SHARED STORIES 2017 – Journey
With the new school year the 2017 anthology creative process begins. CLICK HERE to learn more.
With the new school year the 2017 anthology creative process begins. CLICK HERE to learn more.
SHARED STORIES 2016, Connection & Renewal – launch report
The 2016 anthology launch was conducted on 25 November at Star of the Sea College, Brighton, Victoria before an audience of 850 people. Our thanks go to our guest speakers:
Shared Stories is an annual anthology of creative works by primary and secondary students from Catholic schools across Victoria. The anthology forms part of the permanent collection of the State Library of Victoria.
The anthology commenced in 2006 with funding from the Felton Bequest. The concept was imagined in response to the Cronulla riots in Sydney, which challenged us as educators to explore positive and affirming ways of sharing experiences and ideas across cultural and social groups throughout Victoria. While our first edition was just 72 pages, we now assemble student works that fill 572 colour pages. In 2016, 22 schools were involved in Shared Stories and we published the work of over 1,000 students from Foundation to VCE in 2016.
In 2016, the theme for Shared Stories was ‘Connection + Renewal’, which covered a range of interesting and challenging issues that are important to young people.
Our print and logistical management was provided once again by Mercedes Waratah, which also generously donated prizes for the November launch. Mr Stephen Kernahan, who was very generous with his time and interest in this project, represented Mercedes Waratah at the launch.
The Communications Office of the Archdiocese of Melbourne undertook the anthology’s graphic design and layout. We were once again very grateful to Ramesh Weereratne (Creative Director) and Damon Carr (Projects Officer) for their support. The Shared Stories schools are also most grateful to the Australian Catholic University, Catholic Church Insurance and Catholic Super for generously sponsoring the 2016 edition. These organisations have a long association with Shared Stories, which is vital to the ongoing success of this important project.
This year the Shared Stories Launch celebrated over a decade of expression by talented young people. Participation in the event from student musicians, comperes, poets and prayer readers again showcased the depth of talent of young people today. The strong bond between the Shared Stories schools continues to grow.
Our theme for 2017 is Journey. We look forward to the next instalment of this wonderful book.
Peter Farrar
Editor/ Curator
Shared Stories Anthology
Star of the Sea College
The 2016 anthology launch was conducted on 25 November at Star of the Sea College, Brighton, Victoria before an audience of 850 people. Our thanks go to our guest speakers:
- Dr Matthew Ryan, Deputy Head of the Victorian School of Arts in the Australian Catholic University. Dr Ryan is a lecturer in Literature at ACU and has published critical works on contemporary Irish and Australian writing, and
- Ms Francesca Ohlert, who in 2015 completed her Bachelor of Arts with Honours at the University of Melbourne and currently manages the Grumpy Swimmer Bookstore in Elwood. Francesca also facilitates community book clubs and writers' groups.
Shared Stories is an annual anthology of creative works by primary and secondary students from Catholic schools across Victoria. The anthology forms part of the permanent collection of the State Library of Victoria.
The anthology commenced in 2006 with funding from the Felton Bequest. The concept was imagined in response to the Cronulla riots in Sydney, which challenged us as educators to explore positive and affirming ways of sharing experiences and ideas across cultural and social groups throughout Victoria. While our first edition was just 72 pages, we now assemble student works that fill 572 colour pages. In 2016, 22 schools were involved in Shared Stories and we published the work of over 1,000 students from Foundation to VCE in 2016.
In 2016, the theme for Shared Stories was ‘Connection + Renewal’, which covered a range of interesting and challenging issues that are important to young people.
Our print and logistical management was provided once again by Mercedes Waratah, which also generously donated prizes for the November launch. Mr Stephen Kernahan, who was very generous with his time and interest in this project, represented Mercedes Waratah at the launch.
The Communications Office of the Archdiocese of Melbourne undertook the anthology’s graphic design and layout. We were once again very grateful to Ramesh Weereratne (Creative Director) and Damon Carr (Projects Officer) for their support. The Shared Stories schools are also most grateful to the Australian Catholic University, Catholic Church Insurance and Catholic Super for generously sponsoring the 2016 edition. These organisations have a long association with Shared Stories, which is vital to the ongoing success of this important project.
This year the Shared Stories Launch celebrated over a decade of expression by talented young people. Participation in the event from student musicians, comperes, poets and prayer readers again showcased the depth of talent of young people today. The strong bond between the Shared Stories schools continues to grow.
Our theme for 2017 is Journey. We look forward to the next instalment of this wonderful book.
Peter Farrar
Editor/ Curator
Shared Stories Anthology
Star of the Sea College
SHARED STORIES 2015 – Remembering
The 2015 anthology launch was on 27 November at Star of the Sea College, Brighton, Victoria. Our thanks go to our guest speaker Joshua Funder, author of the much acclaimed Watson's Pier. The 2015 Shared Stories Launch celebrated a decade of expression by talented young people. The theme was 'Remembering', expressed in the 572 page tenth edition of the anthology. Our keynote speaker was Dr Joshua Funder, author of Watson's Pier, with Dr Matthew Ryan from ACU and Chris Pearson, Head of English at PCW Melbourne, who reflected on a decade of story in both writing and art. Participation in the event from student musicians, comperes, poets, biography writers and prayer readers again showcased the depth of talent of young people today. Our sponsors, ACU, CCI Personal Insurance, Catholic Super, Catholic Development Fund and Merceds Waratah donated prizes. We were once again very grateful to Damon Carr from the Communications Office of the Archdiocese of Melbourne for his support. Twenty one schools were represented at the event. Peter Farrar Editor/ Curator Shared Stories Anthology Star of the Sea College |
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