Words and Pictures

The Adelaide Hills Council area is a magnificent place to live, work and visit. The environmental, aesthetic, residential, primary production and natural qualities of the district are renowned for their excellence, and contribute to the Adelaide Hills earning the signature of being "a special place" and one of Australia's most loved areas.From the leafy suburbs of Rostrevor to the lush vineyards of Lenswood, from the stark beauty of Humbug Scrub in the north to the majestic Mt Bold, the Adelaide Hills Council area has the assets and attractions that will stimulate your many and varied desires - and it is less than 30 minutes by car from the Adelaide CBD.

Adelaide Hills Council

Imaginative and practical ways to combine your story with images to create a handmade book.

Coventry Library Stirling

Winter Words 2024

The Adelaide Hills is excited to present Winter Words 2024 celebrating writing, poetry, storytelling and great conversations.

Winter Words is an annual literary program that takes place in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia.

Words and PicturesImaginative and practical ways to combine your story with images to create a handmade book.We all collect photos, some of us write poetry, some of us write prose, and some of us draw and paint. Julia will show a variety of ways that artists and writers have collaborated or worked on their own to produce handmade books that preserve their memories and inspire their readers. She will provide materials and ideas to help you create your own handmade book of memories, with or without a partner. Bring your own stories, poems, photos and found images/objects to add to the mix. Julia WakefieldJulia Wakefield is a poet, visual artist and illustrator. She was born and educated in London, UK, where she studied illustration and printmaking. She has lived in SA for the past 18 years.Her specialist media are drawing, printmaking (woodcuts, wood engravings, linocuts and photopolymer prints) and watercolour painting. She exhibits regularly in Adelaide and her work has been purchased for numerous private collections in Australia and overseas. She runs workshops in drawing, watercolour painting, printmaking and the art of writing haiku.

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