The aim of the Literature Festival is to encourage and excite the boys about the many faces of literacy by allowing them the opportunity to hear and interact with over 70 writers – novelists, poets, playwrights, filmmakers, journalists, historians, scientists, and other non-fiction writers.
The inaugural Newington Literature Festival took place in April 2003 and is now a biennial event. The festival covers three days and involves students K–12.
Literature Festival 2011
The 2011 Literature Festival was held from 30 March to 1 April. The event was a resounding success, with a program that included presentations, workshops and daily sessions from the following authors:
| Deborah Abela | Rachel Berger | Duncan Ball | Tristan Bancks | Max Barry |
| Michael Gerard Bauer | Tug Dumbly | Isobelle Carmody | Lucy Christopher | Andrew Daddo |
| John Danalis | Declan Fay | Lisa Forrest | Jackie French | Archie Fusillo |
| Sandy Fussell | Steven Herrick | Susanne Gervay | Maggie Hamilton | Michael Hyde |
| Barry Heard | John Heffernan | Robert Hillman | Simon Higgins | Leigh Hobbs |
| Barry Jonsberg | Jacqueline Kent | William Kostakis | Jeni Mawter | Chris Morphew |
| Leonie Norrington | Michael Parker | Lena Pasqua | Matthew Reilly | Tohby Riddle |
| James Roy | Tony Thompson | Deb Westbury | Arnold Zable | Scott McGale |
| Dennis Murphy | Cameron Nunn | Tony Park | Tim Pegler | Oliver Phommavanh |
Festival Newspaper
A daily newspaper, PostScript is published by Newington boys during the Festival.
2009
Postcript 3 April PDF 3MB
Postcript 2 April PDF 1.73MB
Postcript 1 April PDF 293kb