16 May 2013

We have the best volunteers in the world! Without all of their hard work, dedication and enthusiasm we would not be able to do half of the things that we do. ...

14 May 2013

Storm by Fred Bekker The storm’s earliest memory was being born. Now this isn’t quite normal for you and I, but this was a storm. His mum was the ocean...

14 May 2013

  Me, Poem by Kunho Kim  My name is Kunho and I live in Sydney, Australia I go to Tempe High School with my friends I like to play tennis,...

09 May 2013

We are searching for kids in grades 3 to 6 wanting to contribute stories to the first ever Time Out’s kids’ issue. Please come along to our newspapers workshop (Wednesdays 3.30-4.30pm...

07 May 2013

Is it the start of the rugby league season? The netball season? Last minute NAPLAN preparation? We don’t know, but we’re a bit short on enrolments for our after school...

02 May 2013

Do you have a short story, novel, poem or play you would like to write? At Sydney Story Factory, the Free Writers Guild meets between 10am and 12noon to work...

02 May 2013

The Body in the Mist by Anastasia Scoggin ‘Be quiet or I’ll leave you on the side of the road!’ Theo’s mum Susan yelled into the back of the car....

01 May 2013

We’re very excited because in the April school holidays, we celebrated our 1,000th student enrolment! Since opening in July last year we’ve had  1,000 enrolments in our classes, thanks to...

01 May 2013

During first term the Kool Kids from Weave Youth Family and Community in Maroubra visited the Story Factory for a series of after school workshops. Over six weeks they managed...

01 May 2013

The Australian Storytelling Guild is holding writing competitions for students in years 5&6 and 7&8 in all NSW schools. For the NSW State Storytelling Competition, the first prize winner will...

30 Apr 2013

Villains aplenty at the Richard III workshop. As you can see from the picture, there were some problems between Richard III and his brothers! It was nothing compared with the...

30 Apr 2013

Yep. From our Fairytales reboot workshop, here’s Marcus reinventing Cinderella as Cyberella and the Glass Laser Death Crystal. “It’s the year 6000…Deep in the heart of suburban Mars, there lives...

30 Apr 2013

No green cheese here! We talked until the sun went down…the holiday students came up with some wonderful moon myths at our recent workshop. This opening for a bedtime story...

24 Apr 2013

We’re very happy to be working with the Australian Theatre for Young People next term. We’ll be running a series of five workshops for high school students beginning Tuesday, 14th May. Students...

16 Apr 2013

Sydney Story Factory volunteer Oliver Downes will be spending the upcoming school holidays training for the Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon on 19th May. He’ll then run the long race...