![]() The formidable Tara Moss helmed the opening event, launching the Black and Blue art and poetry exhibition at the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, featuring the work of Varuna Alumnus, poet and novelist Mark O’Flynn. With some of the best local and international talent appearing at Varuna, Katoomba’s Carrington Hotel and the Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, the Blue Mountains program, presented by Varuna and the SWF, has established itself as a significant satellite to the Sydney events. ![]() Yours truly was lucky enough to participate in the SWF for the second year running, although frantic preparations for my Saturday night event and inadequate childcare unfortunately laid waste to cunning (if transparent) plans to escape to the mountains for a couple of days to attend some of the Varuna events, which I’m sorely sorry to have missed. The 2014 festival was also blessed with picture perfect conditions, the unbroken string of cloudless, warm sunny days rivalling any of summer and perhaps contributing to the record crowds that descended upon the historic Hickson St Wharf precinct. ![]() ![]() Artistic Director Jemma Birrell’s second program was a rich cornucopia of writers, books and ideas, spread across over 300 events and a growing cluster of venues. ![]() May’s annual Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF) brought Thinking Season to Sydney and the Blue Mountains. ![]()
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