Centre for Stories

Victor Adeseolu – 'Based On My Visa' by Centre for Stories

Zooming In is a podcast that tells stories of 2020, but it's not a COVID podcast. It's about how life keeps going, even through a global pandemic. - 2020 impacted people in many different ways. For Stevie Lane, it was a year of healing. - This podcast collection was made possible with funding from Lotterywest.

Zooming In is a podcast that tells stories of 2020, but it's not a COVID podcast. It's about how life keeps going, even through a global pandemic. - No matter where he ends up, Eduardo Araújo will always remember where he's come from. Looking back now, he knows that the opportunities he's had, and the person he's become, are all because his parents had a plan. - This podcast collection was made po...

Although he was half-Chinese, half-English and entirely Australian, people only ever saw entrepreneur and successful businessman Charles Washing as Chinese. Charles came to Perth at the turn of the 20th century to run his family’s furniture-making company, but racist legislature and attitudes from European businessmen who wanted to keep profits to themselves became huge obstacles to his success. L...

The rights of the LGBTQ+ community in Perth would not be where they are today without the instrumental campaigning of Campaign Against Moral Persecution, otherwise known as CAMP. Speaking with some of the original founders of CAMP – Brian Lindberg, Graham Douglas and Vivienne Cass – we explore CAMP’s enormous fight for equality and gay rights that began in Perth in the 1970s. Listen to the latest...

Zooming In is a podcast that tells stories of 2020, but it's not a COVID podcast. It's about how life keeps going, even through a global pandemic. - Moira Mudzimwa knows that community is at the core of empowerment. She started Black and CUTE to support girls from African backgrounds living in Kalgoorlie to embrace their identity and be proud of who they are.  - This podcast collection was made po...

Zooming In is a podcast that tells stories of 2020, but it's not a COVID podcast. It's about how life keeps going, even through a global pandemic. - Moira Mudzimwa knows that community is at the core of empowerment. She started Black and CUTE to support girls from African backgrounds living in Kalgoorlie to embrace their identity and be proud of who they are. - This podcast collection was made pos...

Zooming In is a podcast that tells stories of 2020, but it's not a COVID podcast. It's about how life keeps going, even through a global pandemic. - Valerie Weyland believes that healing is dynamic – some days are sunshine, and some days are crashing waves. - This podcast collection was made possible with funding from Lotterywest.

Zooming In is a podcast that tells stories of 2020, but it's not a COVID podcast. It's about how life keeps going, even through a global pandemic. - After living a big life abroad, 2020 forced Garick Lee back home to his childhood home, his childhood bedroom, and thoughts of his childhood self. - This podcast collection was made possible with funding from Lotterywest.

Zooming In is a podcast that tells stories of 2020, but it's not a COVID podcast. It's about how life keeps going, even through a global pandemic. - A story across two generations – from Chinameca, El Salvador, to Perth, Australia. - This podcast collection was made possible with funding from Lotterywest.

Zooming In is a podcast that tells stories of 2020, but it's not a COVID podcast. It's about how life keeps going, even through a global pandemic. - A story across two generations – from Chinameca, El Salvador, to Perth, Australia. - This podcast collection was made possible with funding from Lotterywest.

Zooming In is a podcast that tells stories of 2020, but it's not a COVID podcast. It's about how life keeps going, even through a global pandemic. - The distance through the pandemic has made Saadia Ahmed realise that although she’s many things – a writer, a feminist, an activist, a friend to many – an important part of her identity is that she's Fizza's big sister. - This podcast collection was m...

Kaya married the first boy she ever dated. At first, it was like a quintessential love story, but not soon after it was clear that some things needed to change.

Untold Stories of Perth is a podcast series funded by the City of Perth exploring fascinating and lesser-known histories of our city. Centre for Stories produced three episodes to contribute to this collection. Take a listen to learn about the punk music scene in 1970s Perth, the history and legacy of St Catherine’s College, and the deeply significant past of the Perth Mosque.

Untold Stories of Perth is a podcast series funded by the City of Perth exploring fascinating and lesser-known histories of our city. Centre for Stories produced three episodes to contribute to this collection. Take a listen to learn about the punk music scene in 1970s Perth, the history and legacy of St Catherine’s College, and the deeply significant past of the Perth Mosque.

Untold Stories of Perth is a podcast series funded by the City of Perth exploring fascinating and lesser-known histories of our city. Centre for Stories produced three episodes to contribute to this collection. Take a listen to learn about the punk music scene in 1970s Perth, the history and legacy of St Catherine’s College, and the deeply significant past of the Perth Mosque.

Liberty Jackson is a drag performer coming from experiences between London and Perth. Learn about how she found her drag persona, finding a performance style and dealing with the balance between popularity and political performance.

In this story, Emery Wishart worked alongside Sisonke Msimang to craft and perfect his story. About Emery: My name is Emery Wishart. I’m a young pre-service primary school teacher with a passion for supporting trans and gender diverse community development. I spent my adolescent years in country WA and want to share my experience of coming into my queer identity. The Centre for Stories collected a...

“In Australia I will be…” is a series of stories collected in collaboration with the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) at North Metropolitan TAFE. Four AMEP students underwent a series of storytelling workshops at the Centre for Stories to learn the art of positive storytelling to empower them for training and employment opportunities. These stories profile some of the hard-working migrants who...

“In Australia I will be…” is a series of stories collected in collaboration with the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) at North Metropolitan TAFE. Four AMEP students underwent a series of storytelling workshops at the Centre for Stories to learn the art of positive storytelling to empower them for training and employment opportunities. These stories profile some of the hard-working migrants who...

Zooming In is a podcast that tells stories of 2020, but it's not a COVID podcast. It's about how life keeps going, even through a global pandemic. - Chris Lin believes in writing as a force for activism. Stories and poetry have been his source of strength as he watches the conflict unfold in his home country of Burma. - This podcast collection was made possible with funding from Lotterywest.

This is a conversation from 'Still and Yet', collected at Side Walks 2021. It features Kim Scott and Elfie Shiosaki.

This is a conversation from 'Still Got It', collected at Side Walks 2021. It features Sisonke Msimang, Caroline Wood, and Jane den Hollander.

This is a recording from 'Still, I Rise', a bilingual poetry reading held as part of Side Walks 2021. It features poets Karen Escobar, Dureshawar Khan, Afeif Ismail, and Daniel Hansen.

This is a conversation from 'Still Life', collected at Side Walks 2021. It features Carmie Olowoyo in conversation with his father Segun Olowoyo.