Newcastle Writers Festival

In contrast to the Adelaide Writers Festival which I attended at the beginning of March the Newcastle Writers Festival is a smaller regional affair with predominantly home-grown authors on the dais. I was up there at the beginning of April, with Bill and I being house-guests of long-time friends, and attended events on the Saturday and Sunday. …

A Word or Two from Dickens

Some time ago my cousin passed along to me the set of Dickens which had belonged to his mother - my aunt. This particular set is The Fireside Dickens, Complete Edition in Twenty-Two Volumes, with Illustrations by Cruikshank, 'Phiz,' &c. This collection was published by Chapman & Hall, London; and Henry Frowde. The books were …

Adelaide Writers’ Week 2018

Given I've been back from Adelaide for more than three weeks, it might be time to mention what I did over there for the 6 day writers' festival (3-8 March 2018). Last time I was in Adelaide we drove, (see the second half of that post); the time before we arrived by rail from Darwin; this …