The authors have flown home, the posters have been taken down, the Book Fair is packed up and  the Book Parade costumes have been put away to recycle for the next book parade but the memories, the authors’ insights and our students’ enthusiasm for reading live on.  The 2015 Literature Festival has indeed been a tremendous success. Literature Festival successes, however, do not happen without the continued support and enthusiasm from the Wyvern students, teachers, administration and parents, particularly the P&F. On behalf of the Newington Literature Festival Committee, I would like to say a big thank you to everyone for helping to make this year’s Literature Festival an event to be remembered.

Our Book Character Parade raised $1382 for the Room to Read organisation. This generous support from Wyvern parents, students and teachers will allow Room to Read the opportunity to purchase 1382 books. These books, written in the country’s native language, will be  given to libraries built by the Room to Read foundation in developing countries such as Nepal, Cambodia, Zambia and India, for children to borrow from these libraries. What a wonderful gift our school community has been able to give during the celebration of our own Literature Festival.

Please enjoy some of the highlights of the Literature Festival in these images.

Joanne Barnes
Librarian – Wyvern House