Thank You
Mountain Writers Festival 2022 would not have been possible without the generous support of the following team, volunteers, artists, partners and sponsors.
The Festival would like to acknowledge the following people for their generosity, support, time and expertise towards our inaugural 2022 Festival and Ash Wednesday Play Reading.
Macedon Ranges Literary Association (MRLA) Committee - Sonia Orchard (President)| Kate Crawshaw (Vice-President)| Amalia Chilianis (Treasurer) | Peter Mews (Secretary)
Festival Director - Sonia Orchard
Ash Wednesday Play Producer - Kate Crawshaw
Event Manager & Media, Marketing & PR - Ali Fowler
HR & Volunteers Manager - Amalia Chilianis
Program Manager & MC - Amy Lovat
Communications & Social Media - Cam Fergus | Sarah Down
Venues, Catering & Operations - Gemma Wills | Nicola Rivers | Tania Anderson | Rich Crawshaw | James Livingston
Fire Pit - Rich Crawshaw | James Livingston
Legal - Luiza Struska
Venue Beautification - Anna Parry | Tania Anderson | Macedon Nursery & Garden Supplies | Plakkit
Cockatoo Design - Anna Parry
Graphic Design - Anna Parry | Kelli Cox | Barb Hodgens | Sarah Down | Ali Fowler
Ticketing | Travel & Accommodation - Lisa Bysouth
Bushwalk - Ben ‘Bushy’ Bush
Bookstore - Peter Mews | Anna Parry | Tania Anderson | Emma & John at Red Door Books
Green Room - Elise Drinkwater
Photography - Fiona Wood
Website - Kelli Cox, Design State of Mind
Printing - Plakkit
Grants & Sponsorships - Sonia Orchard | Kate Crawshaw | Ali Fowler
Sound Engineer - Will Shaddock, Shaddock Productions
Video Team - Dave Vertigan & Alice Miller School students
Wash Against Waste - Robert Bruhn
Festival Volunteers - Maureen Wiltshire |Jill Rivers | Kayla Saddington | Sharon Plummer | Rosemary Guyatt |Margo Field | Peta Segbedzi |Finn McBurney | Samara Hodson |Gabriel Stibio |Van Do | Fiona Lang| Cam Richardson| Annaleis Norland |Rachel Kemmis
Pub Volunteers - Perri Jackson | Clare Cameron | Anna Byrne
Caterers - Coffee Peddlers Cafe |Woodside Food & Co | Farm Truck Shop | Miss Fleur Vintage Coffee Caravan
Jubille Hall - Wendy Royle
Railway Hotel - Stef Duzel
Bookkeeping/Accounting - Adriana Petrongolo - Fineline Bookkeeping
Festival Ambassadors - Sally Rippin | John Marsden
Patron of the Play - Sally Rippin | Private Donor
Friends of the Play - Illumin8 Accounting
Friends of the Festival - Alison Lester AM | Emeritus Professor Tom Griffiths AO | Scott Pape OAM | Kathy Bell | Brita Frost | Melissa Manning| Michelle Scott Tucker | Simone Menz | Charlotte Coote | Debra Nielsen | Astrid Edwards
Artists, Speakers & Panel Facilitators
Festival Speakers - Evelyn Araluen | Dr Grant Blashki | Claire G Coleman | Linh Do | Astrid Edwards | Aaron Fa’aoso | Shane Jacobson | Declan Fry | Peter Garrett | Costa Georgiadis | Tom Gleeson | Dr Joelle Gergis | Billy Griffiths | Tom Griffiths | Kate Holden | Pirooz Jafari | Joshua Kemp | Anna Krien | Alison Lester | Hannah Moloney | Meg Mundell | Scott Pape | Jacinta Parsons | Sian Prior | Sarah Wilson | Arnold Zable
The Big Room - Ash Wednesday Play Reading Cast & Crew - Kate Rice | Iain Sinclair | Shane Jacobson |Nadine Garner |Angourie Rice |Lou Wall |Sahil Saluja | Tom Griffiths
Festival Opening & Welcome To Country - Traditional Elder Bill Nicholson | Sonia Orchard | Mayor Jennifer Anderson | Declan Fry
Macedon Ranges Community Partners / Industry Partners & Sponsors
