art Sacrifice, The Bunker, A Mind of Love and Reaching One Thousand, was shortlisted of Navigation. Bully Me. He is writing a PhD in comics as for the National Biography Award 2013. Patti MILLER, award-winning non-fiction a visual art at Edith Cowan University. She is the co-editor of Purple Prose, an writer of The Mind of a Thief and Vivien NEWTON is Manager at Bendigo Library. anthology of women’s writing. Ransacking Paris, is Australia’s most Rachel NIGHTINGALE is a novelist and Christine ROGERS is a filmmaker and writer. experienced life-writing teacher and playwright. Harlequin’s Riddle, the first Her recent work includes the award- author of the bestselling Writing Your Life. book in the Tales of Tarya fantasy trilogy, winning feature film I am Evangeline, Her new book is Writing True Stories. is just published by Odyssey Books. which screened this year in Buenos Aires. Louise MILLIGAN is an investigative reporter She is currently recipient of the Vice Scott PAPE is The Barefoot Investor. for ABC TV’s 7.30 and Four Corners, whose Chancellor’s Scholarship for her PhD at Scott has been voted “Australia’s most exclusive stories on the allegations against RMIT, where she is making video work trusted finance expert.” He’s a regular on George Pell won her two Quill Awards from on issues of belonging and identity. Australian TV and radio and writes two the Melbourne Press Club, including the Fiona ROOKE is a Bendigo fashion retailer, Gold Quill for best story of the year. Her weekly national newspaper columns. at Robe in Chancery Lane and one of the new book is Cardinal: The Rise and Fall Fiona PARKER is presenter of the networked organisers of Vibrant Central Bendigo. of George Pell. Breakfast Program on ABC radio which Julie RUDNER is an urban and regional Jenny MITCHELL is a social worker by covers the Wimmera, the Mallee and planner who lectures in the Community profession but her heart lies in the world Central Victoria. Planning and Development Program at of ideas and the imagination. She is a Peter PASCOE is the organiser of the Bendigo La Trobe University, Bendigo. member of the BWF committee. Record, Comic and Toy Fair which is held David RYDING is currently the Director of Ray MOONEY lectures in novel, screen twice a year. Melbourne’s UNESCO City of Literature and playwriting. His film, Everynight Simon PATTOn is a translator of Chinese Office, which works to build the reputation Everynight, which he co-wrote with Alkinos literature with a particular interest in of Melbourne as a cultural literary Tsilimidos, was nominated for an AFI for contemporary poetry and Hong Kong designation benefiting writers and literary best adapted screenplay. His crime novel, writing. organisations. A Green Light, first published in 1988 has Joel PETERSON John SAFRAN is the documentary maker now been rewritten as three stand-alone is an award-winning journalist and sports broadcaster who works at the responsible for John Safran vs God, Music eBooks. He co-wrote A Pack of Bloody Jamboree, Race Relations and more. Bendigo Weekly, Fresh FM and ABC Animals, with John Kerr, about the Walsh He has won four Australian Film Institute Street killings, and his latest book, The Central Victoria. awards and been nominated for two Ethics of Evil - Stories of H Division, is Mary POMFRET is a Bendigo writer international Rose d’Or awards. His book about the punishment division within whose books include Cleaning out the Murder in Mississippi won the Ned Kelly Pentridge Prison. Closet and Writing in Virginia’s Shadow. Award for Best True Crime.

bendigowritersfestival.com.au 21 Annika SMETHURST Margot SPALDING Rodney SYME Sally WARHAFT Robyn WILLIAMS Photo: Jackie Cohen

