Literary Events Program

Tickets for Literary events can be purchased in advance or at the Box Office, or paid for at the door.

Books from participating authors will be available for sale.

Time	Literary Event			Venue & Price
full price  /  concession
Saturday 9th June
2.00 pm	Michael Wagner Children's free event Meet Michael Wagner the author of the hilarious, whacky The Undys, Let the Games Begin. Hear about Josh and his dad Phil Undy who invent their own games such as Gut Barging and 12-Storey Soccer. They have a Free Food Night and enter a Rat Race with amazing results and more! This session suits ages 8-12.	http://www.michaelwagner.com.au		Woodend Library FREE ENTRY
2.00 pm	Book Group Alice Pung's Unpolished Gem Chaired by Mary Delahunty Join the group with your family and friends to discuss Alice Pung’s Unpolished Gem. A book rich in comedy. It is a loving and irreverent portrait of a family, its everyday struggles and bittersweet triumphs. An unforgettable new voice in Australian writing.			Holgate's Leadlight Room $10/$8
Sunday 10th June
9.30 am	Workshop: Your Life - Your Story Carmel Bird workshop Novelist and teacher Carmel Bird shows you how to write your most important story. Her latest book is Writing the Story of Your Life.			Campaspe House $15/$12
2.00 pm	Panel: Memoir & Biography Four authors Chaired by Mary Delahunty Bryony Cosgrove editor of Portrait of a Friendship. For fifty years Judith Wright and Barbara Blackman were friends, this is their correspondence and their lives. Michael  Gurr is a playwright and activist. His memoir Days Like These casts a shrewd eye over Australian culture and politics. One of Australia’s best-known biographers Brenda Niall now has her own memoir Life Class, revealing her development as a writer, and Alice Pung a young Chinese-Cambodian pursues the Australian dream – Asian style. Four very different approaches to things remembered and recorded.			Campaspe House $10/$8
Monday 11th June
10.00 am	Barry Jones in Conversation with Jocelyn Terry Writer, broadcaster and former Labor member of both the State and Federal parliaments Barry Jones has many facets of his life to be explored by former ABC personality Jocelyn Terry. Barry’s latest book is his autobiography A Thinking Reed.			Cafe Colenso $10/$8
2.00 pm	Working with two remarkable talents - Joan Law-Smith and Jean Galbraith Anne Latreille discusses her book; Kindred Spirits Anne Latreille lives in Melbourne where she writes books and articles on gardening and landscape. Her most recent publication is Garden of a Lifetime, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch at Cruden Farm.			Old Schoolhouse Gallery $10/$8