Story by Daniel Everett Photo by Ryan Low Daniel Everett: Mark, starting off with a question about your inspiration, is there anything that inspired you? Mark Greenwood: Well as a kid I’ve always loved reading and history, which is why lots of my books have that history element. Most importantly, […]
The Gift of Story: Bradley Christmas
By Justin Zhang In his most well-known book, Saltwater Boy, Christmas tells the tale of Matthew, a city boy who comes to a coastal rural community after suffering hardship. Settling into the tight-knit community of Crawley Point, he meets and befriends Bill, a mysterious local figure. Matthew begins to build […]
Joel McKerrow’s guide to writing with heart
Story by Leo Liu and Harry Benscher Joel McKerrow’s recipe for writing is simple: to reflect your own personality and conflicts into your stories. Do this and he believes your writing will pop. It is reflected in the books that he’s written, including Heist and Urban Legend Hunters. These mystery […]
From Google’s Snack Draw to Bestseller
Story by Sam Eyers Cover Photo by Ryan Low Pip Harry started her journey off as a magazine reporter for companies such as “TV Week” and “New Weekly”. She moved on to working for McDonalds and later Google in Singapore. She enjoyed her time at Google, and fondly remembered the […]
Scot Gardner’s Character Insights
Story by Aiden Plumbe Cover Photo by Ryan Low Scot Gardner is an Australian realistic fiction author who began his writing career in the early 2000s. He is known for his novels that explore adolescent experiences and portray coming of age stories. He depicts themes of identity, mental health and […]
Book Review – Misery
By Nikhil Tindale TW: Violence, substance abuse Reading Misery, by Stephen King, is an experience akin to climbing through an intestinal tract. The author’s intestine to be exact. It is an absolutely horrific read that I thoroughly enjoyed. It’s a page turner certainly. I found myself up late at night […]
House Competition Day Results
By Harry Benscher, and Deyan Nikolic This House Competition Day has been one of the most competitive yet with boys striving to do their best in all the sports offered on the day. With 3 different sports taking place around the ground (along with the side events of swimming and […]
The Science and Engineering Challenge
Written by Sam Eyers Last Thursday, Newington sent a group of year 9’s and 10’s out to Homebush to compete in a STEM challenge called ‘the Science and Engineering Challenge’ run by Newcastle University. It is a nationwide challenge that tests students’ problem solving and common sense. The teams each […]
Catch Me If You Can – Review
Written by Aiden Plumbe, Seth Bogardus, and Sam Eyers. After months of arduous work from a wide array of actors, singers, dancers, musicians, and crew, the 2025 Catch Me If You Can Musical commenced on the 12th of March. The musical was an immediate hit, selling out in just two […]
Head of the River 2025
By Ryan Low The best and biggest event of the rowing calendar has just passed. Our top-notch rowing teams have made the Black and White proud competing in the 128th AAGPS Head of the River. They were supported by our Year 9s, 10s and 12s, ably led by the 1st […]