PLEASE NOTE that online ticket sales for Saturday events will close at 2pm 26 Nov, and tickets for Sunday events will close at 10.30am 27 Nov.

Tickets will be available on the door after these times, but some sessions are close to selling out so we recommend booking tickets ahead of time.

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At a time when truth is under threat in so much of what we read, ‘I’m Not Making This Up’ celebrates the power of fact in storytelling, bringing together some of the brightest talents and most distinctive voices writing non-fiction today.

The festival opens on Saturday 26th of November at Coledale Community Hall with a Welcome to Country from 2022 Elder of the Year Uncle Peter Button and a keynote speech from the multi award-winning author of The Winter Road, Kate Holden.

Bestselling memoirist Patti Miller appears in conversation with Caroline Baum to discuss difficult relationships in True Friends. After cider and storytelling direct from the farm with Jo-Anne Fahey from Darkes Glenbernie Orchard, join us for dinner at Earthwalker with foraging expert Diego Bonetto discussing why we should Eat Weeds with Jennifer Macey.

On Sunday, Dr Jodi Edwards introduces us to the local Dharawal language, Phillipa McGuinness goes beneath the surface to examine our largest organ in Skin Deep, and Anne Howell speaks about her experience with severe amnesia as captured in her memoir All That I Forgot. Former detective Gary Jubelin investigates criminal Badness, and Professor Rob Brander, aka ‘Dr Rip’, appears in conversation with Walkley-award winning journalist, author and surfer Malcolm Knox.

Stella Prize-winning Tasmanian novelist Heather Rose unveils her memoir Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here, and we end the day with the sounds of Lovers Dreamers Fighters, as singer Lo Carmen talks about memory and her sources of inspiration with acclaimed biographer and journalist Mark Mordue.

In our hands-on workshop program, you can learn to write truthfully with Patti Miller and discover the edible local landscape with the Wild Weeds Workshop (ticketed separately here).

COVID POLICY

Windows and doors at the venue will be opened to maximise ventilation. Seating will be distanced, and capacity in the venue has been limited. We request audience members not to attend if they are ill, and we also encourage all audience members to wear masks.

ALTERATION/ CANCELLATION

SCWC and the organisers reserve the right to alter the program, or to give notice and cancel sessions if required by circumstances including staff or presenter illness, or venue and ticketing issues.

WEEKEND PASSES
Weekend and Day pass ticket do not include workshops, cider tasting, or dinner. These events are ticketed separately.