24 May 2013

We love a smiling face! Meet Natalie, a year 11 student, fabulous young writer and winner of our very first writing competition. Read her piece, “Dear Parents” in the first...

16 May 2013

We have the best volunteers in the world! Without all of their hard work, dedication and enthusiasm we would not be able to do half of the things that we do. ...

09 May 2013

We are searching for kids in grades 3 to 6 wanting to contribute stories to the first ever Time Out’s kids’ issue. Please come along to our newspapers workshop (Wednesdays 3.30-4.30pm...

07 May 2013

Is it the start of the rugby league season? The netball season? Last minute NAPLAN preparation? We don’t know, but we’re a bit short on enrolments for our after school...

02 May 2013

Do you have a short story, novel, poem or play you would like to write? At Sydney Story Factory, the Free Writers Guild meets between 10am and 12noon to work...

01 May 2013

We’re very excited because in the April school holidays, we celebrated our 1,000th student enrolment! Since opening in July last year we’ve had  1,000 enrolments in our classes, thanks to...

01 May 2013

The Australian Storytelling Guild is holding writing competitions for students in years 5&6 and 7&8 in all NSW schools. For the NSW State Storytelling Competition, the first prize winner will...

24 Apr 2013

We’re very happy to be working with the Australian Theatre for Young People next term. We’ll be running a series of five workshops for high school students beginning Tuesday, 14th May. Students...

16 Apr 2013

Sydney Story Factory volunteer Oliver Downes will be spending the upcoming school holidays training for the Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon on 19th May. He’ll then run the long race...

03 Apr 2013

Extracts from the Choose Your Own Adventure stories, highlights from the radio play – Pop Stars and Spaceships…stayed tuned to EZ6 Radio, and scenes from a murder mystery script written...

23 Feb 2013

Late breaking news teenagers…you now have until Tuesday 12th of March to enter our writing competition!!     Open Letter to Teenagers  One Direction are pregnant! Yes, all of them,...

19 Feb 2013

As part of our ongoing Home project, we will be running classes every Sunday afternoon to help students write about their experiences of Redfern/Waterloo and ask older people about their...

15 Feb 2013

Weep no more the era of whelp is upon us! Seriously, bring yourself, bring some friends. Make a magazine. This is more than a workshop. Write about stuff that matters and...

15 Feb 2013

Our Community Open Days on February 10 and 17 produced some incredible stories about the past and present in our local area. We’ll be collecting more as our Home Project...

31 Jan 2013

Hurry, hurry, hurry folks! The stellar interns at Herbert Smith Freehills are raising money for the Sydney Story Factory through an online auction. Items up for grabs include: A helicopter...