Sydney Pride

I went to a sensational event on the weekend – the Sydney Writers Festival. I didn’t actually go to any of the free workshops, although I should have planned better and gone to a lot more, but I actually went to a session called, ‘Family Politics’ with Fatima Bhutto, Aminatta Forna, Ingrid Betancourt and Maxine McKew who facilitated the discussion.

I won’t delve too much into the topic, as I could write plenty on that, except to say that it was amazing. The point that I really wanted to make was that it was so good to see events of this calibre (of the Sydney Writers Festival) in Sydney. We don’t get enough of this sort of cultural injection, and the crowds that were there showed that people are crying out for it. It was also good to see how vibrant Walsh Bay is becoming. The Piers have really come into their own and had a real buzz about them on Saturday afternoon, was great.

So that’s my story. Short and sweet.