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Orange Readers and Writers Festival 2023: Main Festival
Sat 5 August at 10:00 am - 3:30 pm
Snuggling up beside the fire with a good book is one of winter’s pleasures. So we hope to inspire your reading with incredible guest authors at this year’s Orange Readers and Writers Festival .
Saturday Main Festival
Saturday 5 August | 10am – 4pm | includes morning tea and lunch |
Hotel Canobolas 248 Summer Street, Orange | Cost: $95 pp ($75 early-bird to 15 July) |
Enjoy a lively program of non-fiction and fiction authors with:
*Grantlee Kieza – The Remarkable Mrs Reibey
*Yvonne Weldon – Sixty-Seven Days
* Adam Courtenay – Mr Todd’s Marvel
*Michael Thompson – How to be Remembered
*Indira Naidoo – The Space Between Stars
Meet all of these talented authors at this intimate Readers and Writers Festival to be held at the Hotel Canobolas on Saturday 5th August, during the Winter Fire Festival.
The Festival is supported by Collins Booksellers, Orange. Books by the authors will be available for sale and signing.
***EARLY BIRD TICKETS $75 – UNTIL SATURDAY 15 JULY ***
Podcast Workshop with professional podcaster and author Michael Thompson
Sunday 6 August | 10am – 1pm (includes morning tea) | Cost $45pp | Bookings now open
Hotel Canobolas , 248 Summer Street, Orange |
How to get started: Equipment – how/where/when to record, how to get it online) and
Content – what to talk about, how to structure an episode etc, marketing your podcast.
And how to improve what you are already doing.
Related Events
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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