Mountain Writers Festival
So. I’m on a committee. And we’re trying to run some interesting bookish events, in a beautiful place. If that’s your bag too, consider following Mountain Writers Festival, which will be held in Macedon, Victoria – in the beautiful Macedon Ranges. The Mountain Writers Festival will run on 5-6 November 2022. Friends of the festival just…
The Bush by Don Watson
I can’t begin to give any sort of coherent overview of this rambling, sinuous, insightful journey into the bush. The book is as multifaceted and as full of flickering visions as the bush itself. Watson begins with his own rural family – Gippsland dairy farmers – but soon sets off in many different directions. Watson’s…