Date: Thursday May 4, 2023 6.00-7.15pm
Venue: Melbourne Town Hall cnr Collins and Swanston Sts.
The Arts Committee invites Club members and guests to attend the Opening Night event at this year’s Melbourne Writers Festival titled ‘I’ve Been Away for a While,’ which is the Festival’s theme for 2023. The event features 4 distinguished literary figures and an award-winning filmmaker who as storytellers discuss how life has changed for them from the unusual times of the past few years. Bookings made up to and including 6th April attract a 20% ‘early bird’ discount which prices a Standard ticket at $32 and a Concession ticket at $24. The tickets to this event are selling fast.
Club members and guests can book as follows:
https://mwf.com.au/program/opening-night-ive-been-away-for-a-while-eb8f/
On making a booking please advise Peter Berg at pberg8@bigpond.net.au or Garry Fowler at garry.fowler@bigpond.com and confirm an interest in joining Club members at dinner after the event.
Hear from Penguin Random House copy chief and author of Dreyer’s English Benjamin Dreyer, renowned photographer and non-fiction writer Bill Hayes (Insomiac City, Sweat: A History of Exercise), prize-winning writer and critic Sarah Krasnostein (The Believer, The Trauma Cleaner), Wiradjuri poet and artist Jazz Money (how to make a basket) and award-winning filmmaker and Kaytetye man Warwick Thornton.
