Literature Festival
The 2015 Newington Literature Festival is less than two weeks away. Detailed information can be found on the Library page in SPACES. Please click here.
Below is a summary of the key events and their dates.
Wednesday 6th May |
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| 7:30am – 9:00am | Opening of Book Fair in Library |
| 8:30am – 9:15am | RSVP Parent Event in Wyvern Hall – Libby Gleeson AM ‘The Power of Words and Pictures’ |
| 8:30am – 1:00pm | Stage Group sessions and Writing Workshops with visiting authors: Libby Gleeson, James Roy, |
| Michael Gerard Bauer, Tristan Bancks | |
| 2:30pm – 4:00pm | Book Fair in Library |
| 7:00pm | Opening Night Panel Discussion – Old Boys Lecture Theatre – Archimede Fusillo (author), |
| Will Kostakis (author and Old Newingtonian 2006) and Felicity Plunkett (poet and critic) – | |
| ‘Why is Literature Relevant in the Modern World? | |
Thursday 7th May |
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| 7:30am – 9:00am | Book Fair in Library |
| 8:30am – 3:00pm | Stage Group sessions and Writing Workshops with visiting authors: Jack Heath, Tristan Bancks, |
| Archimede Fusillo, Lisa Shanahan, Nick Earls | |
| 1:35am – 2.20pm | Year 5 & 6 Poetry/Storywriting Competition winners have one-on-one workshops with authors |
| 2:30pm – 4:00pm | Book Fair in Library |
Friday 8th May |
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| 7:30am – 9:00am | Book Fair in Library |
| 8:30am – 9:15am | Character Parade – ‘Immortalised Characters in Books – in Literature, in Plays, in Poetry, |
| in Australian Historical Fiction’ | |
| 9:30am – 1:00pm | Stage Group sessions with visiting authors: Tohby Riddle, Oliver Phommavanh, |
| Chris Morphew | |
| 12:55pm – 1:25pm | Year 5 & 6 Spelling Bee Finalists compete at Senior School |
| 1:30pm – 2:30pm | Year 5 & 6 Monkey Baa Theatre Production – ‘I Am Jack’ |
| 2:30pm – 4:00pm | Book Fair in Library Concludes |
For your convenience, pre-order forms for the books of the visiting authors are below. Please return the forms to the Library. Books bought through the pre-order process will be signed by the author on the day of their visit.
Literature Festival 2015 Pre-Order Form K-2
Literature Festival 2015 Pre-Order Form Years 3 & 4
Literature Festival 2015 Pre-Order Form Years 5 & 6
If you have any questions about the Literature Festival, please email Mrs Barnes jbarnes@newington.nsw.edu.au.
For information about the 2015 Newington College Literature Festival events happening at Wyvern, please click here.
Joanne Barnes
Teacher Librarian
