{"id":61288,"date":"2016-07-08T18:09:18","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T07:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/?p=61288"},"modified":"2016-07-08T18:13:50","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T07:13:50","slug":"five-writers-walk-pub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/2016\/07\/08\/five-writers-walk-pub\/","title":{"rendered":"Five writers walk into a pub&#8230; and a cafe and gallery and library."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/byronwritersfestival.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-61309 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Byron-ExclusiveA.jpg\" alt=\"Byron ExclusiveA\" width=\"742\" height=\"128\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Five Aussie authors (The Fab Five) are hitting the road this July, visiting five towns in five days before ending up at the <a href=\"http:\/\/byronwritersfestival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Byron Writers Festival,<\/a> all as part of the <strong>Five Writers Road Trip. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And who are these Fab Five? Just some of Australia&#8217;s most talented writers &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/an-elegant-young-man-luke-carman\/prod9781922146458.html\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Carman<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/kate-forsyth\/author409.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kate Forsyth<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/measuring-up-g-j-stroud\/prod9781921372902.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gabbie Stroud<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/search.ep?keywords=Jesse+Blackadder&amp;productType=917504\" target=\"_blank\">Jesse Blackadder<\/a> and Miles Merrill. <span style=\"color: #000000;\">They&#8217;ll be captained (ahem, kept into line) by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/search.ep?keywords=Zacharey+Jane&amp;productType=917504\" target=\"_blank\">Zacharey Jane.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For five days they&#8217;ll be talking and reading for free at pubs, clubs, cafes, galleries, schools, libraries, service stations, bus stops \u2026 wherever there are readers, The Fab Five will go.<\/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-61288 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Luke-Carman.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-61301\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-61301'>\n\t\t\t\tLuke Carman\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<img width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jesse-Blackadder.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-61302\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-61302'>\n\t\t\t\tJesse Blackadder \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<img width=\"300\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Miles-Merrill.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-61303\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-61303'>\n\t\t\t\tMiles Merrill\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Kate-Forsyth.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-61304\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-61304'>\n\t\t\t\tKate Forsyth\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<img width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.booktopia.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Gabbie-Stroud.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-61305\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-61305'>\n\t\t\t\tGabbie Stroud\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>They&#8217;ll begin Friday 29 July, making stops at Coffs Harbour, Mullumbimby, Ballina, Brunswick Heads and Lennox Head, before ending up at the Byron Writers Festival\u00a0on Saturday 6 August.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second year the Five Writers Road Trip will be taking place, prompted by the resounding success of last year&#8217;s road trip. As Byron Writers Festival Director, Edwina Johnson, says &#8220;Word has spread since last year\u2019s fantastic \u2018Five Writers\u2019 tour sparking requests from readers throughout northern NSW for the crew to visit their town. The Fab Five have a full coastal itinerary planned that\u2019s bound to enthrall and entertain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/byronwritersfestival.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-61289\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.booktopia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/555.jpg\" alt=\"555\" width=\"690\" height=\"975\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Five Writers Road Trip will be beaming in to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Coffs Harbour \u00a0&#8211; Friday 29 &amp; Saturday 30 July<\/strong><br \/>\n12pm Friday &#8211; Coffs Harbour Library<br \/>\n6:30pm Friday &#8211; Latitude 30 Bistro<br \/>\n11am Saturday &#8211; Coffs Central<br \/>\n<strong>Mullumbimby &#8211; Saturday 30 July<\/strong><br \/>\n6:30pm &#8211; Courthouse Hotel<br \/>\n<strong>Ballina &#8211; Sunday 31 July<\/strong><br \/>\n1:30pm &#8211; Ballina Library<br \/>\n6pm &#8211; Northern Rivers Community Gallery<br \/>\n<strong>Brunswick Heads &#8211; Monday 1 August<\/strong><br \/>\n7pm &#8211; Brunswick Picture House<br \/>\n<strong>Lennox Head &#8211; Tuesday 2 August<\/strong><br \/>\n7pm &#8211; Club Lennox<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s Five Writers Road Trip is supported by the Australia Council for the Arts and the Byron Writers Festival. News of their exploits will be broadcast on Local ABC radio by Jo Shoebridge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five Aussie authors (The Fab Five) are hitting the road this July, visiting five towns in five days before ending up at the Byron Writers Festival, all as part of the Five Writers Road Trip. And who are these Fab Five? Just some of Australia&#8217;s most talented writers &#8211; Luke Carman, Kate Forsyth, Gabbie Stroud, Jesse Blackadder and Miles Merrill. They&#8217;ll be captained (ahem, kept into line) by Zacharey Jane. For five days they&#8217;ll be talking and reading for free at pubs, clubs, cafes, galleries, schools, libraries, service stations, bus stops \u2026 wherever there are readers, The Fab Five will go. They&#8217;ll begin Friday 29 July, making stops at Coffs Harbour, Mullumbimby, Ballina, Brunswick Heads and Lennox Head, before ending up at the Byron Writers Festival\u00a0on Saturday 6 August. 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