BRYLEY SAVAGE is a communications and Margot SPALDING is the designer of Mimi the TOBY WALSH is one of the world’s leading marketing consultant who runs Friendly Label. For more than 20 years Margot and researchers in Artificial Intelligence. He Savage in Bendigo. Alan ran Jimmy Possum Furniture. Margot has been elected a fellow of the Association Denise SCOTT started acting nearly thirty is one of the driving forces behind Believe for the Advancement of AI for his in Bendigo, set up to present Bendigo as a years ago, but it has been in the last six contributions to AI research, and has won welcoming and inclusive city. years that she has hit the big time, scoring the prestigious Humboldt research award. high profile TV spots, filling thousand- Rob STEPHENSON, Head of Campus at La His new book is It’s Alive! seat theatres, releasing two books and Trobe University Bendigo, is an advocate Sally WARHAFT is a Melbourne broadcaster, even returning to her acting heritage for cultural diversity, intelligence and anthropologist and writer. She is a former with ongoing roles on Seven’s Winners inclusion, the development of Bendigo as a editor of The Monthly and the host of the and Losers and Nine’s House Husbands. globally connected, diverse and innovative Wheeler Centre’s live journalism series, city and the growth of La Trobe University. Currently the voice of Travel Guides on “The Fifth Estate”, now in its sixth year. Nine, she is the author of two memoirs, Angus STEWART is one of Australia’s leading Sally is the author of Well May We Say: All That Happened at No. 26 and The Tour. native plant experts and a former ABC The Speeches that Made Australia. Emily SEXTON Gardening Australia presenter. He has Kayla Rae WHITAKER is the Head of Programming written six gardening books, including is an American writer for the Wheeler Centre, and was a Sidney co-authoring The Australian Native whose first novel is The Animators. She is a Myer Creative Fellow. She is a regular peer Garden - A practical guide. graduate of the University of Kentucky and assessor for the Australia Council, Arts of New York University’s MFA program. Rodney SYME became a fellow of the Royal Victoria and other philanthropic trusts College of Surgeons in 1964. He has been Cathy WILCOX has drawn cartoons for and foundations. president of Dying With Dignity Victoria Fairfax publications for over 25 years. She Cecile SHANAHAN is an editor, teacher and for ten years. His book A Good Death is the illustrator of 20 children’s books Communications officer for Bendigo described some of his experiences in including Enzo the Wonderfish, which she Writers Festival. She is the coordinator providing advice and medication to relieve also wrote and Ella Kazoo Will Not Brush and editor of the Vox Bendigo Book suffering at the end of life. His new book is her Hair which was shortlisted for the Young Writers Anthology. Time to Die. CBCA Book of the Year Awards. Cathy has Chloe SHORTEN is a communications Tom TAYLOR is a #1 New York Times best- won two Walkley Awards for her cartoons specialist, and an advocate for improving selling comic book author, screenwriter and five Stanley Awards. In 2016 she was the lives of women, children and people and playwright. Currently the writer of awarded the Political Cartoonist of the with disabilities. Her book, Take Heart - Wolverine for Marvel, and Injustice for Year from the Museum of Democracy. A Story for Modern Stepfamilies is about DC Comics, Taylor has written Batman/ Robyn WILLIAMS AM, the author of more blended families and her own marriage to Superman, Star Wars and more. Tom is than 15 books, has presented science Labor leader Bill Shorten. the co-creator, head writer and executive programs on ABC radio and television producer of The Deep animated series, Annika SMETHURST is the National Political since 1972. His latest book is In Love currently screening in over a hundred with Betty the Crow: The First 40 Years Editor for the Sunday Herald Sun and countries. Sunday Telegraph. Annika was raised of The Science Show. Jenny VALENTISH wrote the novel, Cherry in Bendigo and started her career at Rachel WINTERTON is a research fellow Bomb in 2014 and her new book is a the Bendigo Weekly. She has won two at La Trobe University. She researches research-memoir, Woman of Substances: Victorian Press Club Quill awards for a Journey into Addiction and Treatment. rural population ageing. political reporting, a Walkley Award She is a regular contributor to the Sydney Shane WORRELL is a Bendigo-based journalist and was the 2016 Young Press Gallery Morning Herald and the Saturday Paper, and writer whose work has appeared in Journalist of the Year. and former editor of Time Out Melbourne The Economist, the Nikkei Asian Review Dava SOBEL, a former New York Times and ’s Jmag. and the Phnom Penh Post. science reporter, is the author of Tony WALKER writes fortnightly columns Longitude, Galileo’s Daughter and Letters for Fairfax papers, along with columns for to Father. Over her 30 year writing career The Conversation. He has won a number her work has appeared in many magazines of journalism awards, including two where and she has also co-authored six books, Walkleys for commentary and the Paul including Is Anyone Out There? (with Lyneham award for excellence in press astronomer Frank Drake). Her new book is gallery journalism. A La Trobe University we’re at The Glass Universe, which details the story Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, he is the author of the women behind Harvard’s world- of Arafat: The Biography, and The Peter renowned observatory. Thomson Five.

22 where we’re at #BWF2017 getting around bendigo

schaller studio 11 (5 minute walk from ulumbarra theatre) Rowan St Gaol Rd 3 7 Park Rd Hall 2 Ulumbarra LaTrobe Theatre (former St. John’s Art Institute 4 1 Presbyterian Bendigo Gaol) Church

All Saint’s 6 Poppet Head Bendigo Senior Sacred MackenzieChurch St Lookout & Bendigo Secondary College Heart 5 Heritage Mosaic Cathedral Rd Park

Forest St Cascades Playground Uniting

Forest St

Short St Short Church Rosalind Park Golden Dragon Rotunda Museum FerneryG

View St Drinking Fountain BENDIGO CREEK MELBOURNE Sidney Farmers Lane Myer Place Conservatory Bridge St St. Kilian’s Charing Cross Church LAKE WEEROONA High St 13 8 Pall Mall McCrae St Alexandra Vintage Talking Tram Route Fountain

Chancery Lane

Bendigo Bank Mitchell St Williamson St Bull St Mundy St Chapel St Head Office Myer Department good taste tram Store (boarding at intersection of View Street and Pall Mall)

Hargreaves St Hargreaves Mall Visitor Information Parking 10 9 Public Toilet Picnic Facilities 12 bendigo train station Disabled Toilet Monument/Statue (15 minute walk from Post Library Historic Bank Church Office Civic 0 25m 50m 100m the capital theatre) Gardens

venues

1 The Capital: 2 old fire station 7 ulumbarra theatre 11 schaller studio (hotel) Festival home base, 3 dudley house 8 bendigo includes the Box Office, visitor centre 12 bendigo the Hub (with Dymocks 4 La Trobe Art Institute railway station 9 bendigo town hall Festival Bookshop), 5 bendigo art gallery 13 good taste tram Bendigo Bank Theatre 10 bendigo library and Capital Theatre. 6 bendigo trades hall

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