Last week I wrote about the amazing opportunity I have to be Social Media Reporter at the iconic Clunes Booktown Festival this Saturday, sketching all day at the event.

After an early start I arrived at Clunes (near Ballarat) at 9.30 Saturday morning. It is autumn here, so the weather was crisp, with people wearing jackets and beanies. Thankfully the rain stayed away and everyone could enjoy the outside and inside events.

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I spent all day exploring, attending events, sketching for short and longer times. Almost all sketches were done with Lamy Safari ink pen, then watercolour pencil added on the spot to various areas on the page. There were many Panel Discussions, Book Launches, In Conversation and Author talks to attend. And then there was the main street , closed to traffic and taken over by book stalls big and small . There were arrows on walls to “MORE BOOKS” in unexpected places.. The number of people grew over the day, but it was never crowded. The people were a great mix of ages – everyone loves books !!!

Below are my sketches from the day. The brief was to actively engage with Clunes Booktown Festival , spreading the love of this wonderful regional literary festival through my sketches. I feel as though I achieved this. see all of these is full size on my Flickr site
https://www.flickr.com/photos/alissaduke/albums/72157704944609002

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It was a very big and exciting day. Thanks to Jodi for alerting me to the advertisement for the position of Social Media Reporter at Clunes Booktown Festival for the day. I could not have been happier – books and sketching !! and a big thanks to Melbourne City of Literature for the opportunity . Clunes Booktown Festival is an amazing experience in a beautiful historic town and I will be returning !

And did I buy any books ? … that’s another blog post