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A sold-out event at Hamilton has launched a new novel with roots in Newcastle.

'She significantly changed the landscape of Australian history.'

'I'm inclined to think it's more about truth than it is about war crimes.'

The bookshop needs 'someone who is willing to come in and re-energise it'.

'It's been a huge community effort to get it this far.'

'To have them all at the one festival is pretty amazing'

The 10th annual event is March 31, April 1 and 2

Much-loved Australian writers Craig Silvey and Pip Williams, and debut authors Mawunyo Gbogbo, Andrew Quilty, and Amy Thunig, have been announced as the first of what will be 100 artists in the 10th Newcastle Writers Festival.

The Newcastle Writers Festival is bringing former prime minister Kevin Rudd to Newcastle on November 22. Rudd will be promoting his book, The Avoidable War, subtitled The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China, on November 22 in a NWF event hosted by the Matt…