PRIMARY SCHOOL DAYS BOOKING FORMSTEP 1: YOUR CONTACT DETAILS (PLEASE COMPLETE ALL FIELDS)

School name

Contact teacher Mobile Email

Contact for Accounts Payable

Address

Phone Fax Email

STEP 2: CHOOSE THE EVENT AND INDICATE THE NUMBER OF SEATS YOU WISH TO BOOKPrimary School Days sessions can be booked only for a full day and bookings are essential. *One (1) free teacher’s ticket is allocated for every twenty (20) paying students. General Public ticket purchases are welcome and can be made through the relevant theatre box office, subject to availability.

Do you have any specific needs? Yes No. If yes, please specify:

STEP 3: PAYMENT TERMS AND CONDITIONSPlease complete and submit this booking form. Booking forms are processed in order of receipt. Once your booking form has been received you will be sent a tax invoice to confirm your reservation. A 50% non-refundable deposit is required within ten (10) working days of the date of the invoice. Remaining balances must be paid in full by Thursday 2 April 2015. For bookings made after this date, please contact the relevant box office directly. Requests for additional tickets should be submitted in writing. Additional seats are subject to availability.

STEP 4: WHERE TO SUBMIT YOUR FORMPlease send your form to Sydney Theatre OR Riverside Theatres OR Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre accordingly. Do not send payment with this form.

Event and Venue Date Price No. of students

No. of paying teachers Total cost Free tickets as

per policy*Total no. of tickets

Riverside Theatres at Parramat ta (bookings through Riverside Theatres Box Of fice)

Primary School Days Monday 18 May 2015 $25

Sydney Theatre at Walsh Bay (bookings through Sydney Theatre)

Primary School Days Tuesday 19 May 2015 $25

Primary School Days Wednesday 20 May 2015 $25

Joan Sutherland Per forming Arts Centre at Penrith (bookings through JSPAC Box Of fice)

Primary School Days Friday 22 May 2015 $25

Sydney Theatre Walsh BayAttn: STC Ed Client Services ManagerPO Box 777, Millers Point NSW 2000Fax: 02 9247 3584Ph: 02 9250 1778Email: education@sydneytheatre.com.au

Riverside Theatres ParramattaAttn: Box Office (SWF School Days)PO Box 3636, Parramatta NSW 2124Fax: 02 9683 3267Ph: 02 8839 3399

Joan Sutherland Performing Arts CentreAttn: Box Office (SWF School Days)PO Box 2, Penrith NSW 2751Fax: 02 4731 3701Ph: 02 4723 7600

FREE AT TOWN HALL BOOKING FORMPRIMARY SCHOOL DAYS FOR SCHOOLS WITH A FOEI SCORE OF 120 OR MORE ONLY

Sydney Writers’ Festival is committed to providing as many students as possible the opportunity to experience our School Days program. In 2015, we are thrilled to present once again a session of Primary School Days at Sydney Town Hall on Thursday 21 May exclusively for schools with a FOEI score of 120 or more only. Up to 1200 tickets will be available free of charge to eligible primary schools.

STEP 1: YOUR CONTACT DETAILS (PLEASE COMPLETE ALL FIELDS)

School name

Contact teacher Mobile Email

Contact for Accounts Payable

Address

Phone Fax Email

STEP 2: INDICATE THE NUMBER OF SEATS YOU WISH TO BOOKPrimary School Days can be booked only for a full day and bookings are essential. A maximum of fifty (50) tickets per school applies, but please book only as many tickets as you will need.

Do you have any specific needs? Yes No. If yes, please specify:

STEP 3: BOOKING TERMS AND CONDITIONSThis form must be completed and submitted to Sydney Theatre in order to secure your reservation. Bookings will be processed on a first in, first served basis, with priority given to those wait-listed and unsuccessful in securing tickets in 2014.

Successful schools will be notified and will be required to provide confirmation of final numbers in writing to Sydney Theatre by Thursday 2 April 2015.

Once the allocation of tickets is exhausted, unsuccessful schools will be notified and placed on a waiting list.

Sydney Writers’ Festival is providing free tickets to the event. Schools will need to provide their own transport to and from the venue and students will need to bring their own lunch. Sydney Town Hall is easily accessible by public transport and is located above Town Hall train station.

STEP 4: WHERE TO SUBMIT YOUR FORMPlease send your form to Sydney Theatre: Sponsored by:

Disclaimer: Details in this brochure are correct at time of publication. Sydney Writers’ Festival reserves the right to add, withdraw, or substitute artists, and to vary the program should the need arise. Please note that a waiting list is kept for booked out School Days events.

