AUTHOR PROFILES
ENTERTAINMENT
FEDERATION UNIVERSITY STAGE
2017 is the twentieth anniversary of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone! To celebrate the birth of the ‘boy
who lived’ at Booktown we have selected a spread of magical entertainment and enchanting activities.
ACTIVITIES
PROFESSOR ANDREW J. MAY is
Professor of History in the School of
Historical & Philosophical Studies at
the University of Melbourne. He has
published widely on the historical
condition of Australian cities, their
public spaces and cultures as
well as their myths and rituals. His
Melbourne Street Life (1998) was
an early study utilising the street as
a frame for the historical analysis
of the urban experience, and he
has guided development of the
Encyclopedia of Melbourne.
PROFESSOR JOHN MCDONALD
is a Professor in Sociology and
Executive Dean of the Faculty of
Education and Arts at Federation
University Australia. He focuses
on opening up access to, and
successful participation in,
tertiary education for students
from regional areas and low
socio-economic backgrounds;
establishing collaborative research
programs that are deeply engaged
with partner organisations; and
community-university engagement.
DAVID MCGINNISS is currently
writing a history of the community
organisation Child and Family
Services Ballarat (CAFS), including
its predecessor organisations the
Ballarat Orphanage and Ballarat
Children’s Homes, dating back to
1865, as part of a PhD with the
Collaborative Research Centre in
Australian History at Federation
University.
MAGICAL DRESS UP PARADE
(Saturday only)
Come dressed as one of your
favourite characters from a
magical book and be a part of a
procession of witches, wizards,
fairies, talking rabbits and other
mysterious beings. Spot prizes for
greatest costumes.
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PROFESSOR KEIR REEVES holds
a research chair at Federation
University Australia and is
the foundation director of the
Collaborative Research Centre
in Australian History (CRCAH).
His recent publications include
Heritage and Memory of War:
Responses from Small Islands.
He co-convened the highly
successful AHA 2016 Conference
From Boom to Bust through
CRCAH in Ballarat.
Sit for a magical cartoon portrait
with Irene as she draws you into a
wizard, a fairy, a dragon-tamer or
some other fairy-tale being.
PERFORMERS
MAKE YOUR OWN BOOK OF
SPELLS (Saturday only)
DR DAVID WALDRON is a lecturer
in History and Anthropology at
Federation University Australia
based in CRCAH (Collaborative
Research Centre in Australian
History) with a research focus on
folklore and community identity.
He is the author of Sign of the
Witch: Modernity and the Pagan
Revival (2008), Shock! The Black
Dog of Bungay – a Case Study in
Local Folklore (2010) and Snarls
from the Tea-Tree: Victoria’s Big
Cat Folklore (2013).
HAY BALE MAZE
The Hay Bale Maze uses 300 bales
and is constructed over three hours
with the help of students from
Wesley along with other locals.
Clunes artist, Marion Anderson
creates a different design for the
maze each year.
NATHAN CURNOW
Need the cat to start talking? Want
to make the sun come out when
it’s raining? Drop in to this hands-
on workshop where you can make
your own beautiful book of spells
to keep the magic of Booktown
alive long after you’ve departed.
DR BEN MOUNTFORD is a David
Myers Research Fellow in History
at La Trobe University where he
is researching the Australian
goldfields. His first book, Britain,
China, & Colonial Australia - on
the coming together of the British
and Chinese Empires in colonial
Australia - was published by
Oxford University Press in 2016.
MAGICAL CARTOON
PORTRAITS BY IRENE
MAGIC CARPET BOOK SWAP
MEET (Sunday only)
Can’t fit any more books on the
shelf? Bring some of your old
books and a magic carpet to lay
out on our world map for an hour
of high intensity book trading.
GIANT WORLD MAP
Test your geographic knowledge
by placing the iconic pieces in the
correct continent and country.
THE ILLUSTRATED INDEX OF
IMAGINED ANIMALS
State Library Victoria has a
wonderful collection of reference
books. We invite the children
of Booktown to the Bluestone
Church to contribute to our latest
discovery, found in the depths
of our rare book treasure trove:
The Illustrated Index of Imagined
Animals. Draw a picture of your
magical beast, and help us to learn
more about it by adding some
details about its species, diet and
habitat. All entries will be compiled
into an electronic version of the
Index, and sent to contributors
following the festival
An award winning poet, spoken
word performer and past editor of
Going Down Swinging. He appears
at festivals across the country,
featuring recently at White Night
Ballarat. His books include The
Ghost Poetry Project, RADAR
and The Apocalypse Awards. He
currently teaches creative writing
at Federation University.
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