The Librarians team visit Williamstown

Today I spent a fun hour at an excellent chat session hosted by Wayne Hope and Robyn Butler, the creative team behind The Librarians (etc!).  This was part of a local festival.  It was a packed house and Robyn and Wayne brought their young daughter along. She sat quietly playing with her colouring on the side of the small stage area.

They told a few anecdotes, but it was mainly questions from the floor. Naturally I got a few in, plus had a good chat to Wayne afterwards. We share a common interest in spotting people who are bluffing, both in the workplace and outside of it. 

Some of the funniest moments were when the guys got carried away and let rip with some adult language. Then the other half would go “oops” and point to their daughter. Later on the other one let rip. This time the young lady herself responded as well.

Robyn said they have just finished editing series two of The Librarians. It should be on the ABC later this year. Good stuff.

I also attended two other very good sessions:

• Andrew Rule, co-author of Underbelly (etc etc etc). He was interviewed by ABC journalist Josephine Cafagna, who also happens to live here in Williamstown.  They also took questions from the floor.
• Professor Marcia Langton. Who is currently Chair of Australian Indigenous Studies at Melbourne Uni. I was a few rows from the front and as she was preparing to go on, Prof Langton kept looking at me. She finally said something like “I think I know you, have we met?”.  I said I wasn’t sure. I did say I had seen her on TV :-)    [The excellent SBS series The First Australians].  We talked a bit at the end, but neither could work out if we had met. 

Again as Prof Langton was preparing, a rather familiar looking lady was standing by the stage, waiting to introduce the speaker. All of a sudden the familiar lady turned to me and asked me how I was going.  “Well”, said I, “and how are you, Mrs Kirner?”