Stories, Authors, and Inspiration at Once Upon a Festival
Stories, Authors, and Inspiration at Once Upon a Festival
Last week, six of our Year 7 students experienced Once Upon a Festival for 2025. Each year, authors and illustrators from around Australia offer workshops and talks at an expo style event over two days at Immanuel College. We were privileged to participate in sessions with Pip Harry and Amy Doak – both very popular authors in the Catherine McAuley Library. Both authors have recently released new novels and both titles have definitely been added to our ‘to-be-read’ lists! Pip Harry’s new verse novel, Drift, centred around her own experience with bees swarming and creating hives in the walls of her home. Imogen was lucky enough to win a copy for her very thoughtful question at the end of Pip’s talk. In addition to Amy Doak’s very popular Eleanor Jones is not a murderer series, copies of her latest novel What have they done to Liza McLean? were eagerly picked up in the book tent. It was an inspiring excursion to attend, with lots of encouragement for students to continue their own reading and writing.
Ms Ali Ripberger
Teacher-Librarian | Information Services Coordinator
