Australian author Scot Gardner will be visiting Saint Ignatius this
Thursday and Friday. All year 7 students will have an opportunity to
hear Scot talk about himself and his work before participating in
writing workshops.
Scot has a lively sense of humour, and has
enjoyed writing his whole life. He is most often inspired by real
things, in particular the language and things said by young people to
allow give his work that touch of realism.
On Tuesday the ILC hosted a Literary Evening for parents. Around 20
people gathered for wine and nibbles, and a chance to chat to our guest
speaker James Phelan before his presentation. Later were then
entertained as James talked about his beginnings as both a reader and an
author.
James is a phenomenally successful author for adult readers, as well as writing very popular books for teen readers. His series The Last Thirteen
was inspired in part by nightmares he experienced as a young child, and
his father’s advice for him to imagine taking a backpack of useful
things into the dream to help him escape.
