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23.01.2022 This year the SHWF is moving to a new home - the Pavilion at Hopewood House. This magnificent historical property is the home of artist Tim Storrier. We are in for a real treat!

22.01.2022 Coming for the #shwf2019 literary lunch with Christine Manfield? We are all set!

22.01.2022 Very excited to have now launched the 2019 Program. In the space of three days, 60% of the tickets have sold, so book soon at www.shwf.com.au to avoid missing out!

21.01.2022 Final session of @shwf2019 with Todd Alexander. Interviewed by Sue Turnbull. Drinking wine - wahoo!

17.01.2022 The stage is set (literally) and we are looking forward to welcoming you to #shwf2018 tomorrow. We kick it off tonight with a sold out event at the Bowral Empire Cinemas. Some tickets are still available for Saturday, so jump online and come along!

15.01.2022 Session 3 with J.R. Lonie, talking about his new book The Woman from Saint Germain. Moderated by festival regular @SueTurnbull. #shwf2019

14.01.2022 That's a wrap!!! Thank you to the eleven amazing women who shared their stories and talents with us on Saturday! Thank you for our amazing sponsors and supporters who contributions helped make the whole thing happen. And thank you to the wonderful, supportive festival-goers who laughed and clapped and created such a fabulous vibe. We even made the front cover yesterday of the Southern Highlands News. Stay tuned in the coming weeks and months for more details regarding the 2019 SHWF!

13.01.2022 Breaking News Complimentary Cocktails following the final session at the 2018 SHWF! Starting at 4.30pm on Saturday 21st July, author and restaurateur, Shannon Rosie, the creative force behind Rosie’s at Coogee, will be serving up complimentary, unadulterated, hyper-fresh superfood cocktails! All recipes will be from her new book, Conscious Cocktails. For program details and bookings go to shwf.com.au... Photo courtesy of The Daily Telegraph

12.01.2022 Virginia Lloyd will be discussing her latest novel, Girls at the Piano, at the 2018 SHWF, on Saturday 21st July. Other piano-playing heroines in novels that come to mind are: Rachel Vinrace in Virginia Woolf’s The Voyage Out, Maggie Tulliver in George Eliot’s The Mill on the Floss, and Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre. The works of Jane Austen are also full of girls at the piano: Elizabeth and Mary Bennett, Jane Fairfax, Marianne Dashwood, Anne Elliot. For program details and bookings go to shwf.com.au

10.01.2022 Session 2 at SHWF2019 with @nadineingram.... this session had amazing cakes from her new cookbook Flour and Stone - Baked for love, life and happiness. #Yum!

09.01.2022 Nicola Moriarty talks about her new book The Other Women. #shwf2018

08.01.2022 Thank you to our amazing vollies - here are just a few of you. We couldn’t have done it without your help!!!

07.01.2022 Second session with Tania Blanchard and Lauren Chater. #shwf2018

07.01.2022 Just gone 6am and I can't wait for today's event to begin! Eleven amazing women will be speaking at the 2018 SHWF. Limited tickets are still available for all sessions, so check out the Program at shwf.com.au or just turn up at The Highlands School of Performing Arts, 73 Kirkham Rd, Bowral. It's going to be an inspiring day!

07.01.2022 Session 4 - The Literary lunch with Christine Manfield. #shwf2019

06.01.2022 An amazing day for #shwf2019 Hopewood House! Sessions begin in half an hour!

06.01.2022 And we are off! First session of #shwf2018 is underway with Michelle Scott Tucker and Lucy Palmer.

05.01.2022 And lucky last... Virginia Lloyd talks about Girls at the Piano. #shwf2018. We still have cocktails to go!

04.01.2022 Session 5 of #Shwf2019 - Mikey Robins interviewed by season festival moderator Lisa Forrest.

02.01.2022 Full house for session 1 of #shwf2019 with Kate Evans in conversation with #kristinaolsson!

02.01.2022 Session 3. Robyn Cadwallader talks about her latest novel - Book of Colours. #shwf2018