{"id":1389,"date":"2026-03-29T23:51:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T23:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/?p=1389"},"modified":"2026-03-29T23:51:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T23:51:01","slug":"write-here-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/?p=1389","title":{"rendered":"Write Here 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/library.lakemac.com.au\/files\/content\/public\/v\/2\/events-directory\/eventbrite\/eco-writing-cruise-with-magdalena-ball\/mainimage.jpg?dimension=pageimagefullwidth&amp;w=1140\" width=\"307\" height=\"173\" \/>I&#8217;m delighted to be a part of the 2026 Write Here festival. \u00a0I have 2 events. The first is on \u00a0Friday, 15 May \u00a0from 10:00 &#8211; 12:00,\u00a0a repeat of the fabulous <a href=\"https:\/\/library.lakemac.com.au\/Events\/Eco-writing-Cruise-with-Magdalena-Ball\">Literary Cruise<\/a> I did last year, leaving from Booragul Wharf. This year we will combine Devonshire tea with a relaxing cruise and immersive and eco-focused writing exercises that will give new life to your work as you engage with the beauty of Lake Macquarie and the fragility of our world. \u00a0Book here: <a href=\"https:\/\/library.lakemac.com.au\/Events\/Eco-writing-Cruise-with-Magdalena-Ball#\"> https:\/\/library.lakemac.com.au\/Events\/Eco-writing-Cruise-with-Magdalena-Ball#<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/library.lakemac.com.au\/files\/sharedassets\/library\/v\/1\/events\/author-collage.jpg?dimension=pageimagefullwidth&amp;w=1140\" width=\"453\" height=\"227\" \/>On Saturday 16 May, 12.30-1.30pm Windale Hub, bilyabayi, I&#8217;m hosting a \u00a0panel including George Kemp, Raaza Jamshed, and Clare Stephens called <a href=\"https:\/\/library.lakemac.com.au\/Events\/The-First-Cut-Debut-Novels\">The First Cut<\/a><br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/img.evbuc.com\/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F1180442398%2F2654252234361%2F1%2Foriginal.20260323-045317?h=740&amp;w=1200&amp;auto=format%2Ccompress&amp;q=75&amp;sharp=10&amp;s=60aa81b9ce202bc35c880979adfeef84\" width=\"353\" height=\"177\" \/>The session is free (gold coin donation only) but book in advance here: <a href=\"https:\/\/library.lakemac.com.au\/Events\/The-First-Cut-Debut-Novels#\">https:\/\/library.lakemac.com.au\/Events\/The-First-Cut-Debut-Novels#<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m delighted to be a part of the 2026 Write Here festival. \u00a0I have 2 events. The first is on \u00a0Friday, 15 May \u00a0from 10:00 &#8211; 12:00,\u00a0a repeat of the fabulous Literary Cruise I did last year, leaving from Booragul &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/?p=1389\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[49,80],"tags":[29,83,84,82,65,71],"class_list":["post-1389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-festivals","tag-festival","tag-first-time-authors","tag-literary-cruise","tag-panels","tag-workshop","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1390,"href":"https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389\/revisions\/1390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}