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We are happy to announce the winners of the door prize and ENews prize for 2009!
The winner of our Door Prize is local resident David Sidwell. David has won 2 nights' accommodation including bottle of wine on arrival and breakfast (value $650) at Quest Apartments in Williamstown North (valid until October 2009).
The winning subscriber to ENews is Leela Cosgrove. Leela has won 2 nights' accommodation at Quest Apartments in Williamstown North (valid until October 2009). |
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A NEW batch of local story tellers has been created, if the Williamstown Literary Festival attendance figures were anything to go by.
Williamstown Town Hall and mechanics institute were packed throughout the two-day festival, which included attendances by popular authors Catherine Deveney, Denise Scott, Andrew Rule, Jane Clifton and Andy Griffiths.
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The sixth Williamstown Literary Festival, held from 1st to 3rd May, was a resounding success, beginning with the Friday night soiree, at which the Festival was officially opened by Arts Minister Lynne Kosky and the winners of our literary prizes were announced. With over one hundred attendees, there was a buzz throughout the evening, with drinks and food beforehand, songs from the wonderful Willin Wimmin, very moving readings of the winning short stories from actress and writer Alice Garner, concluding with more food and drinks and a frenzy of book-buying.
Despite events being spread between two venues, the Williamstown Town Hall and the Mechanics Institute, sessions were well attended. Andy Griffiths proved so popular that his book signing went longer than his session, the chat between comedians and writers Denise Scott and Jane Clifton entertained a large crowd, Bruno Lettieri’s interview with Martin Flanagan had the audience enthralled, the poetry and prose readings for People’s Choice Awards moved and amused the audience, Catherine Deveny captivated a packed theatre, as did ‘The Librarians’ Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope.
Our diverse programme offered something for all ages and the feedback for all presenters and sessions has been overwhelmingly positive. |
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The 2009 Festival is over and we are planning the next one, which hopefully will be better than ever. We need your feedback to improve so please send us an email telling us which sessions you loved, what went wrong, give suggestions for sessions you'd like to attend in 2010, and so on. We welcome all comments.
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Congratulations to these winners, announced on Friday 1st May.
Winners:
Jackie Kerin - 1984
Simonne Michelle-Wells - Broken Light
Highly Commended:
Anneliese Rosenmayer - The English Countryside in Winter
Commended:
Lucia Nardo - Hoping for Home
Shortlisted and in anthology:
Kate Amesbury - A Wee Bit o' Fish
Hugh Deacon - Back Then
Melissa Ferguson - Nearly a Dunny Girl
Kerry Lander - The Tail of a Friendship
Mary Burbidge - Passing Connections
Margaret Carmichael-Leonard - Perfumed Memories
You can read all of these stories in the anthology, Beyond Words: The Ada Cambridge Prize for Biographical Short Story Writing 2009, available for $10 from the Williamstown branch of Hobsons Bay Libraries. |
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Download details of this years' programs here and see the authors for 2009.
Many events appeal to young people, including opportunities to read your work at the People's Choice Poetry and Prose sessions.
Ticket sales to 2009 Festival are now closed.
