History
The 2008 Aireys Festival of Words was a huge success with over 1,500 book lovers braving a cold and windy weekend to sample the culture, arts and music of a very full festival program.
For 2008 we introduced panels and interview-style discussions, adding to our children’s marquee at the Lighthouse precinct and our popular Literary Readings with great Australian authors program at Cimarron Bed and Breakfast. Great Escape Books hosted the Key Note Speaker address with Peter Temple led in discussion by local author Gregory Day. The Fairhaven Surf Life Saving Club was also a popular venue with a playwrighting panel discussion featuring Hannie Rayson and Andrew Knight and led by Dr Rob Moodie, a songwriting panel session, music and performances, and a visual art exhibition.
All in all it was an extraordinary weekend of ideas, conversations, good food, music and time spent with friends, and all in the magnificent environment of Aireys Inlet.
We thank the following authors and artists, appearing here in alphabetical order, who have so generously given their time and knowledge and who have amused, inspired and stimulated Festival patrons in the first two years of the Festival.
You can view the full 2007 and 2008 Festival programs (on the right of this page), which include detailed information about the work and achievements of our past guests.
- Paul Angeloni
Appeared 2007. ABC Radio National Presenter - Fran Cairns
Appeared 2007. Author of Drawing from the Well - David Campbell
Appeared 2007, 2008. Author of Skycatcher and Morning Light - Gregory Day
Appeared 2007, 2008. Author of The Patron Saint of Eels and Ron McCoy’s Sea of Diamonds - Andrew Darby
Appeared 2008. The Age journalist and author of Harpoon, Into the Heart of Whaling - Daniel Donahoo
Appeared 2007. Author of Idolising Children - Trish Edwards
Appeared 2007, 2008. Creator of The Monologue Project - Victoriana Gaye
Appeared 2008. Musician - Tim Gibson
Appeared 2007, 2008. Guest workshop speaker - Robert Greenberg
Appeared 2007. Author of The Greeblies, There's Money in Toilets & The Legend of Half Moon Harry - Sarah Hay
Appeared 2008. Author of Skins and Texas - Simmone Howell
Appeared 2008. Author of Notes from the Teenage Underground and Everything Beautiful - Thom Kadera
Appeared 2007. Visual artists and author of Stinka the Surfer - Andrew Knight
Appeared 2007, 2008. Writer and producer of Seachange, Crashburn, After the Deluge, Tripping Over and many more films and series for television - Sheena Knowles
Appeared 2008. Author of Edward the Emu and Edwina the Emu - Sally Learey
Appeared 2008. Author of Louttit Bay Treasure, Food for Me is Gluten Free and Food for Me is Nut Free - Melissa Martin
Appeared 2008. Guest singer/songwriter - Darren Matthews
Appeared 2007, 2008. Sculptor and visual artist - Andrea Mayes
Appeared 2007, 2008. Author of The Rose Notes and Shearwater - Stephen McEwan
Appeared 2008. Guest singer/songwriter - Dr. Rob Moodie
Appeared 2008. With Gabriel Gate, author of Recipes for a Great Life - Michael Panckridge
Appeared 2008. Author of The Vanishings, The Immortal, the Toby Jones series and the Anniversary Legends series - Chrissie Perry
Appeared 2007, 2008. Author of Go Girl! series - Pauline Reilly
Appeared 2007, 2008. Author of the Collection of Australian Animals series of natural history books - Jeff Raglus
Appeared 2008. Musician, visual artist and author of Schnorky the Wavepuncher and The Trip to Town - Hannie Rayson
Appeared 2008. Author of Hotel Sorrento, Inheritance, Two Brothers, Life After George, Competitive Tenderness, Falling from Grace, Scenes from a Separation - Peter Temple
Appeared 2008. Author of The Broken Shore, Shooting Star, Bad Debts, Black Tide, Dead Point, White Dog, An Iron Rose and In the Evil Day - Nadine Williams
Appeared 2008. Author of From France with Love - Tim Wood
Appeared 2008. Guest singer/songwriter - Kerryn Viner
Appeared 2008. Co-author of The Monologue Project
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