FRIDAY
11 March 2022
7:30am- 9:00am
BUSINESS BREAKFAST WITH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Venue: Scone Race Club
9:30am- 12:00pm
CHILDREN’S AUTHOR VISITS (Sami Bayly & Zanni Louise)
Venue: Sami- Merriwa; Zanni- Blandford/Murrurundi
READING PRESENTATION FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN (Jenny Blackford- Poet)
Venue: Scone Library
PRIMARY SCHOOL POETRY WORKSHOP (Jenny Blackford & Corey Tutt)
Venue: Scone Arts and Crafts
HIGH SCHOOL FILM WORKSHOP (Hattie Archibald & Corey Tutt)
Venue: Scone Grammar School
10:00am- 11:30am
BUSH POETS MORNING TEAS
BUSH POETS MORNING TEA AT STRATHEARN (FREE COMMUNITY EVENT)
Venue: Strathearn Retirement Village, Gundy Road, Scone
BUSH POETS MORNING TEA AT MURRAVALE (FREE COMMUNITY EVENT)
Venue: Murravale, Murrurundi
12:00pm- 2:00pm
MERRIWA LITERARY LUNCH
Venue: CWA, 159 Bettington Street, Merriwa
Cost: $50 per person (incl food & refreshments)
SATURDAY
12 March 2022
8:30am- 9:30am
MEET & GREET AUTHORS OVER MORNING COFFEE
Venue: Scone Arts and Crafts Main Hall
9:30am- 9:45am
OFFICIAL OPENING AND WELCOME TO COUNTRY
Venue: Scone Grammar School
9:45am- 10:30am
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Venue: Scone Grammar School
10:30am- 11:15am
LIVING LIFE IN 21
Tim Elliot, Julie-Anne Davies, Joanne Fedler and Emma Jane
Venue: Scone Grammar School
11:15am-11:30am
POP-UP PERFORMANCE
(Mime and storytelling performed by Jean-Paul Belle, accompanied by
students from Scone Grammar School)
11:30am-12:15pm
HISTORICAL RELEVANCE AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT
Facilitated by Amanda Woods: Nicole Alexander, David Cameron, Paula Beavan
Venue: Scone Grammar School
12:15pm- 1:30pm
LUNCH
Including book signing and pop-up poetry
Venue: Scone Arts and Crafts Gardens
12:15pm- 1:30pm
TRAUMA, TRAGEDY AND TELLING TALES
Julie-Anne Davies, Emma Jane, Erina Reddan, Nardi Simpson, Amanda Woods
Venue: Scone Grammar School
2:45pm- 3:45pm
CRIMES AGAINST NATURE
Facilitated by Anthea Fawcett: Jeff Sparrows, Gabrielle Chan, Greg Mullins
Venue: Scone Grammar School
3:45pm- 4:45pm
BEAUTY & EXCELLENCE
Lucy Turnbull, Mandy Bishop, Joanne Fedler
Venue: Scone Grammar School
4:45pm-5:15pm
POP-UP PERFORMANCE
(Mime and storytelling performed by Jean-Paul Belle, accompanied by
students from Scone Grammar School)
Venue: Scone Grammar School
5:15pm- 8:15pm
SPECIAL EVENT: SOIREE
Scone Grammar School students to present short-films with Hattie Archibald
Venue: Arts and Crafts Gardens
SUNDAY
13 March 2022
7:30am- 9:00am
SPECIAL EVENT: BUSH POETS BREAKFAST
Join a special VIP guest in the gardens of Scone Arts & Crafts and enjoy breakfast and a
coffee before the final day of the festival kicks off. This is a fundraising event with funds
raised going to local causes.
Venue: Scone Arts and Crafts Gardens
9:30am- 10:15am
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Venue: Scone Grammar School
10:25am- 11:15am
THE CONSTITUTION AND ITS RELEVANCE TODAY
Facilitated by Darren Toomey SC: Malcolm Turnbull, Dave Layzell, Jonathan Biggins
Venue: Scone Grammar School
11:15am-12:00pm
ENTHUSIASTIC CONSENT
Facilitated by Nicole Abadee: Michael Burge, Dr Rachel Powell, Tully O’Regan
Venue: Scone Grammar School
12:00pm- 2:00pm
LUNCH- PICNIC IN THE PARK (Paula Beavan)
Venue: Wilson Memorial Oval, Murrurundi
Cost: $15 per person, $30 for a family
12:15pm- 1:30pm
LUNCH- SCONE
Including book signing and pop-up poetry
Venue: Scone Arts and Crafts Gardens
1.30pm – 3.30pm
WORKSHOPS- $45 per person
Venue: Scone Arts and Crafts Main Hall/ Courthouse Theatre
WORKSHOP 1- Podcasting 101 with Darren Saul
WORKSHOP 2- LinkedIn Masterclass with Lucy Bingle
WORKSHOP 3- Short-Film Production with Hattie Archibald
1:30pm- 4:00pm
LAZY SUNDAY AFTERNOON ‘BOOK CLUB’
Everyone welcome! Please come along and discuss your latest and greatest reads with fellow book lovers
Venue: Scone Arts and Crafts Centre Gardens
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