Sydney Theatre Walsh BayAttn: STC Ed Client Services ManagerPO Box 777, Millers Point NSW 2000Fax: 02 9247 3584Ph: 02 9250 1778Email: education@sydneytheatre.com.au

Event and Venue Date Price No. of students

No. of teachers

Total no. of tickets

Sydney Town Hall (bookings through Sydney Theatre)

Primary School Days for schools with a FOEI of 120 and over Thursday 21 May 2015 FREE

Sydney Writers’ Festival, Level 3, 10 Hickson Road, The Rocks NSW 2000 Tel: 02 9252 7729 Email: info@swf.org.au Web: swf.org.au

SYDNEY WRITERS’ FESTIVAL SCHOOL DAYS IS SUPPORTED BY

LEIGH HOBBS

JACQUELINE HARVEY

ANTHONY HOROWITZ

ANDY GRIFFITHS

DATES & VENUESMON 18TH MAY: Riverside Theatres, cnr Church and Market Streets, Parramatta

TUE 19TH MAY: Sydney Theatre, 22 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay

WED 20TH MAY: Sydney Theatre, 22 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay

THU 21ST MAY: A FREE EVENT for NSW Schools with a FOEI score of 120 and over. Sydney Town Hall, 483 George Street, Sydney

FRI 22ND MAY: Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, 597 High Street, Penrith

ABOUT THE SESSIONS MEET THE AUTHORSPlease arrive at 9.30am for a 10.00am start.

We recommend students bring their own lunch.

Hello and welcome to the Sydney Writers’ Festival 2015 Primary School Days program.

I am absolutely thrilled to present this year’s line-up of hand-picked local and international children’s authors. Join us as we bring literature to life with everyone’s favourite funny man Andy Griffiths, inimitable author-illustrator Leigh Hobbs, much-loved writer Jacqueline Harvey, and international bestselling author, Anthony Horowitz.

School Days is a fantastic opportunity for students to engage with their favourite authors, discover exciting new voices and be inspired in a fun, educational and interactive day. In these hugely popular sessions, writers and illustrators perform, read from their work, talk about their craft and take questions from the audience.

We look forward to seeing you.

Jeanmarie MorosinHead of Children’s Programs

Jacqueline Harvey is the author of 21 novels for younger readers, as well as a Children’s Book Council of Australia award-winning picture book. Her bestselling Alice-Miranda and Clementine Rose series are published internationally and have been shortlisted for numerous awards. Jacqueline travels widely, speaking and teaching in Australia and overseas. She is a passionate advocate for literacy, with a particular love of reading aloud. Her latest titles are Alice-Miranda at the Palace, Alice-Miranda at Camp, Clementine Rose and the Ballet Break In and Clementine Rose and the Famous Friend.

jacquelineharvey.com.au

Anthony Horowitz is the author of the bestselling Alex Rider books and The Power of Five series. He has enjoyed huge success as a writer for both children and adults, most recently with the latest adventure in the Alex Rider series, Russian Roulette. Anthony has won numerous awards including the Bookseller Association/Nielsen Author of the Year Award, the Children’s Book of the Year Award at the British Book Awards, and the Red House Children’s Book Award. In 2014 Anthony was awarded an OBE for Services to Literature. Anthony has also created and written many major television series, including Injustice, Collision and Foyle’s War.

anthonyhorowitz.com

Andy Griffiths is one of Australia’s best-loved children’s authors. In a writing career spanning almost 20 years, he has delighted generations of children with his absurdist humour and exuberant stories. Andy has written twenty-seven books, including short stories, comic novels, nonsense verse, picture books and plays. His most popular works include the JUST! series, The Day My Bum Went Psycho, The Bad Book, The Very Bad Book and The Treehouse series, most of which have been illustrated by comic genius Terry Denton. As well as winning over 50 Australian children’s choice awards, Andy and Terry have received the Australian Book Industry Award three years in a row for The 13-Storey Treehouse, The 26-Storey Treehouse and The 39-Storey Treehouse. Andy’s books are published all over the world.

andygriffiths.com.au

Leigh Hobbs works across a wide range of artistic media, but is best known for his children’s books featuring Old Tom, Horrible Harriet, Mr Badger and Mr Chicken. Mr Chicken Goes to Paris was shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards and the Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards, and is a bestseller at Paris’s Louvre Bookshop. Since childhood, Leigh has had a passion for art, architecture, classical music, English history ... and London, a place he finds endlessly fascinating and visits regularly. He admits there’s something of himself in each of his characters and says his most recent book, Mr Chicken Lands on London, could, in a way, be seen as a love story.

leighhobbs.com

10.00THE INCREDIBLE EVER-EXPANDING WORLD OF ANDY GRIFFITHS Andy Griffiths has created some of Australia’s most popular stories for kids. Join Andy on a hilarious journey through his world of silly stories, putrid poems, dumb drawings, crazy characters and seriously fun series.

10.45GET INTO CHARACTER Jacqueline Harvey brings to life scenes from her books and talks about her experiences as a writer. There will be audience participation, readers’ theatre, role-playing and plenty of inspiration for creating your own stories.

11.30 LUNCH BREAK AND BOOK SIGNINGSWith Andy Griffiths and Jacqueline Harvey.

12.30CREATING CRAZY CHARACTERSLeigh Hobbs encourages students to get drawing and proves anyone can create their own unique characters, as well as versions of Leigh’s colourful picture-book characters Old Tom and Mr Chicken.

1.15DISCOVER YOUR STORYAnthony Horowitz is best known as the creator of the Alex Rider series. He has also written with great success across multiple media including film, television, adult novels, short stories and graphic novels. Anthony draws on this extensive experience to help you discover and use the power of your own imagination to create gripping stories.

2.00 FINISH AND BOOK SIGNINGSWith Leigh Hobbs and Anthony Horowitz.

Sydney Writers’ Festival, Level 3, 10 Hickson Road, The Rocks NSW 2000 Tel: 02 9252 7729 Email: info@swf.org.au Web: swf.org.au