As a highlight of our Book Week celebrations in August 2025, acclaimed bestselling author,Markus Zusak came to speak to Year 10 English students who are studying The Book Thief. Markus doesn’t usually do school visits, so we were privileged to have him visit. His generosity in both storytelling, and time spent speaking to every student, staff member, Dominican Sister or parent who came to have their novels signed, was generous and heartening. It was the perfect way of rounding up a celebration of all things books and writing.
We are also very blessed to have two respected authors on staff permanently with us, to help inspire and guide our students every day of the week: Melina Marchetta (of Looking for Alibrandi renown) and Christopher Richardson (Empire of the Waves). Our girls on the Secondary Campus are so very lucky to have these authors as their classroom teachers, who work alongside all of our other wonderful teachers across campuses.
