Centre for Stories
Stories
Stories are at the heart of what we do. The aim of our story archive is to make good stories available to a wide audience in the hope of strengthening connections between people and encouraging a more inclusive and informed community.

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Being the Outsider
Aishwarya Sunil Menon
"The homesickness would just hit me out of the blue, like a bolt of lightning, and then it drowns you, but then, you get back up on your feet."Read More -
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THE WORKSHOP by Boey Kim Cheng
'How to invite the moment into the span of the sentence, let the light of memory wash over the paper and the elliptical light print its shadow words on the page.'Read More -
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SOMETIMES A SHADOW, SOMETIMES A FRIEND by Zainab Syed
'I learn early on that no matter where I live, I will always be too far away to make it home.'Read More -
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SISTERS by Jay Anderson
'And every time I saw her, her arms parted for an embrace and the corners of her mouth stretched to call me sister.'Read More -
Being the Outsider
Kanchana Rughoo
"I am someone who, when I first came here, I had a total of 50 dresses; Collared buttons, long leg cuffs. I just wear them with heels, walk to uni and go to classes and then walk into the library and be like that idiot who wore heels in the library."Read More -
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THE SERUM, THE BLOOD AND THE WATER by Sampurna Chattarji
'I think of all the people with “weakened immune systems” walking miles and miles to reach home, without food, shelter or water.'Read More -
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MYTHS, DEMONS AND HEALING by Inez Tan
'I think becoming a writer means asking yourself again and again why you write, how to keep coming up with new ideas, how to trust yourself more, and how to keep falling in love with writing.'Read More -
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LIKE RIDING A BIKE by Laurie Steed
'It’s pretty funny, I’ll admit, for there is always something ridiculous about trying to have things in your control, only to stuff it up.'Read More -
On The Page
'V for Vulnerable' – Adele Aria
Adele Aria writes non-fiction, poetry and short fiction, using story-sharing to explore identity, the politics of existence, and the ways in which we integrate personal and shared histories.Read More