voicesofwomen's podcast

Narrated by Haya Arzidin and Kalina Davis, with original music and soundscape by Elizabeth Jigalin. An excerpt from Dubbo What's Your Story? Live at The Exchange, 30 Sept 2025 presented by Voices of Women. Stories developed in workshops by Abrar Elnawam, Anu Khadka, Anya Koirala, Erifili Davis, Felicia Shannon, Gargi Ganguly, Loubna Taleb, Patricia Strahorn, Salam Taleb. A special thank you to Sha...

Hello from Coffs Harbour / Garlambirla! As First Nations and multicultural women gathered to listen, share and connect on Gumbaynggirr Country, our Composer in Residence, Elizabeth Jigalin, transformed the storytelling into a musical world. Check in to the Creative + Connected workshop at The Gallery, Saltwater Freshwater Arts Alliance, and find out what happens when women come together and create...

As First Nations and multicultural women gathered to listen, share and connect on Gumbaynggirr Country, our Composer in Residence, Elizabeth Jigalin, transformed the storytelling into a musical world. Check in to the Creative + Connected workshop at The Gallery, Saltwater Freshwater Arts Alliance, and find out what happens when women come together and create.  Voices of Women Artistic Director Lli...

U N D E R C U R R E N T S A Voices of Women Workshop, Watt Space, Newcastle Writers Festival 2026. Maggie Hall, Julia Svoice and Meg Dione Rogers.

U N D E R C U R R E N T S A Voices of Women Workshop, Watt Space, Newcastle Writers Festival 2026. Abbey Bailey, Chloe Watts, Maggie Hall and Kellie Hackney.

U N D E R C U R R E N T S A Voices of Women Workshop, Watt Space, Newcastle Writers Festival 2026. Joelle Price, Tarni Cruickshank, Kellie Hackney and Julia Svoice. 

U N D E R C U R R E N T S Voices of Women Workshop, Watt Space, Newcastle Writers Festival Victoria Kennedy and Meg Dione-Rodgers.

U N D E R C U R R E N T S Voices of Women Workshop, Watt Space, Newcastle Writers Festival Abbey Bailey.   

U N D E R C U R R E N T S Voices of Women Workshop at The Watt Space, Newcastle Writers Festival 2026. Geraldine Coren and Suzie Stephens-Warren.  

'Her eyes were entranced by the water, her body as still as its surface, while her mind raced like the currents beneath.' Find out what happens next on the banks of the Wambuul on Tubba-Gah Wiradjuri Country in Dubbo.   Short story written by Shannon Barnes. Narrated by Kalina Davis, with original music and soundscape by Elizabeth Jigalin.  An excerpt from Dubbo What's Your Story? Live at The Exch...

From eight nations to one powerful gathering - women create stories on Tubba-Gah Wiradjuri Country in Dubbo, performed by actors and musicians who bring their words to life, weaving a powerful soundscape of belonging, inflowness and peace. Narrated by Haya Arzidin and Kalina Davis, with original music and soundscape by Elizabeth Jigalin.  An excerpt from Dubbo What's Your Story? Live at The Exchan...

Welcome to Sambandha/Connections.  Sambandha  is the Sanskirt word for 'connection' and we are excited to present this podcast featuring the stories created together by Ryde women, with a focus on the South Asian community. The podcasts are a crystallisation of our internal and external voices, often indistinguishable as one voice.  Speaker/writer: Samantha Sirimanne Hyde Artistic Director: Lliane...

Welcome to Sambandha/Connections.  Sambandha  is the Sanskirt word for 'connection' and we are excited to present this podcast featuring the stories created together by Ryde women, with a focus on the South Asian community. The podcasts are a crystallisation of our internal and external voices, often indistinguishable as one voice.  Speaker/writer: Suchie Pande Artistic Director : Lliane Clarke Co...

Welcome to Sambandha/Connections. Sambandha  is the Sanskirt word for 'connection' and we are excited to present this podcast featuring the stories created together by Ryde women, with a focus on the South Asian community. The podcasts are a crystallisation of our internal and external voices, often indistinguishable as one voice.  Speaker/writer: Yasmin Tambiah Artistic Director : Lliane Clarke C...

