Authors and illustrators piled into Bendigo Catholic College for a festival of literature.
Special bravery award to exhausted but brilliant Meredith Costain who came to the festival after a week touring the Outback doing workshops, then driving to Bendigo and back for the Festival.
Second special bravery award for Di Bates who just did 2 weeks of workshops in an outback school, then happily headed for the festival. But she didn’t drive.
Third special bravery award to me for having spoken at so many schools that I’d forgotten where I was. I managed to miss my flight from Sydney to Melbourne but still made the festival. Stressful!!!!
Fourth special bravery award – putting on this fabulous festival by Paul Collins, Publisher Ford Street.
Schools bused into the campus for a day of talks, workshops, readings and books, books, books.
Schools who participated included:-
Bendigo South East
Pyramid College
Notre Dame
Weeroonga College
Crusoe College
It’s going to be a fabulous day with authors, from award winning to best sellers author – everything from books for boys to No to bullying to fantasy to reading for the future.
Keeping Books Alive day is supporting Young Australian Art & Writers as well with awards at the dinner.
There’re books signings, prizes, meet and greet with authors, storytelling and dinner with some of Australia’s loved authors – Gabrielle Wang, Dianne Bates, Michael Salmon, Phil Kettle, Meredith Costain, Paul Collins, Michael Panckridge …. and it’s intimate and fabulous.
It’s subsidized for the day at $110 which includes dinner, talks, cocktails and canapes in the beautiful RACV Melbourne. Near the railway station.
I’m in Melbourne to receive the Australian Family Therapists Award for ‘Always Jack’ and will be speaking on a panel at 10.45 at the Keeping Books ALIVE Conference.
Presented by the Australian Children’s Literary Board.
Booking: Rob Leonard [email protected]
ph: 03 5282 8950
Say hello to me if you can make it.
Love to see you there.
Susanne
Schools who participated included:-