Projects

An evening of live storytelling held on the last Sunday of the month, hosted by Rob Carlton & Adrienne Ferreira.

Returns 23rd February.

What to do when your live storytelling show keeps selling out? Make a podcast! We’ll be bringing you the best of Bravewords Live in a weekly audio show so you can re-visit your favourite stories, catch the ones you missed, and share them easily with your friends. Launching February.

Eight writers with completely different experiences and sensibilities gathered at WestWords to write a play in 48 hours. How on earth? With Creative Director Augusta Supple!

August 2024: a creative collaboration between the Australian South Sea Islander community in Mackay, Bravewords, and Nadia Townsend, supported by the Regional Arts Development Fund QLD.

Live Storytelling and author talks at the Coast's own writers festival, Words on the Waves.

In 2023, Bravewords partnered with the Rose Scott Women Writers’ Festival in Sydney for their 10th anniversary, presented by The Women’s Club.

A collection of true stories written and illustrated by locals. This community project was produced by Bravewords and supported by Central Coast Council.

A community project that develops true stories from local residents and connects them with emerging artists to illustrate.

Held in June 2023, this inter-cultural project shared diverse stories of farming families who live in the valleys and mountains of the Central Coast.

Held in June 2023 the series of cultural events brought family, friends and the wider community together to celebrate life, have fun and connect to our deep Aboriginal history, settlement and who we are today.

Exhibited at The Entrance in March 2023, Sea of Faces was part of Place Maker, a free arts festival presented by Central Coast Council and a mob of talented local creatives.

In partnership with Bravewords and Central Coast Council, this year Laycock Street Community Theatre presented Coastlives, 3 live storytelling events where everyday people told incredible true stories you don’t hear every day.

Stories of resilience, achievement, love and loss from the everyday lives of women on the Peninsula.

A community project that develops true stories from local residents and connects them with emerging artists to illustrate.

Stories of Place was a 2021 community storytelling project designed by Bravewords, in collaboration with Treehouse Art Studio, supported by 5 Lands Walk & PJ Donnellan & Co.

During the first Coronavirus lockdown, Cliff woke in the middle of the night with an idea. Unable to travel to Sydney to visit his three young granddaughters – Lulu, Nina and Inez – he would send them a letter. But not just any letter: he would send them a story about the adventures of three sisters, who happened to have quite a bit in common with his granddaughters…

Mini-memoirs for Village residents turning 100 across Australia.

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