Jackie French

Yesterday, we were privileged to have renowned Australian author Jackie French visit St Joseph’s to talk to the students. Jackie has written over 200 books for all ages, including Wombat goes to School and Josephine wants to Dance.

Jackie spoke about her early days of writing and how her stories came about to be published. She also spoke about the different ways in which wombats communicate as well as her favourite book that she has written. Jackie then spent some time reading to Foundation White and 2 Yellow, what a treat!

When I was speaking with students later in the day, they told me how inspired they were to start writing even if they felt they were not great writers themselves.

We would like to thank Jackie for so generously giving her time at St Joseph’s this year.

Georgina Jaram 

 Teacher Librarian