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View some of the highlights of the inaugural Words on Water Festival, presented in November 2019 by Writing WA, Teamwork Arts India and Mandurah Performing Arts Centre.
Festival guests included William Dalrymple, Shashi Tharoor, Kim Scott, Frank Dikkotter, Mohammed Massoud Morsi, and many others.
View some of the highlights of the inaugural Words on Water Festival, presented in November 2019 by Writing WA, Teamwork Arts India and Mandurah Performing Arts Centre.
Festival guests included William Dalrymple, Shashi Tharoor, Kim Scott, Frank Dikkotter, Mohammed Massoud Morsi, and many others.









![Travel Destinations for Bookworms
As travel writers Stephen Scourfield and Megan French wander gracefully through literary landscapes, Will Yeoman stumbles from one vague memory to another as he tries to recapture the magic and mystery of some of his favourite cultural travel destinations. With thanks to presenter Megan French and producer Penny Thomas (The Pod Well Travelled).
Bruges. I forgot to mention Bruges-la-Morte (“The Dead [City of] Bruges”) by Georges Rodenbach, first published in 1892 and one of my favourite Symbolist novels. Credit: Will Yeoman
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