Welcome to Sambandha/Connections.  Sambandha  is the Sanskirt word for 'connection' and we are excited to present this podcast featuring the stories created together by Ryde women, with a focus on the South Asian community. The podcasts are a crystallisation of our internal and external voices, often indistinguishable as one voice.  Speaker/writers: Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad, Zita Arends and...

Welcome to Sambandha/Connections.  Sambandha is the Sanskirt word for 'connection' and we are excited to present this podcast featuring the stories created together by Ryde women, with a focus on the South Asian community. The podcasts are a crystallisation of our internal and external voices, often indistinguishable as one voice.  Workshop participants and writers: Krish Alahakoom, Zita Arends, G...

  Welcome to Sambandha/Connections.  Sambandha is the Sanskirt word for 'connection' and we are excited to present this podcast featuring the stories created together by Ryde women, with a focus on the South Asian community. The podcasts are a crystallisation of our internal and external voices, often indistinguishable as one voice.  Workshop participants and writers: Krish Alahakoom, Zita Arends,...

Dubbo. Once upon a time in Dubbo, women went walking.   Podcast created as part of 'Dubbo Connection' on Tubba-Gah (maing) Wiradjuri Country supported by the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) Future Drought Program. Facilitated by Voices of Women Artistic Director Lliane Clarke and Studio 138 Director Erifili Davis with Composer and Musician Elizabeth Jigalin. Participants, writers an...

In Dubbo, cars rule. Or do they?   Podcast created as part of 'Dubbo Connection' on Tubba-Gah (maing) Wiradjuri Country supported by the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) Future Drought Program. Facilitated by Voices of Women Artistic Director Lliane Clarke and Studio 138 Director Erifili Davis with Composer and Musician Elizabeth Jigalin. Participants, writers and readers: Shannon Ba...

This place. Where we live.  Podcast created as part of 'Dubbo Connection' on Tubba-Gah (maing) Wiradjuri Country supported by the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) Future Drought Program. Facilitated by Voices of Women Artistic Director Lliane Clarke and Studio 138 Director Erifili Davis with Composer and Musician Elizabeth Jigalin. Participants, writers and readers: Shannon Barnes, V...

Dubbo. I never knew I was blind to the beauty of the ordinary.  I never knew my soul could dance. I never knew I would be part of the narration of an optic, as we walk in a shared space.   Podcast created as part of 'Dubbo Connection' on Tubba-Gah (maing) Wiradjuri Country supported by the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) Future Drought Program. Facilitated by Voices of Women Artisti...

Newcastle. Sheets of Paperbark. Archives of the years gone by, in files packed away.  Podcast created and recorded at Newcastle Writers Festival Storymaking Workshop on Awabakal Country in The Watt Space Gallery, supported by WHiP Collective of Women Artists. Facilitated by Voices of Women Artistic Director Lliane Clarke and Madhullikaa Singh.  Participants, writers and readers: Sharon Allibone, E...

Newcastle. Walking the streets, finding the portrait mural of Alex Walsh by Inari Meyers dominating Auckland Street.  Podcast created and recorded at Newcastle Writers Festival Storymaking Workshop on Awabakal Country in The Watt Space Gallery, supported by WHiP Collective of Women Artists. Facilitated by Voices of Women Artistic Director Lliane Clarke and Madhullikaa Singh.  Participants, writers...

Newcastle. Did my sense of familiarity betray me? Would I have been braver with the choices I made? Is what I'm seeing real? Podcast created and recorded at Newcastle Writers Festival Storymaking Workshop on Awabakal Country in The Watt Space Gallery, supported by WHiP Collective of Women Artists. Facilitated by Voices of Women Artistic Director Lliane Clarke and Madhullikaa Singh.  Participants,...

Newcastle. The pavement trees locked down in Auckland Street look longingly at the shining pearls and shimmering diamonds roaming free in the park.  Podcast created and recorded at Newcastle Writers Festival Storymaking Workshop on Awabakal Country in The Watt Space Gallery, supported by WHiP Collective of Women Artists. Facilitated by Voices of Women Artistic Director Lliane Clarke and Madhullika...