Time to play in Sydney

Tomor­row morn­ing I leave for four days in Syd­ney which, at the moment, can only be described as ‘the future’. To be less with­hold­ing, I am head­ing up for the Syd­ney Writ­ers’ Fes­ti­val. It should be a good week­end. In par­tic­u­lar I’m look­ing for­ward to the Don’t Tell the Teenagers: Young Adult Fic­tion That’s “Too Hard” for Young Adults ses­sion with M.T. Ander­son, Mal Peet and Margo Lanagan.

I’m also see­ing Gatz at the Opera House. It’s not a per­for­mance of The Great Gatsby but a per­for­mance that fea­tures char­ac­ters who read The Great Gatsby out loud from front to back. Every­thing I hear about it makes me buzz. Here’s a lit­tle snippet:

Throw in a Zine Fair at the end of the week­end (who can resist a lil Zine Fair? Not I) and it should be a few good days in a row. If so, I’ll be sure to blog about it. If not, I’ll delete this post and we can for­get I ever men­tioned any­thing about it.

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