Leadership's Letter

Mazenod Literature Festival 2025 – Book an adventure

Students engaged in Mazenod Literature Festival with many adventures to be had! They heard tales from our three authors, breakfasted with one and were treated to workshops to craft and write their own tales. They competed in Kahoot’s adventure, book and other trivias. They escaped from the Carmen Sandiego Escape Room in record time. They recommended books to take to their desert islands. Rewards were to be had with canteen vouchers awarded to prize winners.

Tristan Bancks Year 7 Author

"I really enjoyed when Tristan's Banks would give his own personal views of his books and how he writes. At that moment I literally felt like starting writing my own book!"

— Prayag Patel (Year 7)

"His entertaining presentation while giving us sneak peeks of his new book. He was funny yet informational and was very entertaining."

— Andy He (Year 7)

"I really enjoyed his trailers of his books as it hooked me in and it was like a real news reporter."

— Rafael Rodriguez (Year 7)

Emily Gale Year 8 Author

"I really enjoyed how she described the background of writing a novel and how extensive her research was. I must appraise her as well for her ability to be able to make all of us realize that anyone, literally anyone has the ability to write by connecting with our experiences."

— Raiden Xavier (Year 8)

"I enjoyed how she gave us a new insight into writing fiction books with a revised structure helping people to have a really powerful base that makes story writing easier, Also showing us how her insight to life gave her the ideas to read."

— Thomas Garrie (Year 8)

"I really enjoyed Emily Gale's presentation as she provided deep insight into her career which kept me captivated for the entire session. I also learned about a few of her English secrets which I am trying to implement into my own writing. Overall, Emily Gale's presentation was really good and I enjoyed listening to her story."

— Alvin Nguyen (Year 8)

Michael Hyde Year 9 Author

"I enjoyed how he described inspirations that helped him write his story, in particular, I admired his firm stance against racism"

— Daksh Jain (Year 9)

"Michael was a very interesting person, and had a lot of stories to tell, and my favourite part was when he told us about the bully that was gruesomely killed by crows."

— Aiden Nguyen (Year 9)

"Mr Hyde let us in on his insightful and intriguing knowledge which kept me engaged for the full hour and a half. He told us about how all stories begin with a spark and then he went on to tell us about the sparks that inspired his most recent and popular novels."

— Mihir Murthy (Year 9)

Desert Island Book Winners!

Lisa Burger

Head of Library