It was with great fanfare that the Library celebrated Book Week this year with the theme of Connect to Reading, Reading to Connect.

The Library held a variety of events throughout the week to connect boys and staff to reading. We took the opportunity to launch BorrowBox, our brand new ebook and e-audiobook platform by throwing two lunchtime launch parties. Students and staff learnt how to easily access our growing collection of ebooks and e-audiobooks which are available anytime and anywhere on their phones, iPads or laptops.

Back by popular demand was our ‘Mystery’ book display, in which students were encouraged to not judge a book by its cover and to ‘lucky dip’ a mystery book wrapped in newspaper in order to try out a new genre or author in the process.

A new event this year was ‘Build your Library’. We made lots of new books from the bookstore available for students and staff to browse, and students selected and voted on the books they’d like to see in the collection. It was with great success that we injected a healthy dose of new reading material into the collection as recommended by students, to connect more boys to reading.

We wrapped up the end of the week with a dress up photobooth celebration, in which boys and staff got into character and utilised green screen technology to transport themselves into fictional settings. We had witches, wizards, Jedi knights, Hunger Games characters and many more join in the fun!

Take a look at some of the photos below!

The Library Team