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Speaker 1: Joanna brad is the festival director of the York Festival

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Speaker 1: and Regional Writers Weekend, which is on April twelve to

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Speaker 1: fourteen in York. If you can get you ticket through

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Speaker 1: os ticks and Joanna is with us.

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Speaker 2: Now, good morning, good morning.

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Speaker 3: What's on the agenda for the weekend? Wow?

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Speaker 2: Okay, that's a big question. We have a lot of

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Speaker 2: activities happening. We've programmed our Regional Writers Weekend, so we

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Speaker 2: have authors coming, we have poets coming, we have in

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Speaker 2: conversations with them, and that's all absolutely fabulous and you

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Speaker 2: can read about that on our website. And then surrounding

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Speaker 2: that program, we have a ton of events for kids,

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Speaker 2: and what we're really trying to do is offer parents

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Speaker 2: an opportunity to bring their kids along and use their imaginations.

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Speaker 3: Tell us about the running of the Lambs's.

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Speaker 2: Favorite that's my favorite.

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Speaker 3: Look.

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Speaker 2: It's a costumed obstacle venture for kids and adults, so

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Speaker 2: families can get together at home, they can make their

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Speaker 2: little Lamb costumes, and we have run this event twice previously.

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Speaker 2: It's hugely successful. So think cotton wool, white t shirts,

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Speaker 2: black leggings, little pink noses, little ears.

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Speaker 3: And then on the running at the bulls.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it is a lot gentler and we take safety

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Speaker 2: very importantly.

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Speaker 3: You're, of course, absolutely, But we've also.

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Speaker 2: Opened it up for moms and dads, so we have

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Speaker 2: the You Beauties Challenge for mums and the rams Round

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Speaker 2: page for dads. So if the whole family wants to

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Speaker 2: get involved, the opportunity is there. And honestly, you you

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Speaker 2: haven't really seen anything as cute and it's funny.

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Speaker 4: It does sound like it will get the plenty of

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Speaker 4: hits when someone posts that one on Instagram. There's something

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Speaker 4: that's magical for parents when they see the words under

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Speaker 4: sixteen free so and the kids are free.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, absolutely. So if you've got six kids and

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Speaker 2: one parent wants to plate the responsibility for bringing them along,

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Speaker 2: then it's just twenty five bucks plus the booking fee obviously,

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Speaker 2: and then all the kids are free. Yeah.

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Speaker 4: One parent can heard all the lands.

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Speaker 2: Like a shepherd, they can, they can help them. Ye.

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Speaker 1: Another thing I like the sounds of as well as

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Speaker 1: lamploma there's the spooky historic walking tour. I've always felt

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Speaker 1: every time I visit York. I love the vibe of York,

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Speaker 1: I love the field of the place. But there's also

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Speaker 1: so did you drive over that little bridge. There's kind

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Speaker 1: of a there's a feel about the place like if

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Speaker 1: anywhere there was going to be some spooky sort of activity.

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Speaker 3: I don't know if it's that big old hospital.

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Speaker 2: There, or we've got a lot of We've got a

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Speaker 2: lot of heritage buildings, and I think I'm really asked

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Speaker 2: to it. Yeah, York was the first in town that

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Speaker 2: was settled, so there's a lot of history here and

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Speaker 2: this tour has been developed. It's targeted to the more

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Speaker 2: mature audience, so you know, if you have very little

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Speaker 2: or very sensitive kids, then you know, perhaps it's not

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Speaker 2: for them because it does talk about real historic deaths

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Speaker 2: of people in around York. It's presented as a theatrical performance,

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Speaker 2: so obviously it's you know, it's entertaining and he's kind

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Speaker 2: of taken you know, the oldest art form, the ghost story,

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Speaker 2: but incorporating modern technology. So we've got projections and other

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Speaker 2: devices that really bring it to life. So you know,

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Speaker 2: you get to wear headphones. The sound effects. It's a

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Speaker 2: pretty immersive and amazing.

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Speaker 3: Experience that sounds a bit spooking.

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Speaker 2: That's happening on. There's two sessions taking place on the Friday.

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Speaker 2: So Friday the twelfth of April, there's one at six

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Speaker 2: and one at eight o'clock, and then again on the Saturday,

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Speaker 2: thirteenth of April, one at six and one at eight o'clock.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, like you said, better for the adults and the

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Speaker 4: older kids, because you don't want to scare the wall

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Speaker 4: off the little lambs.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, before I do that, we do with the Regional

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Speaker 1: Writers Weekend. I'm finding myself reading more and more books

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Speaker 1: recently that are either you know, West Australian writers, or

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Speaker 1: at the very least they are set in Western So

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Speaker 1: I'm in fact, halfway through a book at the moment

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Speaker 1: called The Accident by Fiona Low that is set in

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Speaker 1: the Wheat Belt. I don't know if the owner is

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Speaker 1: a local writer.

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Speaker 3: I couldn't.

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Speaker 1: I did a bit of a Google of he I

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Speaker 1: couldn't find too much information about it. But are all

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Speaker 1: the writers in the Regional Writers Weekend part of this local?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? So local? Or have connections? You know, they were

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Speaker 2: either worn there or their story itself is set there.

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Speaker 3: So okay.

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Speaker 2: Asher Wisely, she's become quite well known for her historical novels. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: shops from Home, This one set in York, So yeah,

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Speaker 2: a lot of those. And this program's being curated and

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Speaker 2: hosted by writing Waco Will Yeoman, so Will would definitely

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Speaker 2: know the answer to that question about the accident. I

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Speaker 2: don't I'm afraid.

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Speaker 4: Yeah. Yeah, And Joe, how did you get involved in

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Speaker 4: this one? Because I'm it's a big job you've got

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Speaker 4: up there, But what's the link for you to get involved?

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Speaker 2: It is a big job.

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Speaker 3: So I live in.

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Speaker 2: York and I love it and I love event. So

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Speaker 2: I've been working as a volunteer with the festival since

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Speaker 2: twenty seventeen and actually my first event that I created

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Speaker 2: what's running as a LAMB. So I'll have a very

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Speaker 2: very strong card of my heart for this program. But yeah,

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Speaker 2: I just love it. A lot of people coming to York.

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Speaker 2: It's a you know, it's ninety minutes from Perth. It's

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Speaker 2: a beautiful drive. It's a real escapism. You know. The

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Speaker 2: program's on for the last weekend of the school holidays.

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Speaker 2: It's the kind of treat that you can hold out

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Speaker 2: for the kids, you say, hey, if you're good, we'll

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Speaker 2: go to this. Yeah, And I just love seeing people

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Speaker 2: enjoying our town.

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Speaker 1: Fantastic, Well, we love to enjoy it. And as you said,

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Speaker 1: it is this is just a bonus. It is a

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Speaker 1: lovely drive New York. Well it is April twelve to fourteen.

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Speaker 1: Get your tickets through oz TIC's twenty five bucks for

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Speaker 1: a day past. But as Clarsey pointed out, kids under

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Speaker 1: sixteen all free. Joe, thank you for your time.

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Speaker 2: Thanks very much, guys,