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The Clunes Booktown Festival returns for 2025 on the 22 and 23 March, marking its 19th year as one of Australia’s most cherished regional literary events. The festival will transform the picturesque main street of Clunes – 36km north of Ballarat - into a bustling haven of activity, promising a rich and immersive experience for book lovers and rookie readers of all ages.
The program includes: literary icon Helen Garner talking about her latest book, The Season; Kate Grenville, critically acclaimed author of The Secret River and The Idea of Perfection, discussing her new memoir Unsettled: A Journey Through Time and Place; Sustainability in a Changing Climate: Costa Georgiadis and co-founder of permaculture David Holmgren; Aussie Road Trips: Heather Ewart spilling the dirt on her travels around Australia and writing her new book, The Great Aussie Road Trip; Truth Telling: New Perspectives on Australian History with authors Kate Grenville and Jane Harrison and historians Clare Wright and Amanda Laugesen; Triple R’s own Clem Bastow unpacking neurodivergent stereotypes in Unmasking Neurodiversity with Sarah Hayden, Jess Ho and Kim Percy; and so much more.
Find the full program and purchase tickets from the Clunes Booktown website.
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