Stories

Susan Midalia is a writer and freelance editor who conducts workshops on short story writing.

Dennis Haskell is an Australian critic, poet and academic.

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. In them, we reflect on history, ritual, politics, fashion and culture, all told in a perceptive and approachable voice. This is story three, "The Prisoners of the Border".

After losing his legs to a landmine in Vietnam, Graham returned to Australia and faced the challenge of living life after war.

After Christine Brown's daughter tried to take her own life, Christine joined the fight for the recognition of the importance of mental health.

Dianne Lawrence talks about her experiences being the mother of a transgender child.

Living in Port Hedland and working as a nurse, she fostered a young Aboriginal girl who temporarily entered into a grief-driven, coma-like state following the death of her father, where she was able to connect with Aboriginal spirits on what Joan describes as a “soul journey”.

South African born mineral explorer Miles has built a remarkably successful career for himself in mining.

Wolfgang Bylsma is Editor in Chief and Founding Manager of Gestalt Publishing, Australia’s largest independent graphic novel publishing house.