27 Jun 2014

We are delighted that poet, essayist and fiction writer Maxine Beneba Clarke is our next guest at Factory Talks. Her short story collection Foreign Soil won the Victoria Premier’s Literary Award for an unpublished...

04 Jun 2014

Do you have a taste for crime? The healthiest way to indulge it would be to come along to our next Factory Talks on Tuesday June 17, when best-selling crime...

25 May 2014

This collaborative story was written by four groups of young writers on  Sunday 25th May, at our Exquisite Genres workshop at the Sydney Writers’ Festival. PART 1 Virginia, 1862, August...

25 May 2014

This collaborative story was written by four groups of young writers on Sunday 25th May at our Exquisite Genres workshop at the Sydney Writers’ Festival.  Part 1 Kazoo Webfoot hopped...

25 May 2014

This collaborative story was written by four groups of young writers on Sunday the 25th May at our Exquisite Genres workshop at the Sydney Writer’s Festival.  Part 1 “Excuse me.”...

25 May 2014

 This collaborative story was written by four groups of young writers on Sunday 25th May, at our Exquisite Genres workshop at the Sydney Writers’ Festival.  Part 1 ‘Do you have...

20 May 2014

Failure. It’s the grit that creativity turns into a pearl. In his recent TEDx talk, the wonderful Markus Zusak – author of The Book Thief and Sydney Story Factory board...

12 May 2014

For six months now, we have been working on Home, a community writing project about Redfern/Waterloo. This story was written during a Home workshop last term with students from Alexandria...

29 Apr 2014

After our holiday workshop with the amazing Wendy Fitzgerald, we’ve been flooded with terrific book reviews written by our talented students. You can read them all in the Student Writing...

29 Apr 2014

That’s right, she’s the talk of the town since being long-listed for the Miles Franklin award recently, and we’re very excited to have Fiona McFarlane visiting us on Tuesday May...

16 Apr 2014

Book Title: Ivory RoseAuthor: Belinda Murrell Publisher: Random House Australia ISBN: 978-1-74275-071-2 Reviewed by: Lisa A girl called Jemma has excitedly gotten her first job as a babysitter, but her job is in...

16 Apr 2014

Book Title: Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset SistersAuthor: Lesley Blume Publisher: Random House ISBN: 978-0-440-42110-8 Reviewed by: Quinn This book is an amazing adventure/drama chapter book that will blow your...

16 Apr 2014

Book Title: Black Beauty Author: Archie Oliver Publisher: Playmore, Inc. ISBN: 978-1-934911-13-6 Reviewed by: Una Black Beauty is a nice book that is both sad and happy. The reason why I decided to read the book...

16 Apr 2014

Book Title: Calvin and HobbesAuthor: Bill Watterson Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC Reviewed by: Johan This comic book is about a 5 year old boy named Calvin and his best friend who’s...

16 Apr 2014

Book Title: A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad BeginningAuthor: Lemony Snicket Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 978-0064407663 Reviewed by: Marina This book talks about three unlucky orphans who are constantly pursued by Count Olaf, a...