Last Friday 1 May, while most people were easing into the weekend, I found myself in a literary fever dream. As part of the CBCA Shadow Judging program, I logged into a Zoom meeting for a podcast recording, only to find myself face-to-face with the powerhouse of Australian YA fiction, Lili Wilkinson. Having spent weeks meticulously analysing her work, Unhallowed Halls, the sudden realization that I was about to defend my theories directly to the woman who wrote them triggered a moment of internal panic.
The experience was nothing short of surreal. Any initial nerves quickly dissolved into a high-energy "geek-out" session as we moved from formal reviewing to an enthusiastic deep-dive into the story’s soul. It was a rare thrill to discuss a narrative’s intricacies and have the author offer behind-the-scenes context that brought the characters to life in three dimensions. Lili was an incredibly good sport as we dissected her "brainchild," proving that authors truly appreciate it when you notice the tiny details they laboured over. It was an absolute blast, a bit of a whirlwind, and a definitive highlight of the term that reminded me why we fall in love with stories in the first place.
Year 11 Raphael Glow B09
We are proud to announce that the winners of the Term 1 BeanStack highest logging competitions are as follows:
Nolan: Year 7 Julius Rocillo N18 with 3005 minutes
Hughes: Year 9 Tinura Fonseka H11 with 2095 minutes
Bodkin: Year 11 Raphael Glow B09 with 1500 minutes
Treacy: Year 7 Sanjay Gunasekara T15 with 1266 minutes
Lynch: Year 7 Jacob Rizzo L14 with 976 minutes
Class Winners: 7eEN1b_d - Anita Schmidt with 9349 minutes
Honourable Mentions: 9eAL1b5a - Theresa Chiodo with 5096 minutes and 8eAL1b_m - Katie Tynan with 5912 minutes.
Prizes will be awarded in the coming days. Do not forget to keep logging in the BeanStack page or the BeanStack app on your phone to be in the running for big prizes!
The first edition of the Parade College Student Newspaper 'Radar' is out now. Come in and pick up a copy in the NLC. Digital copy coming soon. It includes articles game talk, music reviews, trivia, and heaps more!
Enter a library far, far away and enjoy the huge selection of Star Wars books and graphic novels. We celebrated by creating a selection of Cubies. You could celebrate by rewatching the Star Wars ennealogy (yes, it is a word. It is like a trilogy but with nine) through Clickview available through the NLC HOMEPAGE. The first 8 of the ennealogy are available for free and Rogue One. (Not sure what happened to the disliked The Rise of Skywalker. It is not available yet on Clickview)
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