Talkfest : Literary Event

Friends of Northcote: Talkfest 2024 

Friends of Northcote are excited to announce details for our second event of Term 2, the annual Writers’ Talkfest. The theme of 2024 is Writing Environment. This event will take place on Thursday 20 June from 7pm-9pm in the Performing Arts Theatre onsite at Northcote High School.  

We anticipate this will be a sell-out event and encourage you to gather some friends and purchase tickets quickly. Tickets can be purchased via Compass Tix here. Tickets are $30 (if you can afford it) with a $20 financial pressure option. There will be drinks available for sale, an auction and a book signing by our authors, Alice Robinson, Harry Saddler and Jeanine Leane. The event will be hosted by Ruth Clare. Further information about our incredible panel can be found on the CompassTix event page. All money raised from the evening goes towards our Northcote High School Thrive Fund 

The theme for 2024 is Writing Environment. From novels about environmental collapse, and poetry that sings with landscape, to non-fiction works about bushfire, birds and the Yarra, TalkFest 2024 is exploring writing about nature, the environment and Country. Climate change, environmental degradation and species decline are front and centre in the news and our lives, but how to centre them in writing? Three writers of varying genres talk to us about the impact the natural world has on their writing, and what impact they are trying to make with their work. They’ll discuss how landscape can shape words, and how writing can make sense of the anxiety about our world, acting as both catharsis and truth-telling. Hear also about the role of activism in the arts, and the beautiful place where poetry and politics converge.