The Writing Life – Carmel Bird

All welcome

Hear from local writers

Join Newstead Writers for their first of three quarterly  ‘The Writing Life’ sessions for 2025.

First up, is local author (and absolute writing treasure) Carmel Bird.

Carmel Bird, having originated in Tasmania, now lives and writes in Castlemaine. She says writing and living are to her more or less one and the same. She has published over forty books, mainly novels and short stories. Most of the stories in her recent collection, Love Letter to Lola, concentrate on the question of extinction of species. Her most recent novel, Field of Poppies, is set in a town very like Castlemaine. Her website is https://carmelbird.com/

Our session will start at 6pm, following the monthly ‘Shut Up and Write’ session at the Hub from 1pm to 5pm – a focused writing time combined with the pleasure of writing  with others.

All welcome. Drinks at bar prices, and snacks. Donation at the door to cover venue costs.

[Image credit: Carmel Bird]