10 days of Festival which hosts literary events in cafes, libraries, parks and venues in City of Darebin. These include workshops, script readings, panel discussions, a book market and launches. Discussions involve authors Arnold Zable, Alice Garner and Garry Kinnane. Workshops include screenwriting with Paul Kooperman and scriptwriting with Platform Youth Theatre. Poetry Events include an invasion of High Street Northcote by slathering poets, a picnic in Reservoir and a mass babble in Northcote Civic Square.