The Hair of the Pigeon
Mohammed Massoud Morsi
UWA Publishing, 2026
The Hair of the Pigeon is a timely and powerful read, exploring the importance of...
While all of Story Factory’s programs aim to help young people develop their creative writing skills, the Year of Poetry program dials this to the max ...
With a little encouragement from her older sister, Year 10 student Maysaa Maghchouch first came to Story Factory last year to join the regular after-school workshops in creative writing.
As a creative writing organisation, developing literacy-based workshops for young people is Story Factory’s bread and butter. But it’s not often that those workshops end up being designed and delivered by young people themselves ...
Wife charts the beginning and eventual dissolution of the long relationship between Zoe Stamper and Penny Cartwright, both working as academics in London academia, Penny in literature and Zoe in classics.
On Sunday December 15, 2024, a group of nine teenagers from Western Sydney became published authors as they launched their very own novellas or collections of poetry through Story Factory’s Year of the Novella and Year of Poetry programs.
Nine young people were invited to Story Factory in September for the Novella Kitchen, a two-day, bite-sized, book-writing bootcamp that gave them a taste of Story Factory’s Year of the Novella program – and the challenge of writing an entire novella in a single weekend.
Since emigrating from Lebanon to Western Sydney when she was 12 years old, Noura Hijazi has always found writing to be an outlet for her thoughts and feelings, and a way of adjusting to a new environment in Australia.
When it comes to naming extinct animals, most of us would probably know the dodo and the woolly mammoth. But how many of the over 900 species classified as extinct since 1500, and the over 44,000 species threatened with extinction, could we actually name?
One Another contains two parallel and interrelated stories – one about Joseph Conrad, his life and writing, and the other about Helen, Tasmanian student of literature in Cambridge, who is writing a thesis about him.
Miranda Darling has created a distinctive character who walks a fine line between agency and lunacy, filled with interesting observations and personal reflections upon her life and the lives of others.
Brooklyn, published in 2009, sees central character Eilis Lacey leave 1950s Ireland for a new life in America, propelled by the tragic and unforeseen death of her beloved sister, Rose. Long Island takes up Eilis’ story 20 years later ...
When Lucinda Davies walked through the doors of Story Factory in 2018, it was as a student in Story Factory’s Year of the Novella, a year-long program where students commit to writing a novella for professional publication at the end of the year.
Louise Milligan has spent most of her writing life as a journalist and her debut novel describes the life of Kate Delaney, well-known around Melbourne for her insightful, compassionate reporting from a range of crime scenes.
Reading and writing have been a lifelong love for 17-year-old Lizzy Cilla. When she was just 7 years old, she dreamed of writing her own book, so it’s no surprise she’s found her community at Story Factory.
From a family of passionate poets, Brendan King is carrying on a tradition started by his Pop. He loves all things poetry and has been involved in the creative writing programs run by Story Factory over the last few years.
Sarah Dizon is a 17-year-old student from Sarah Redfern High School who has been attending Story Factory’s Year of Poetry program for the last three years. In that time, she’s published two collections of poetry, i baked you a cake and you are the star. She is currently working on a third.
