11 Jun 2015

While the Sydney Story Factory welcomes all young people, it was set up with the primary focus of working with marginalised young people, particularly those from Indigenous and non-English speaking...

10 Jun 2015

This Friday night Amnesty Redfern Action Group are hosting their Community is Everything launch at the Redfern Community Centre from 5-9pm. There’s a panel discussing the over-representation of Indigenous youth in the...

05 Jun 2015

Hear hear, Debra Adelaide! If this article inspires you, you can purchase The Simple Act of Reading from us either instore or through the website! Great for reading on the...

29 May 2015

We are a little extra excited about our next Factory Talks, because it’s about a book very close to our hearts. It’s called The Simple Act of Reading, and is a collection of...

18 May 2015

Last weekend, one of our students (13 years of age) went to her very first concert. To mark this momentous occasion, she wrote a live review for those of us who were unable to make it. 

13 May 2015

It’s National Volunteer Week, and as we have the bestest, most wonderful volunteers of all time, we thought we’d introduce you to some of them! Today, meet new Ambassador of...

12 May 2015

It’s National Volunteer Week, and as we have the bestest, most wonderful volunteers of all time, we thought we’d introduce you to some of them! This morning, meet Lewis! How...

11 May 2015

It’s National Volunteer Week, and as we have the bestest, most wonderful volunteers of all time, we thought we’d introduce you to some of them! Today, meet Rachel! How long...

29 Apr 2015

We’re very excited to be hosting a movie night at the beautiful Golden Age cinema in Surry Hills! We’ll be screening the magical Where The Wild Things Are (co-written by...

17 Apr 2015

On Tuesday we’re stoked to be hosting four of the five wonderful writers who comprise the pseudonym Alice Campion for our Factory Talks! They’re all members of a book club...

11 Mar 2015

Next week we’re super excited to have the wonderful Debra Oswald here for our Factory Talks – not just because her new novel (and first for adults) Useful has just...

23 Jan 2015

We’re excited to announce novelist, poet and writer James Bradley as our next Factory Talks guest on Wednesday February 18! He’ll be discussing his brand new book Clade, as well...

23 Jan 2015

Last term we ran a workshop to help our students write engaging and wonderful scripts. The results were spectacular, with one of the scripts gaining entry into the Short +...

14 Nov 2014

Last night our Executive Director Cath Keenan won the Westpac Community Leader Award (Board Member category)! Westpac’s Jason Yetton said, ““Good leaders are people who set out to make a...

13 Nov 2014

Here's another Radio with Pictures animation from our amazing students. This one documents the great battle of Candyland!