‘I had no intention to learn magic, it kind of found me’: Magician Paul Cosentino reveals how an afternoon in a library got him into a life of tricks and illusions..
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He’s one of the biggest magic acts to come out of Australia.
And now Paul Cosentino has revealed how an afternoon in the Lysterfield Library as a 12-year-old got him hooked on tricks and illusions saying: ‘I had no intention to learn magic, it kind of found me.’
Speaking to the Herald Sun, the 33-year-old said it was the encouragement from his mother Rosemary that made learning the tricks fun after she saw him reading a book in the school library. ‘I was a very shy, introverted little boy. I had a lot of learning difficulties growing up, reading, writing, spelling difficulties,’ he told the publication.’I found myself in the library and there was a magic book, my mother saw me reading the book and she is like ‘hallelujah’, so she takes it home, and starts reading to me about the history of these magicians.