Fish Creek’s unique standing as a destination for children’s literature and storytelling.
Fishy Stories will enchant children of all ages including those young at heart. It will nurture their aspirations and imaginations. Cultivate love, interest and engagement with words, literature, art, music and performance. It will provide engagement and work for established and emerging authors, illustrators, artists and performers. Its physical core will be a fillip for local traders, contractors and their community.
Fishy Stories Festival 2023
The two day festival in Fish Creek is where families both local and visiting will converge on Fish Creek for a weekend of free workshops by authors and illustrators, ticketed children’s performances by Cirque Disarray, Dr Hubble and Luigi Zucchini, selected Writing Challenge stories being performed live by actors and storytellers, presentations from the Indigenous Literacy Foundation, MyLi Libraries and events all day storytelling and story making.
We believe
Stories are at the heart of belonging
Heartfelt stories are the cultural bond that hold us together
Powerful stories help us honour the past, delight in the present and imagine and reimagine the future
Stories determine who we are, where we are and who we can become
Stories are the source of identity, wonder and wellness
Our purpose is to delight and engage children young and old in the joyful magic and life-force of stories tall and true
Our Purpose
To enthral children and families in the art of sharing and making stories, liberating wonder, children’s imaginations and the joy of stories
Our Vision
To cultivate and inspire children’s aspirations, imagination, interest, and engagement with Literature, Art, Music and Performance through:
The world of storytelling and story-making
Pictures and words
Creative and stimulating, interactive and joyful activities.
Our Mission
Fishy Stories will delight, ignite, and inspire a passion for the sharing of the ageless art of making stories.
The Fishy Stories Committee
Deb Bray, Jenny Alexander, Elisa Nudelman, Gabrielle Gloury, Jodi Hey and Mark Avery.
