{"id":846,"date":"2022-03-25T09:08:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T09:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/?p=846"},"modified":"2022-03-25T09:11:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T09:11:38","slug":"upcoming-newcastle-writers-festival-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/?p=846","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Newcastle Writers Festival Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m very excited about the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au\">Newcastle Writers Festival<\/a>. The Festival runs from the 1st of April to the 3rd (with a few sideshows and extras before and after), and I&#8217;ve got some amazing things happening through the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>10am on Saturday the 2nd (Mulubinba Room, City Hall), I&#8217;ll be hosting a session with\u00a0C\u00e9cile Barral and her daughter Oceane Campbell, who will be speaking about their memoir \u00a0<em>The Silence Between Us.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #ff4b33; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/?attachment_id=784\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-784\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-784 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Density-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Density-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Density.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/?attachment_id=847\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-847\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-847 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-25-at-8.00.34-pm-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-25-at-8.00.34-pm-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-25-at-8.00.34-pm.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/a>Saturday, 2pm in the Watt Street Gallery, I will be (finally!) launching my book\u00a0<em>The Density of Compact Bone.\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/?attachment_id=784\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-784\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, 10am, City Hall&#8217;s Cummings Room, I&#8217;ll be speaking with Kate Mildenhall, Inga Simpson and Jacquie Svenson on their &#8220;Stories to Change the World&#8221;, exploring the chonky topic of the role fiction can play when it comes to understanding climate change and inspiring action. \u00a0There are so many great events on &#8211; check out the full program here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au\">https:\/\/www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/?attachment_id=848\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-848\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-848 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-25-at-8.04.59-pm-300x111.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"322\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-25-at-8.04.59-pm-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-25-at-8.04.59-pm-1024x379.png 1024w, https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-25-at-8.04.59-pm-768x285.png 768w, https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-25-at-8.04.59-pm-1536x569.png 1536w, https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-25-at-8.04.59-pm.png 1614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m very excited about the upcoming Newcastle Writers Festival. 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