I did have such a personal
disappointment 10 days ago when due, as they say, to circumstances totally
beyond my control and after having been one of the first people to enrol and
pay my fee late last year, I discovered I was not going to be able to attend
the IBBY Congress held at the Aotea Centre, Auckland. However, thanks to some
amazing ‘reporting back’ from kind friends and being able to get more first
hand knowledge at Storylines, Wellington this past Saturday I now know what a
wonderful success it all was.
Congratulations to everyone concerned and especially to Dr. Libby Limbrick
and Rosemary Tisdall who headed the committee and helped give the 500 plus
participants something to remember with pleasure for years to come. And yes, someone from Auckland was able to use my ticket so the space
was not wasted.
Storylines at the Michael Fowler
Centre last Saturday was a totally enjoyable experience for children and
adults. Possibly due to the rather scant marketing and the number of other
events on in Wellington on Saturday there were not nearly as many children as
usual (and I noticed this because I have been to every Storylines since the
event was first held here over 10 years ago). However, in many ways this worked
as a plus as there was plenty of room at the activities (many and varied) and
the storytelling sessions had comfortable amounts of listeners gathered around
Bob Kerr, (see photo below in last post) Nikki Slade Robinson, Ruth Paul and many others as they read from
their own books.
Do
go into both the IBBY and Storylines Facebook pages - there are some wonderful images here.
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