School Days
Welcome to School Days 2008

School Days 2008Download the School Days 2008 program here

It is my great pleasure to introduce Sydney Writers' Festival's exciting new School Days program for 2008.

Over the last decade, the Festival has grown from strength to strength and we are now considered one of the finest literary festivals in the world.

School Days has been a popular and important component of the Festival from the very beginning. Each year we invite students to experience a wonderful program assembled just for them; to interact with, learn from and be inspired by some of their favourite writers.

In 2008, School Days returns to Sydney Theatre at Walsh Bay and Riverside Theatres at Parramatta with a diverse program for both primary and secondary schools and, for the first time, we're inviting lower primary school students to join in the fun!

I was fortunate to have parents who introduced me to the wonder of books at a very early age and I never looked back. At Sydney Writers' Festival, we are committed to investing in the readers and writers of the future. Whether reluctant or avid readers, we hope our School Days events will encourage students to find their own pathway through literature and to fall in love with books and reading, not to mention the creative process of writing. Many writers I know were first inspired by exposure to a writer in their school-aged years. Who knows, a new Kate Grenville or Tom Keneally could be amongst the lucky students who attend School Days 2008.

Wendy Were
 Artistic Director and Chief Executive
Sydney Writers' Festival

 
About School Days – 19-23 May 2008

Emily Rodda, photo by Michael Small After a successful, sell-out 2007 season, Sydney Writers' Festival is thrilled to bring you its School Days program for 2008.

Teachers, this is a fantastic opportunity to inspire your students and give them the chance to engage with their favourite writers while introducing them to many new ones.

Tim Flannery, photo by Adam BruzzoneThe superb line-up of some of the finest writers and illustrators from around Australia includes: Terry Denton; Emily Rodda; Michael Gerard Bauer; Carole Wilkinson; D.M. Cornish; Tim Flannery; Nicki Greenberg; Tommy Murphy; J.C. Burke; Doug MacLeod; Deborah Abela; Richard Glover; Ursula Dubosarsky; and
Dr Karl Kruszelnicki.

Terry Denton In the hugely popular Primary and Secondary Days sessions, writers and illustrators will perform, read from their work, talk about their craft and take questions from students.

Our workshops give senior high school students the chance to explore creative writing, graphic novel illustration and playwriting with award-winning writers and illustrators.

For junior primary students, Monkey Baa Theatre for Young People presents its stage adaptation of Stephen Michael King's Milli, Jack and the Dancing Cat at Riverside Theatres.

JC Burke Australian Theatre for Young People (atyp) will adapt several texts for performance during Primary and Secondary Days. Students will be taken on a fabulous theatrical journey, as atyp brings extracts from our authors' books to life.

Click on the link below to download a copy of the School Days 2008 program, which includes full program details, writers' biographies and booking forms:
pdf SCHOOL DAYS 2008 PROGRAM 843.47 Kb

We look forward to seeing you at School Days 2008.
 
What teachers have said

Each year's authors share their enthusiasm for writing and exploring ideas so students leave Sydney Writers' Festival feeling inspired and encouraged to extend their reading and writing in new directions.

Here are some quotes from teachers to who have attended School Days in previous years:

"...thoroughly worthwhile and enjoyed by all our students. All gained a great deal and liked meeting writers, gaining experience and working with other schools"
Marist North Shore

"Very entertaining and enlightening process of writing. Students enjoyed authors, anecdotes; their human qualities."
Lisarow High School

"A great program"
Tyndale Christian School

"Last year's program was worthwhile and helped a group of our students"
Illawarra Grammar School

"Students thoroughly enjoyed the writing workshops"
Colo High School

 

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