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Northern Notes Writers Festival presents 35 free literary events over ten days from 7 November.

The festival, now in its fifth year, celebrates writing in Melbourne’s north and brings together up-to 100 writers in Northcote Town Hall and other locations in Darebin.

This year a ‘festival hub’ in Northcote Town Hall brings together poets, authors, screen, script and song-writers over the first weekend (8 & 9 November). The hub hosts workshops, readings, book launches, panel discussions and an authors’ book market. Discussions involve acclaimed writer and human rights advocate Arnold Zable, and actor musician and historian Alice Garner.

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The Australian Bush Laureate Awards are a major feature of the Country
Music Festival, staged in Tamworth every year.

This year’s winner of BOOK OF THE YEAR went to OLD BUSH SONGS - the
centenary edition of Banjo Paterson’s classic work - edited by Warren
Fahey & Graham Seal
and published by ABC Books.