i love mornings. and this morning i got to start alone. after grabbing some breakfast and hiding the muffin (and frapp) in my bag to sneak into the session, i got to listen to a panel of four discussing the merits of writing children's books in the digital age. well, we've been in the digital age for a while now but it got me thinking on where i have to take my tv series. the speakers were tristan bancks, wendy harmer, david levithan and laura harris. very interesting. also a tall ship sailed by the window, kind of surreal but cool.
the session after was with anthony eaton and brian faulkner on writing science fiction for teens - the emcee was useless but the speakers were engaging. i got to talking with a few of the people sitting next to me and it was a fantastic discussion on writing for young adults and kids and is it more difficult than writing for the adult market? i LOVE writers' fests.
jamie and i ended up at the sydney morning herald's best young australian novelists for the next hour. it was interesting listening to four writers reading excerpts from their novels. i can't say they're on my list of books to read, not my kind of thing, but still interesting. though i must admit i was getting a bit too comfortable and warm in the dark - could've dozed off. ;)
the last talk that we got to was on repressive regimes, i enjoyed this as well. the speakers were a journalist who's book on north korea will be a must and a novelist who wrote on kampuchea. fascinating.
then it was off to collect the rest of our group before heading to the airport. boohoo! another festival over. that's two for me now, and i can see a sydney trip every may in the future. i just have way too much fun.
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