Hello friends!

Avid readers of the Ballarat Courier may have come across the recent news that Words Out Loud has disbanded and been rebranded under new management. Um, not so.

Kirstyn and I are still at the helm of Words Out Loud, and Words Out Loud remains its own entity. True, we are no longer running a monthly spoken word event in Ballarat. We were happy to allow someone else to fill that space this year, as after seven years, including two of pandemic disruption, we were tired.

We are looking to 2023 as an opportunity to run occasional events as a complement to other arts offerings in the region, and have irons in the fire as I type.

Watch this space for WOL announcements, as well as the Facebook page and the website, where we continue to help spread the word of literary events in the region.

And in the meantime, enjoy the summer break, in whatever shape that takes. May it be peaceful and joyous. I think, after the past couple of years, we’ve all earned it.

All the best of the season,
Jason and Kirstyn
WOL co-convenors