Sydney Writers Festival

What a brilliant afternoon we had. Eamon, Michaela, Ellie and I travelled to Parramatta to see and hear Philip Ardagh, Kate Forsythe and Andy Griffiths talk about their books and where their ideas for writing come from. Philip's actually developed from writing letters to his nephew at boarding school and Kate's new series from a charm bracelet her grandmother had. By far Andy Griffith's was the favourite of the afternoon when he told us his ideas come from playing with his children's toys, looking at what people do and imagining if they could do it differently. We were laughing a lot with both Andy and Philip while Kate was a bit more serious. Later Andy posed for a photograph with us. We all enjoyed the afternoon immensely especially as we also were able to see a live performance by the Sydney Youth Theatre.