The 2010 Mildura Writers’ Festival
(Photograph: From the Arts Mildura website)
This week the 16th Mildura Writers’ Festival opens. Located in the charming township of Mildura by the Murray river in ambient café venues and the lecture halls of La Trobe campus, the festival brings together some of the country’s finest writers and thinkers, yet has an international trace, being directed by Paul Kane, eminent poet and academic from New York. This year’s guests include Morag Fraser, Nobel Prize runner, Les Murray, the inspirational Kate Jennings, whose memoir, Trouble has recently been published by Black Inc, as well as some wonderful poets: LK Holt, Lisa Gorton, Peter Goldsworthy, Robert Gray. The poet/translator Stephen Sartarelli, known for his translations of Andrea Camilleri’s Inspector Montalbano novels and for his translations of classic French and Italian poetry is another guest.
The festival has a cult following; several of my friends are attending this year, though gatecrashers may be bounced. This is a sophisticated, witty and warm literary event not to be missed.
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http://www.artsmildura.com.au/writers/writers_packages.asp
