Portland Jones

Portland Jones lives in the Swan Valley outside Perth with her partner and three children, where she trains horses. Her debut novel, ‘Seeing the Elephant’, was shortlisted for the T.A.G. Hungerford Award for an unpublished West Australian writer in 2014.

Upcoming Centre for Stories Events

May

Write Night in the City at Story Lounge

Join us for a write night in the city at our new pop-up in Hay Street Mall and carve out distraction free writing time and meet other writers in the community. Book Online

May

First Nations Book Club at Story Lounge – The White Girl by Tony Birch

Our First Nations Book Club is an introduction to a diverse range of texts by First Nations authors. Book Online

May

Death Café at Story Lounge

Join experienced death café facilitator and counsellor Dr Margaret Sealy to discuss death, dying and loss in a safe space at Story Lounge. Book Online

May

Undercurrent: Poems in the City with Daley Rangi at Story Lounge

Undercurrent is a series of spoken word afternoons. Each month, local artists are invited to respond to a theme and meet new poems in the city. The theme of this event is 'ebb'. Book Online