{"id":988,"date":"2023-03-11T00:46:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T00:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/?p=988"},"modified":"2023-03-11T00:46:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T00:46:59","slug":"newcastle-writers-festival-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magdalenaball.com\/?p=988","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle Writers Festival 2023!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NWF-2022-Sat-Liam-12-1440x1280.jpg\" width=\"237\" height=\"211\" \/>The fabulous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au\">Newcastle Writers Festival<\/a> is coming soon! I might be biased but I think it&#8217;s the best festival in Australia &#8211; both intimate and exciting with a very wide range of exceptional authors and such an incredible range of topics that I struggle to choose what to attend. \u00a0As always I have a full roster of my own events including a big poetry launching day on the 1st of April:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>11:30am <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au\/events\/flying-islands-book-launch\/\">Flying islands group book launch<\/a>\u00a0This includes readings from the works of four new series Flying Island poets.<\/li>\n<li>3pm\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au\/events\/magdalena-ball-willo-drummond-launch\/\">joint book launch<\/a>\u00a0with the wonderful <a href=\"https:\/\/willodrummond.com\">Willo Drummond<\/a>, who will be launching my\u00a0<em>Bobish<\/em> and I&#8217;ll be launching her\u00a0<em>Moon Wrasse.\u00a0<\/em>Willo and I are good friends and a mutual admiration society so it will be a fun and exuberant session with lots of laughter and of course powerful readings.<\/li>\n<li>430pm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au\/events\/women-of-words-launch\/\">Woman of Words anthology launch<\/a> featuring readings from this fund-raising collection by me, Ellen Shelley, Gillian Swain and host and the powerhouse behind the series,\u00a0Janette Hoppe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bookreview.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/9780645248098-1.jpg\" width=\"163\" height=\"228\" \/>On the 2nd of April at 130pm I&#8217;ll be hosting a panel with editor Mohammad Awad\u00a0and two authors &#8211; Claire Albrecht and Kristen Dunphy from the Red Room and Upswell anthology <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au\/events\/admissions\/\">Admissions: Voices within Mental Health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Again, all of my events are free ones (get there early as it&#8217;s always first come best dressed with the free events) and I&#8217;d love to see you there! \u00a0 Download the full program here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NWF23-Schedule_Final-1-1.pdf\">https:\/\/www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NWF23-Schedule_Final-1-1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fabulous Newcastle Writers Festival is coming soon! 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