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One Library One Book – Canowindra – Dianne Yarwood – The Wakes
Wed 24 May at 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
FREE
Join in the biggest Book Club in the Central West when we meet our One Library One Book author of The Wakes – Dianne Yarwood – at Canowindra’s Montrose House, 71 Gaskill Street, Canowindra (opposite Canowindra Library).
This book is about what to do when your husband tells you that he doesn’t love you anymore. And what to do when your wife leaves you after too many rounds of IVF.
It’s about helping your new friend with her funeral catering business, and discovering that, sometimes, the most unlikely of pairings are the very, very best.
It is about food that is outrageously good and comforting to sad people. And, for one, not being sensible, and throwing away everything you know.
Meet author Dianne Yarwood for a chat about this bestselling novel to be made into a TV series – The Wakes -at Montrose House, Canowindra on Wednesday 24 May at 11am. See you there!
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The What’s On calendar covers arts and heritage events happening across the NSW Central West in the local government areas of Bathurst Region, Blayney, Cabonne, Cowra, Forbes, Lachlan, Lithgow, Mid-Western Region, Oberon, Orange, Parkes and Weddin.
Event listings are sourced or supplied from local venues and arts organisations. Many events listed here have been originally shared by the organisers on social media. Whilst all care is taken – and accuracy is our priority – we can take no responsibility for date changes or the content of contributed information. Contact the event organisers listed for more details or to book tickets.
The best way to include your event is to use our SUBMIT HERE form (under the What’s On menu at the top of each page). These listings will be manually approved by the Arts OutWest team before publication. Please allow a couple of days for listings to be published. If you have submitted an event and want to make changes just email us at artsoutwest@csu.edu.au
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