Thanks Longrain and Utopia Art Sydney
03 Oct 2013
Huge thanks to Longrain and Utopia Art Sydney for coming up with the wonderful idea of auctioning an art work (below) to help the Sydney Story Factory. Utopia donated this...
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Judge a Book, Buy its Cover
26 Sep 2013
Children’s books always find a way into your heart and your imagination. This is what inspired our upcoming art exhibition, Judge a Book, Buy its Cover. We asked Sydneysiders to...
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Big Martian thanks to Susanne Gervay
26 Sep 2013
Why do we write? This was the question Susanne Gervay posed at the start of her wonderful talk last night to volunteers at the Sydney Story Factory. The answer? Well,...
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Congratulations and thanks to our City to Surf team
14 Aug 2013
The team at Random House Australia – with help from Sydney Story Factory volunteer, Kate Boyle – stormed it home in the City to Surf last weekend. In the process...
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Our first year, by the numbers
08 Aug 2013
It’s been an action-packed first year and we are thrilled to announce we’ve had nearly 1,500 student enrolments. Students have come from a wide range of backgrounds, and nearly 100...
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Happy birthday to us!
08 Aug 2013
It’s hard to believe, but the Sydney Story Factory is one year old! Last weekend we celebrated our birthday with two great parties for the donors, supporters and volunteers who...
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Martian Embassy wins another design award
28 Jun 2013
The extraordinary team who created our Martian Embassy – for free – has been acknowledged with the Premier’s Prize at the NSW Australian Institute of Architects Awards last night. Oh,...
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ABC News comes to visit.
23 Jun 2013
This week ABC News came in to see what we’ve been up to, and had a chat with Richard, our Story-Teller in Chief, our Co-Founder Cath, and some of the...
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Cake stall a sweet success
19 Jun 2013
Huge thanks to Katie Hatch and Lauren Quinn at Pigeonhole Gatherings for the sweet success of our cake stall/bake sale at the Redwater Markets last Saturday. We raised over $850,...
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The results are in – Sydney’s 50 favourite children’s books
11 Jun 2013
It’s official – We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen with illustrations by Helen Oxenbury is officially Sydney’s favourite children’s book. Over the last few weeks, the Sydney...
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Zine Workshop at the Sydney Writers’ Festival
31 May 2013
Last Sunday saw an intrepid band of budding magazine editors brave the cold warehouse spaces of the Sydney wharfs to create zines based on the goings on of the Sydney...
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Vote Now for Your Favorite Children’s Book!
28 May 2013
You have until Sunday 9th June to vote for your favourite children’s book at these excellent bookshops: Berkelouw Books, 19 Oxford Street, Paddington, or 6-8 O’Connell Street, Newtown, or 70...
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Judge a Book, Buy its Cover… Returns!
24 May 2013
VOTE NOW FOR YOUR FAVOURITE CHILDREN’S BOOK You could win a prize – or see the book given a new cover by a leading Australian artist. Are you a Roald...
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National Volunteer Week 2013
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. ...
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