What is a writer's festival?

The event is different things to different people, different ways of looking at the same thing. People came because they read, like books, like authors, have questions to ask, want to hear answers from people who think. It is a social event, an exciting disruptive event, particularly in a small city like Bendigo.There is a charge, an energy  that is like a culturally rich and joyful bubble, that flows on even after the even is over till next year. Life can return to normal but there is the excitement of planning to attend the next festival, to be surrounded by like-minded people