{"id":61265,"date":"2016-07-06T22:44:56","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T11:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=61265"},"modified":"2016-07-08T18:11:16","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T07:11:16","slug":"rub-shoulders-favourite-australian-authors-st-albans-writers-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2016\/07\/06\/rub-shoulders-favourite-australian-authors-st-albans-writers-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Rub shoulders with your favourite Australian authors at the St. Albans Writers&#8217; Festival. Tickets now available."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">A bevy of prolific and talented Australian authors are to visit the small and picturesque village of St Albans (Macdonald Valley, NSW) for the second St Albans Writers\u2019 Festival, set to run from 16-18 September 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Expect to rub shoulders with, and perhaps share a coffee with Stan Grant (who\u2019ll be giving the festival\u2019s opening address), Les Murray, Jane Caro, Emily Maguire, Hugh Mackay, Richard Glover, Nick Earls, Judy Nunn, Kate Forsyth as well as food experts Simmone Logue and Paul West \u2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stalbanswritersfestival.com.au\/writers\/\" target=\"_blank\">plus more!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-61265 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Candice-Fox.jpg'><img width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Candice-Fox.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Candice Fox\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-61267\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-61267'>\n\t\t\t\tCandice Fox\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hawley-Janet.jpg'><img width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hawley-Janet.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Nick-Earls.jpg'><img width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Nick-Earls.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Nikki-Gemmell.jpg'><img width=\"1024\" height=\"1008\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Nikki-Gemmell.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Paul-West.jpg'><img width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Paul-West.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Stan-Grant.jpg'><img width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Stan-Grant.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The festival was born when residents belonging to three different book clubs in the village decided to organise a book day. This Book Feast at which Kate Grenville spoke was a great success and two years later in 2015, the first full festival took place.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-61265 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/St.-Albans-.jpg'><img width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/St.-Albans-.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-06-at-9.32.08-pm.png'><img width=\"1024\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-06-at-9.32.08-pm.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">St Albans is characterised by its sandstone cliffs, winding rivers and fertile paddocks, and so is the perfect destination for an intimate writers\u2019 festival, away from any bustling city. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Stay for the weekend or just for a day. View the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stalbanswritersfestival.com.au\/program\/\" target=\"_blank\">timetable <\/a>and grab your tickets <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stalbanswritersfestival.com.au\/shop-product-list\/##tickets\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. Festival tickets are limited to 350 places so grab yours while you still can! <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bevy of prolific and talented Australian authors are to visit the small and picturesque village of St Albans (Macdonald Valley, NSW) for the second St Albans Writers\u2019 Festival, set to run from 16-18 September 2016. Expect to rub shoulders with, and perhaps share a coffee with Stan Grant (who\u2019ll be giving the festival\u2019s opening address), Les Murray, Jane Caro, Emily Maguire, Hugh Mackay, Richard Glover, Nick Earls, Judy Nunn, Kate Forsyth as well as food experts Simmone Logue and Paul West \u2026 plus more! The festival was born when residents belonging to three different book clubs in the village decided to organise a book day. This Book Feast at which Kate Grenville spoke was a great success and two years later in 2015, the first full festival took place. St Albans is characterised by its sandstone cliffs, winding rivers and fertile paddocks, and so is the perfect destination for an intimate writers\u2019 festival, away from any bustling city. Stay for the weekend or just for a day. View the timetable and grab your tickets here. Festival tickets are limited to 350 places so grab yours while you still can!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":61325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[4,73],"tags":[6870,4981,6869],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SocialMediaImage49.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61265"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61265"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61328,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61265\/revisions\/61328"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}