Reporting on Maldon and surrounding central goldfields
The Clunes Booktown Festival will return on 22 and 23 March 2025, celebrating its 19th year with a diverse program of author talks, workshops, and book stalls. Held in the historic goldfields town 36km north of Ballarat, the festival will once again transform Clunes’ main street into a literary hub. This year’s event will feature…
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It’s Valentine’s Day and love is in the air! The connection between love and Saint Valentine, the 3rd Century Christian martyr, is tenuous. The habit of exchanging hand-made Valentine’s love tokens dates from the 17th Century; however, commercialisation has intervened and February 14 is now a key date in the retail calendar. Research from the…
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Semalam. Semalam, the highly anticipated first book by Maldon resident Bernice Steinfort, is set to launch on 22 February offering readers an unforgettable journey leading up to the 2002 Bali bombings. With its compelling storytelling and fresh perspective, this fiction is already generating buzz amongst critics and readers alike. The official launch event will take…
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It’s not surprising to learn that John Marsden is passionate about language.
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