21 Jul 2014

Omar Musa is a poet, rapper and writer from Queanbeyan who has released both books and hip hop albums, and is a champion of numerous Poetry Grand Slams. His latest...

21 Jul 2014

We are incredibly excited by the news that Dave Eggers – author, publisher, philanthropist, all round awesome dude – is coming to Sydney in September! He’ll be speaking at Carriageworks...

27 Jun 2014

We are delighted that poet, essayist and fiction writer Maxine Beneba Clarke is our next guest at Factory Talks. Her short story collection Foreign Soil won the Victoria Premier’s Literary Award for an unpublished...

04 Jun 2014

Do you have a taste for crime? The healthiest way to indulge it would be to come along to our next Factory Talks on Tuesday June 17, when best-selling crime...

20 May 2014

Failure. It’s the grit that creativity turns into a pearl. In his recent TEDx talk, the wonderful Markus Zusak – author of The Book Thief and Sydney Story Factory board...

29 Apr 2014

After our holiday workshop with the amazing Wendy Fitzgerald, we’ve been flooded with terrific book reviews written by our talented students. You can read them all in the Student Writing...

29 Apr 2014

That’s right, she’s the talk of the town since being long-listed for the Miles Franklin award recently, and we’re very excited to have Fiona McFarlane visiting us on Tuesday May...

26 Mar 2014

Our first Factory Talk last week was beautiful, with Kate Forsyth holding us all in her mesmeric grip thanks to her storytelling prowess. We continue this soon to be fine tradition...

13 Mar 2014

Just a reminder that next Tuesday March 18, author Kate Forsyth will be visiting the Martian Embassy to discuss and take questions on her new book, The Wild Girl. Entry...

06 Mar 2014

We are thrilled to introduce our Factory Talks series. Once a month, an author will come by to talk about their work in a salon-style setting. You’ll be able to ask questions,...

28 Feb 2014

Amy came to our very first volunteer meeting in 2011, and has been making herself useful ever since. She’s a regular – and wonderful – tutor, and so much else...

24 Feb 2014

Over the weekend we added a new page to our website – an interactive map collating many short tales and memories created by residents and visitors about the local Redfern...

10 Feb 2014

The wonderful Sydney Observatory, with some help from the City Of Sydney Library, are running an all ages poetry competition called Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark. The age categories...

07 Feb 2014

Our Sunday creative writing sessions start up this weekend, and we’re kicking them off with a re-invention of our favourite books! In a forthcoming interview in Wonderland Magazine, J.K. Rowling...

30 Jan 2014

We had a great time at the Yabun Festival last weekend, collecting fascinating stories and adding to our ambitious World’s Longest Poem (while we may not have reached those lofty...