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Tuesday 26 May 2015

David Walliams at the Auckland Writer's Festival

Wonderful David Walliams visited the Auckland Writer's Festival recently and I took my children along to listen to him.

It was wonderful to see so many Woodlands Park School families at the show, and one of our ex students, Hannah, even featured on the six o'clock news getting her book signed by the delightful author and comedian.

I feel like I was privy to some in-house information by attending his talk. Did you know:
  • Walliams fashioned the Gangster Granny on his own grandma.
  • The character in Ratburger was inspired by a contestant at Britain's got talent who ate live cockroaches!
  • Walliams wrote a book for Simon Cowell's first child because he wanted to give something unique to a billionaire who has everything.
We have most of David Walliams's books in the school library and I highly recommend them. If you want to hear David Walliams reading Gangsta Granny: click here and scroll down to the sound bite.

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