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Factory Talks: Maxine Beneba Clarke

Factory Talks: Maxine Beneba Clarke

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 Her short story collection Foreign Soil won the Victoria Premier’s Literary Award for an unpublished...

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Factory Talks: Michael Robotham

Factory Talks: Michael Robotham

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...

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How To Succeed By Failing

How To Succeed By Failing

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...

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Book reviews!

Book reviews!

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...

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Fiona McFarlane at our Factory Talks

Fiona McFarlane at our Factory Talks

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...

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Romy Ash is visiting!

Romy Ash is visiting!

26 Mar 2014

Our first Factory Talk last week was beautiful, with Kate Forsyth holding us all in her mesmeric grip thanks to her storytelling prowess. We continue this soon to be fine tradition...

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Kate Forsyth here next week!

Kate Forsyth here next week!

13 Mar 2014

Just a reminder that next Tuesday March 18, author Kate Forsyth will be visiting the Martian Embassy to discuss and take questions on her new book, The Wild Girl. Entry...

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Factory Talks!

Factory Talks!

06 Mar 2014

We are thrilled to introduce our Factory Talks series. Once a month, an author will come by to talk about their work in a salon-style setting. You’ll be able to ask questions,...

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Meet our Volunteer of the Month – Amy Denmeade!

Meet our Volunteer of the Month – Amy Denmeade!

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...

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The Home Project Interactive Map

The Home Project Interactive Map

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...

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Poetry Competition

Poetry Competition

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...

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Sunday Creative Writing

Sunday Creative Writing

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...

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Yabun Poetry

Yabun Poetry

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...

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Yabun Festival

Yabun Festival

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...

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Second Around The World Holiday Workshop Added!

Second Around The World Holiday Workshop Added!

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...

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