28 Feb 2014

Amy came to our very first volunteer meeting in 2011, and has been making herself useful ever since. She’s a regular – and wonderful – tutor, and so much else...

28 Feb 2014

This beautiful story about village life, written by a newly arrived young asylum seeker, powerfully mixes the past with dreams for the future. It was written at the SSF as...

24 Feb 2014

Over the weekend we added a new page to our website – an interactive map collating many short tales and memories created by residents and visitors about the local Redfern...

10 Feb 2014

During term 4, 2013 a group of students from Darlington PS year 4/5 completed a series of five workshops during which they created a Radio with Pictures story. Each story...

10 Feb 2014

The wonderful Sydney Observatory, with some help from the City Of Sydney Library, are running an all ages poetry competition called Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark. The age categories...

07 Feb 2014

Our Sunday creative writing sessions start up this weekend, and we’re kicking them off with a re-invention of our favourite books! In a forthcoming interview in Wonderland Magazine, J.K. Rowling...

30 Jan 2014

We had a great time at the Yabun Festival last weekend, collecting fascinating stories and adding to our ambitious World’s Longest Poem (while we may not have reached those lofty...

21 Jan 2014

This Australia Day Sunday we’re going to be holding a stall at the wonderful Yabun Festival in Victoria Park, Camperdown between 9:30am and 4:30pm. We’ll be collecting stories for our...

13 Jan 2014

Due to overwhelming demand we have added a second Around The World workshop to our holiday schedule! This will be run on Wednesday January 22 from 10am to 12pm. Spaces...

18 Dec 2013

Here we are with a huge cheque! Thanks so much to the Commonwealth Bank’s Community Grant program for our $10,000 grant, presented by Hon. Tanya Plibersek at a lovely event...

13 Dec 2013

We are delighted to invite you to a very special private screening of The Book Thief. Markus Zusak’s much-loved The Book Thief has been turned into a film by Brian Percival...

02 Dec 2013

Read all about our Home project in today’s Sydney Morning Herald. All young people welcome to take part! You don’t have to be from around Redfern and we’ll help you...

28 Nov 2013

STOP PRESS!! We’ve got an exciting summer holiday workshop program on! Everyone is welcome and all the classes are free. Holiday workshops are on the week commencing Monday 20th January 2014....

28 Nov 2013

Sue’s sisters and brothers were always ignoring her when she talks to her brothers and sisters. She was getting a little worried about getting left out. So her sisters and...

22 Nov 2013

Jade’s Krazy Invention Click on the link to read all about this kkrraazzyy invention! Special thanks to artist Ilona Tar for her contribution. Tune in every week for a new...