The
Saturday evening session was Dear Diary: an evening of over sharing, at The
Edwards. A, S, L & I joined Summer Land and Jack Ellis for dinner, ordering
an array of their finger food dishes. And then moved to the set up area for the
show stopper of the weekend. 5 authors were going to read from their childhood
or teen diaries! Dominic Knight was hosting and we were in for a wild
ride.
Jeff Apter, author
of many Australian rock bios, went first. He read a few varying entries from his
late teens, where he was already writing about the music scene without even
realising, going to clubs and drinking and delving into other bits and pieces,
his was an interesting read and funny. Especially as he seemed to have little
recollection of most of it.
Linda Jaivin read
about her younger years mixing in waspy company in the US, very funny, very
earnest, and of course charged with sexuality.
Tim Ferguson read
some angsty teen poetry, and then read a couple of entries from his dairy whilst
touring with DAAS in Edinburgh in his early 20s.
Monica Dux, the
only participant I didn't know was the best. Her entries from her later teen
years and her yearning and sexual thoughts as a slightly prudish catholic girl,
had us rolling in the aisles with tears running down our faces. Her delivery of
said pieces as also superb.
Summer Land took
us on a very open and honest romp as you would expect, through her tween and
early teen years, including how she accidentally lost her virginity. Again
hilarious and well delivered.
After some drinks
and mingling afterwards, we headed home as tomorrow morning was going to be
big!
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