Gioia House Writers’ Club Excursion

Students from the Gioia House Writers’ Club attended the Sydney Writers’ Festival. They were excited to hear from a range of speakers including Geoff Kinney, Teri Libenson, Katrina Nannestad, Joel McKerron and Jared Thomas. The students were encouraged to use their memories and life experiences as ideas for their creative writing. They were inspired hearing how writers form ideas for their own writing.

Student Reflections

Katrina Nannestad inspired me as she talked about historical fiction and Joel McKerron said all you have to do is ‘grab a memory and start writing’.
Eleanor Thill

I enjoyed listening to Jared Thomas as he has met Bob Marley who is my dad’s favourite singer. I will always remember that whenever I struggle with writing that I don’t need to stress about it and that I can always use my memories to help me.
Marley Seeto

Geoff Kinney inspired me because he said he puts his memories in his books which will help me to create stories and characters for these. He also inspired me to keep on trying, as his first comic was rejected, but he eventually was published and is now a famous writer.
Grace Mackey

Wendy Anetter
Writers’ Club Coordinator