Words at Wagstaffe, a one-day literary celebration presented in partnership by Words on the Waves Writers Festival and The Bouddi Society, will return to Wagstaffe Hall for its fifth year on Saturday, March 15.
This year’s theme is Sliding Doors, with authors unafraid to twist history to their liking, and ask the question: What if?
What if the moon landing had failed?
What if we knew what happened to Miles Franklin when she disappeared at 21?
What if a gangster mob ruled 1938 Soviet Union?
And what if an extraordinary woman called Betty lived to 100?
Debra Oswald, who is responsible for the much-loved TV show Offspring, has toured a one-woman show and penned bestselling novels.
At Words at Wagstaffe, she will talk about her much-anticipated new release, 100 Years of Betty.
Also appearing on the day will be Walkley Award-winning journalist and accomplished novelist Malcolm Knox, who takes us behind the iron curtain for a black comedy about Stalin’s Soviet Union with his fourth fiction book The First Friend.
Media academic Kerrie Davies will provide an exciting glimpse into the never-before-published manuscript and diary extracts of Australian literary icon, Miles Franklin.
Rounding out the line-up will be David Dyer, an author who first twisted history by reimagining the Titanic in The Midnight Watch.
In This Kingdom of Dust, he reinterprets the moon landing from the point of view of Buzz Aldrin, his wife Joan and a journalist back on Earth.
Umina Beach Book Nook will be onsite as festival bookseller.
Words at Wagstaffe will take place from 9.45am-4.15pm on March 15 at Wagstaffe Hall.
Book at wordsonthewaves.com.au/words-at-wagstaffe-2025/
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