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Manager at Bendigo Venues and Events, Julie Amos, said she was ecstatic with the response to this year\u2019s festival.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s great to be back out after COVID, and have such a great turnout in Bendigo, and such fantastic weather for our festival.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Amos said it was good to see more venues included in the literary celebration, with sessions held at the La Trobe Art Institute, Bendigo Library, Mackenzie Quarters, the Great Stupa and even Blind Cow Pottery in Marong.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve really expanded our reach of where we\u2019re taking our activities, just to give people a little bit different experience to previous years, and also to get around Bendigo,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Around two thirds of event goers were from Bendigo, with three per cent coming from interstate and the remaining from metropolitan Melbourne and elsewhere in Victoria.<\/p>\n
Ms Amos said the festival\u2019s theme of flourish is an apt descriptor for Bendigo\u2019s events scene, with bumper crowds again turning out for the Elvis exhibition and View Street traders benefiting from a busy autumn weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THEMES of change and hope resonated throughout the Bendigo Writers\u2019 Festival over the weekend. For Bendigo locals Giselle Lawler and Amy Rogers, the festival\u2019s timing just before the Federal election meant their choices of sessions were somewhat influenced by politics. \u201cI\u2019ve got two small kids and I\u2019m concerned about the future so being able to […]<\/p>\n