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The Shadow Gem by Finbar Clayton

18 Sep 2013

I awake. My fingers stretch out, pulling my body over the rough canvas of my bed. I roll of my bed and slip on some hunting boots. I slowly make...

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The Incredible Tales of Wowzmarshdoo

The Incredible Tales of Wowzmarshdoo

11 Sep 2013

Welcome to The Incredible Tales of Wowzmarshdoo, a collection of fantasy stories written by students at after school workshops during term three, 2013. Students worked together to create Wowzmarshdoo, the...

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The Bracelet by Claire Oberdorfer

The Bracelet by Claire Oberdorfer

11 Sep 2013

Kate usually eats unicorns, plays with her friend Lewis, hangs out at the ancient ruins, likes scaring Lewis, and hunts for lost unicorns nearby.  She lives in Twilight forest and...

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Congratulations and thanks to our City to Surf team

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

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!

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

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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Extra! Extra! Read All About it!

Extra! Extra! Read All About it!

25 Jun 2013

  This term the journalists here at the Sydney Story Factory wrote some of the most compelling and Earth (or Mars) shattering news articles of the year. We received inside...

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ABC News comes to visit.

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

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

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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‘Dear Parents’ – our Whelp winner!

‘Dear Parents’ – our Whelp winner!

07 Jun 2013

Recently we held a competition, where we asked teenagers state-wide to send in a piece of writing for our upcoming publication, Whelp. Judged by our Storytelling Team and other students,...

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Blue Haiku by Phoebe Lu

Blue Haiku by Phoebe Lu

03 Jun 2013

Bonnie the bluebird’s black plaits rise up in the air, off to the blue sky.   Bird floating on string Gliding high, free in the sky It makes me happy....

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Zine Workshop at the Sydney Writers’ Festival

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!

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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