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Welcome to our wine bar and book talk central!
We are delighted to announce that our Fourth Annual Boorowa Literary Festival - where readers and writers talk about writing and reading - occurs this year on June 19th and June 20th.
Our star line-up is: Kimberley Allsopp, Sulari Gentill, Sam Guthrie, Alli Parker, Caroline Overington and Chris Hammer.
Early bird tickets are on sale now, via this website. For a complete package - all sessions, plus glass of wine, plus communal dinner (value $100, early bird $90) click here.
Just a note too that we are conscious of the economic pressures everyone faces today and so are keeping our prices as low as possible!
Session 1 Friday 19, 1830 Kimberley Allsopp
Session 2 Saturday 20, 0930 Sulari Gentill
Session 3 Saturday 20, 1100 Sam Guthrie
Session 4 Saturday 20, 1330 Caroline Overington
Session 5 Saturday 20, 1500 Alli Parker
Session 6 Saturday 20, 1630 Chris Hammer
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Grenfell's famous Ukestra 1800
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Literary Festival Communal Ticketed Dinner, 1900
Our Author talks and Book launches
Forthcoming talks
Books continue to broaden our horizons and enrich our imaginations. Here at the Occasional we love sharing stories and pondering the great joys and mysteries of life. Our reading list is designed to showcase authors reflecting upon aspects of our modern culture, with a very strong focus on Australian writers. We especially like those authors who write about regional and rural Australian life.
Since our beginning in February 2021, and even with the challenges and closures of Covid-caused lockdowns, we have been lucky enough to host numerous author talks, and will continue to do so. We advertise these talks through our mailing list and usually sell out through this. If you wish to be added to our list, please email us or contact us by social media. This will also give you advance warning of our upcoming superb events.
By the middle of April 2023 we have hosted 14 different authors and on July 14 and 15 hosted the inaugural Boorowa Literary Festival, featuring Iain Payten, Hayley Scrivenor, James McKenzie Watson and Ashley Kalagian Blunt. It was a great success! We will have another one next year so watch this space..
Forthcoming author talks
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023, 630PM START
Kate Mildenhall published her third novel in earl August. Entitled The Hummingbird Effect, it weaves together time and place through the lives of four stories, a little reminiscent of the technique used in Cloud Atlas by David Mtichell. The Hummingbird Effect ranges from Footscray in the 1930s through the near present to future worlds of AI and environmental devastation. While the subject matter is obviously thought-provoking it is also an engaging read, full of strong and important characters.
Kate is beloved by the writing community and we are delighted that we are able to be squeezed in, between literary festivals such as Write Around the Murray. It is for this reason we are trying a first for us, staging this talk on a Monday evening, but we hope people are able to come along all the same.
Books available at the bar.
Please book tickets here.
FRIDAY OCTOBER 27, 630PM START
An evening conversation with Pamela Cook and Penelope Janu, two of the authors featured in A Country Vet Christmas. This is a collection of heart-warming stories, vets, love and small town Christmas charm.
6pm for 630pm start. Tickets available here.
FRIDAY DECEMBER 8, 630PM START
Chris Hammer returns to popular acclaim, talking about his latest novel, Cover The Bones, out in October.
We are delighted to welcome Chris back once more for great conversation about great writing.
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