There is a particular reason why the 2014 Bendigo Writers Festival is extra-special. This year, festival organisers are taking an inclusive approach.
Complementing the BWF is Write on the Fringe, a fringe festival with difference.
Write on the Fringe breaks down the barriers between traditional festival goers, and the new culture of festival heads.
Typically, festival attendees have been perceived to be artsy-fartsy, fancy-pancy, beret wearing, high-income earning over 40 somethings.
Reasons for this may be due to the fact that previously, the community has not been catered to in terms of free, inclusive events as part of the festival.
It is exciting and pleasing to see Write on the Fringe taking place in the Bendigo Library, a community hub where people come together, a place where everyone is invited to go down and let their creative selves loose in a world of books.
Bringing the community together starts with embracing diversity, it is pleasing to see that this year, the whole community is encouraged to let their hair down in a celebration of all things written and read.
Guilty on all counts - except the beret! :-)
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