Sydney Writers' Festival

Home

Schools & Families

Schools & Families

Welcome to School Days 2012

oliverjefferscropped Sydney Writers’ Festival is delighted to announce the program for School Days 2012 (May 21-25).

School Days is a celebration of literature for children and young adults, featuring a handpicked line-up of writers for both primary and secondary schools.

Teachers, this is a fantastic opportunity for students to engage with their favourite authors, discover exciting new voices and be inspired in a fun, educational and interactive day. In these hugely popular sessions, writers and illustrators will perform, read from their work, talk about their craft and take questions from the audience.

Highlights 2011

morrisgleitzman Writers Talk is a collection of video and learning resources designed to instil a love of literature in young people and help them improve reading and writing skills. Writers Talk resources were produced by NSW Department of Education’s Centre for Learning Innovation in partnership with Sydney Writers’ Festival. Check out writers talking about their craft, reading from their work and taking questions from the audience.

writenow! competition

Jeffrey,-Belinda The winners have been announced for the 2011 writenow! competition. Click the link below to see the names of the winners and runners up and read their stories. We received over 2,000 wonderful stories from students in Year 7, 8 and 9 who used one of the three 'story starters' written by Belinda Jeffrey (pictured), Bernard Beckett and Michael Pryor. Congratulations to everyone who entered!

Writenow is supported by Pilot Pen.