The Sydney Writers’ Festival 2008
by HeathS
On the 20th of May 2008, our class attended the Sydney Writers’ Festival with many other students at the Riverside Theatre, Parramatta. The entire festival was active over a 6-day period, from the 19th – 25th of May. Writers such as Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki, Nicki Greenberg and JC Burke entertained and informed the entire audience with their interesting – often humorous – commentary and reviews of their books. Even questionable comments were shared such as Dr. Karl’s yawning and the individual reactions to those who are using anti-depressants and the stage adaption of JC Burke’s ‘Starfish Sisters’. The entire session was of a light-hearted, yet knowledgeable and meaningful tone.
The first speaker – Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki discussed his passion for science, common myths, and conspiracies. However, his eccentric shirt caught the entire theatre’s attention. Firstly, he presented the common myth of ‘The Bermuda Triangle”, and made the inference that the Bermuda Triangle having any kind of ‘supernatural’ force behind it was as credible as man walking on the sun, and that word of mouth has twisted the truth of the actual ‘mysteries’. (more…)
