Sydney Writers’ Festival

The girls in Years 4 and 5 were fortunate to attend the Sydney Writers’ Festival on Wednesday 25 May. Despite the rainy conditions that prevented the planned walk to the Sydney Town Hall, nothing could dampen the excitement of meeting “real live” authors and illustrators, and potentially purchasing signed copies of their books!

The sessions brought renowned children’s authors and illustrators together with primary students from numerous schools for a fun, interactive and educational day to deepen their love of reading and writing. Designed to inspire the next generation of readers and storytellers, the writers and illustrators talked about their craft, shared their discoveries, and then took questions from the students.  We listened to presentations by Nat Amoore, Remy Lai, Matt Stanton and Corey Tutt, with the girls learning that there is a direct correlation between the author’s ability to connect with their audience and the popularity of their books.  

The Primary Library is now endeavouring to keep up with the demand for books by these talented authors, with additional copies of many titles having been purchased since attending the Sydney Writers’ Festival.

Karen McBride
Primary School Librarian

Mick Elliot was the host and author at the 2022 Sydney Writers’ Festival. Mick is super funny and good at causing trouble! Corey Tutt is an Aboriginal man who taught us about the first Aboriginal explorers. Remi Lai was the second author and she taught us that if you have more than one interest you can choose both e.g. writing and drawing. After all, you can become an author AND an illustrator. Matt Stanton taught us to put twists in our stories with a but and to be curious in life. Nat Amoore was the last author and she taught us to get our ideas from anywhere. It doesn’t matter if they are from your childhood or a movie, it really doesn’t matter at all. We came back to school with our arms full of autographed books and lots of stories to share.

Grace Webster and Ingrid Soerensen
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