Tracee Hutchison chats with Belinda Hawkins on RPPFM
What makes us human at this point in our history and how writing and the special exchange of ideas help us understand our place in history at this particular moment.
WPW26 Workshop Wonder
On a sunny Saturday morning in September, a group of keen writers gathered at the Hastings Community Hub to take part in the Western Port Writes 2026 Workshop series.
We’re nearly there WPW 2026
Last weekend the first gathering of volunteers met at Coolart to hear about the festival festivities. What a fabulous group.
Books and bubbles in Shoreham
“I’m a glutton for stories of food oiling the mechanics of life,” Kate writes. “I can’t help being moved by how a meal or a jar of condiments altered the course of events…The soup, the jam. These small offerings dispel suspicion and gloom."
A perfectly delicious afternoon
Books were on the menu as we listened to a warm, open, at times funny, always honest conversation between Belinda Hawkins and Kate Legge on her beautiful memoir, Delicious. An illuminating dialogue between these two talented journalists and storytellers, with its themes of food, friendship, love, infidelities and achieving acceptance.
Interview with Tracee Hutchison
Western Port Writes festival Director , Sally Holdsworth, chatted with Tracee Hutchison this week about the WPW Festival Program 2026 on community radio RPPFM.
A Conversation with Kate Legge
Join Kate Legge, author of Delicious, for afternoon tea and a conversation with award-winning journalist Belinda Hawkins. We hope you can join us by the fireplace on the last weekend in winter.
Western Port Writes News – magazine out now
We are thrilled to announce our issue of our magazine leading up to our 2026 festival, Western Port Writes News, is hot off the press from Just Press Print in Mornington
Dinner with Lisa Millar and Belinda Hawkins
On Saturday 31 May, 110 lucky people had Dinner with Lisa Millar at the Somers Yacht Club. The occasion was the launch of the Western Port Writes 2026 festival year, and what a brilliant night it was.
Mayor’s Short Story Writing Awards 2026
Now in its sixth year, the awards celebrate and support local emerging writers of all abilities across the Mornington Peninsula. Start writing and share your story with the community!
