{"id":1921,"date":"2017-03-02T11:05:17","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T00:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wakefieldpress.com.au\/blog\/?p=1921"},"modified":"2017-03-02T11:04:51","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T00:34:51","slug":"looking-back-adelaide-writers-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wakefieldpress.com.au\/blog\/2017\/03\/looking-back-adelaide-writers-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking back on Adelaide Writers’ Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday\u00a0is an exciting day for us at Wakefield, as it’s the first day of Adelaide Writers’ Week<\/a>, every local bibliophile’s week of bliss.<\/p>\n

It’s even more special because we have two authors in the tents this year, with Mike Ladd<\/a>\u00a0kicking off proceedings Saturday\u00a0morning, and Ken Bolton<\/a> joining in on the fun on Tuesday. Aside from those on the programs, we also have plenty of authors chairing events: Nicholas Jose<\/a>, Peter Monteath<\/a>, Cath Kenneally<\/a> and Peter Burdon<\/a>, with Louise Nicholas<\/a> reading poetry, too. What a good Wakefield crew!<\/p>\n

Writers’ Week\u00a0has been around for a long time, and for many of us it’s hard now to remember our first sessions. From its beginnings as a festival specifically for writers in 1960, it gradually broadened to become a place for readers and writers alike.<\/p>\n

A quick poke around the interwebs dredges up a few of the old programs, for anyone feeling nostalgic! —<\/p>\n

\"Adelaide<\/a>

Clockwise from top left: the programs from this year, 1962, 1996, 1970, 1976, 1980, 2015, 2016 and 2014.<\/p><\/div>\n

Most of these images come straight from the Adelaide Festival website<\/a>, but I tracked the 1980 program down on the State Library of SA’s amazing Adelaide Festival Pinterest collection<\/a>\u00a0(where would we be without SLSA??), and the 1962 program comes courtesy the Wheeler Centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And, look, this is completely off topic, but it feels like a Velvet Underground kind of day, so I’ma share. Maybe there’s a comparison with bibliophiles looking for a hit. Maybe that’s a complete stretch \u2026<\/p>\n