Parramatta High School’s hall was filled with students, teachers and kids from other schools, authors – Paul Collins, Meredith Costain, Oliver Phommavanh, Toni Brisland, Wendy Fitzgerald, Lindy Batchelor, Wendy Orr.
Judith Ridge, recognised as one of Australia’s leading authorities on youth literature, wrote the foreward for ‘Trust me Too’ – 58 reasons to celebrate reading by some of Australia’s best loved authors and illustrators.
Wendy Orr read from her moving story ‘The Snake Singer’
Meredith Costain read her wonderful poem ‘Shoefitti’ illustrated by Grant Gittus.
It includes an Obernewtyn novelette by the interntaional best selling fantasy author Isobelle Carmody.
Everyone can dip into this anthology and discover laughs, tears, meaning, fantasy, imagination and more.
A National Year of Reading 2012 event.
