2025 Bathurst Writers’ and Readers’ Festival
One of the highlights of this year’s Bathurst Writers’ and Readers’ Festival will again be the Great Festival Read, or giant Bathurst Book Club. This hugely popular feature of the local program sees booklovers reading the same book in the lead-up to the Festival weekend on May 24- 25th at the Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre (BMEC).
This year’s book is Purple Threads by Jeanine Leane, an engaging, moving and often funny yarn about growing up in the home of two Aunties running a sheep farm in rural Gundagai. Based on Jeanine Leane’s own childhood, these stories offer a snapshot of a unique Australian upbringing.
Jeanine Leane is a Wiradjuri writer, poet, essayist and critic from south-west NSW.
She was the recipient of the David Unaipon Award for her first novel Purple Threads; and her latest book, the poetry collection Gawimarra: Gathering, recently won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Prize for Poetry.
Readers and local book groups are invited to read the book prior to the Festival and participate in the Great Festival Read session to hear a panel discussion, after which the author will appear in-conversation. The Great Festival Read session time and details will be announced in the Festival Program, released in April. Copies of Purple Threads are available from BooksPlus and Bathurst Library.
Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre – 105 William St, Bathurst
More Info and Bookings 6333 6161 or bmec.com.au
