Over the weekend I attended the inaugural Beaconsfield Festival of Golden Words in Tasmania’s Tamar Valley. Organised by author Stephen Dando-Collins, the festival was a hit with locals and lots of fun for visiting authors. There were packed marquees for panels, enthusiastic audiences for school sessions and the fest provided a valuable cultural injection to Northern Tasmania.
Here are some pics (by Amber Melody).
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| Authors Sherryl Clark and Kate Gordon entertain kids at Beaconsfield Primary School. |
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| Tasmanian Lian Tanner, author of The Keepers series, told jaw-dropping tales of Antarctica. |
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| I chatted with author Nikki Gemmel about writing books for kids and teens.
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| I shared a panel, ‘The Book That Changed My Life’ with Rachel Edwards, Richard Fidler and Phillip Nitschke. |
If you’re an author or booklover in the neighbourhood next March, I highly recommend getting along to Beaconsfield Festival of Goilden Words 2.
Hi I am Sharon and My idea for your new book Stella Holling and the sugar rush or something, was Stella could use a bobby pin or some kind of hair pin to twist open the door lock and come in to kiss Tom
tom gets some wood, nails and a hammer and then he nails wood on to the windows and the doors so the girl who wants to kiss him can't get him.