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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Literary Mixers - Michelle Johnston and Dawn Barker
On the evening of 11 October 2018, authors Michelle Johnston and Dawn Barker shared their writerly journeys at Literary Mixers.Read More -
Islands of Home
The Death of an Ancient Religion
Islands of Home is the second series in Centre for Stories’ collection, The Indian Ocean. Written by Agustinus Wibowo, they bring to life intimate and telling moments of contemporary Indonesian society in five parts.Read More -
Special Stories
Kate Purcell – Who Do You Think You Are?
Beyond Stigma was a storytelling evening in honour of R U OK? Day that featured stories about mental health. This evening would not have been possible without the funding and support of Ruah Community Services.Read More -
Islands of Home
Being Fashionable in the Land of Sharia
Islands of Home is the second series in Centre for Stories’ collection, The Indian Ocean. Written by Agustinus Wibowo, they bring to life intimate and telling moments of contemporary Indonesian society in five parts.Read More -
Literary Mixers - Alice Nelson and Brenda Walker
On the evening of 6 June 2019, Alice Nelson and Brenda Walker shared snippets into the life and mind of a writer.Read More -
Soul Food
Alina Tang's Gỏi Cuốn
“Whenever we come together as a family which wouldn’t happen very often… we would all eat Vietnamese food and spring rolls were definitely one of the ones we’d all have. There's a feeling of community coming together, like a reunion almost.”Read More -
Special Conversations
NAIDOC Week 2018: Stories From Her
Cassie Lynch, Shirley McPherson, Simone Detourbet, and Esther McDowell speak on the NAIDOC Week 2018 theme: Because of Her, We Can!Read More -
Soul Food
Jay Anderson's Ohn-No Khao Swè
“My dad’s parents are from Myanmar. They emigrated here in their 20s and this is that one curry that my family has eaten our whole lives.”Read More -
Soul Food
Elisha Rahimi's Zereshk Polo
“…when I make the dish now compared to when people made it 50 years ago, or 100 years ago, or are still making it now in Iran, or all over the world—space and time doesn’t exist for those things.”Read More