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Karen Martin will launch her debut novel in Woodend next month. A year-long stay on the Greek island of Crete led Woodend's Karen Martin to pen her first novel. The independent theatre director and writer was planning to spend the year writing a play but discovered Minoan history instead. "When I arrived in Crete in 2016, I learnt about the Minoans - an amazing matriarchal civilisation that I had never previously heard about," the author told the Express. "I took inspiration from my research of Crete's history but also the land and
people themselves." Dancing the Labyrinth moves between contemporary and ancient Crete in this tale of a young woman from an abusive background who discovers the veiled history of Europe’s most advanced civilisation of the Bronze Age. "It is about a community of women who understand that there is this change happening and the change is patriarchy," Martin said. "As a matriarchal society they were an amazing culture. They traded widely, and they didn't have weapons of war."
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Dancing the Labyrinth is a novel that celebrates women’s history, courage, friendship and hope. It is published in both English and Greek. The English version will be launched July 25 and available by ordering through bookshops or online as a paperback or e-book. People can sign up for Martin's newsletter through her website kazjoypress.com and receive details. A local launch will be held at the Victoria Hotel in Woodend on August 11 at 7pm. Bookings via www.trybooking.com/ BTAQB
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burg, Chris Rowe, Petrus Sponk, and Ellie Young. Three members of the acclaimed Butterworth art family, Daniel, Matt and Peter, will also be in the show, exhibiting for the first time together. Graeme Drendel, fresh from figuring in last month's prominent national Archibald and Sulman art prizes, has donated a painting to be sold through the show for the charity funds. Multi-award winning music director Simon Philips will officially open the White Rabbit Winter Show. "We hope the show gives Trentham, afflicted by the impact of COVID lockdowns and then by June's devastating cold-weather cyclone, something to look forward to in the middle of our long, grey winter," Ms Wilson said. "We're inviting the town and its visitors to wrap themselves in the warmth of art." Meanwhile, LG, which normally showcases a fast-changing inventory of work by its permanent resident artists, is also planning to resurrect its popular Affordable Small Works Christmas Show. As many as 50 emerging and established local artists will be invited to exhibit small, affordable works in the show, which in previous years has drawn many visitors. Trentham Little Gallery's mid-winter show opens 3.30pm on Saturday July 24.
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High-profile regional artists will exhibit in the resurrected mid-winter Trentham Little Gallery show with profits going to the local storm-battered Path of the Horse. Exhibition proceeds will assist with restoration of the charity's beloved Quarry Street Reserve after it sustained major storm damage in June. Path of the Horse, nestled in the Wombat State Forest, has been quoted up to $50,000 to clear felled and dangerous trees. LG founding artist Rose Wilson said commissions from artworks sold would be donated to the charity, which supports people affected by post-traumatic stress disorder, and also Quarry Street Reserve. Most of the artists exhibiting have been selected in a multitude of prestigious art awards, not only throughout Australia but overseas, and have been represented by national and major regional galleries. "The artist-collective gallery has always supported local organisations in the nine years since we opened in Trentham's High Street," Ms Wilson said. At the grand opening in April, gallery artists raised a substantial amount for the Trentham Wildlife Shelter. Guest artists in the White Rabbit Show include prominent local names such as Sam Bloomfield, Adam Cusack, Frances Guerin, Frances Harkin, Tim Jones, Tina Lee, Amanda Mar-
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