Warrnambool Storytelling Festival

18/08/2026

Can you help One Day Studios bring the next episode of Mabel & Switch to life? Register now for the Kickstarter notification!

Being a social enterprise and working with young people actually costs quite a bit of money - we receive no ongoing government funding, all our profits come from our classes and workshops plus the occasional commercial gig. We're launching a Kickstarter to help us finish off Mabel & Switch - it's close to finished, but we need your help, for real.

We will have a huge array of awesome rewards for backers that we've been working on - follow our pre-launch page to be notified first!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/onedaystudios/mabel-and-switch-the-next-chapter

17/08/2026

One of the many highlights of Gather Together 2026 with Warrnambool Community Garden - thanks Laura Bowman Music!

03/08/2026

It's a significant moment! The final book in the locally-created First Nations adventure series, Wylah the Koorie Warrior, hits Australian shelves today. Check out the Collins Booksellers Warrnambool launch party with One Day Studios too!

Grand finale for Warrnambool's own warrior hero.

01/08/2026

WOW 😍

These things don't just happen - an incredible amount of work goes into bringing events like this together. Amazing stuff Port Fairy Literary Weekend!

If you love events that bring vibrancy and wonder to our region then please share, and then book yourself a ticket too if you're able to come along.

Early ticket sales are hugely appreciated by all event organisers so don't put it off - book now and claim your place! Early bookings also ensure you don't miss out. If you are on the Collins Booksellers Warrnambool waitlist for the launch of Jock Serong's book you might want to check out his PFLW event too! Bookings open later today!

We're so ready for this, just say when Jo and we'll be ticket clicking! 🤓

30/07/2026

This Saturday at Lighthouse Theatre!
Looking forward to this show from Shake & Stir Theatre Co 🍎

27/07/2026

We loved this surprise performance from the Orlando cast at The Prologue! Even Harpistry were in on the flashmob, putting on their most scandalised faces as Mrs Grimsditch and a multitude of Virginia Woolfs took over the room 🤭

Orlando kicks off at Lighthouse Theatre Warrnambool in Sept but first, make sure you head along to the FREE Page to Stage event at Warrnambool Library & Learning Centre where the show's director, producer and three cast members will be discussing the adaptation of the novel and how it is being brought to life for theatre audiences in Warrnambool.

Wednesday 5th Aug - book now via the library website!

17/07/2026

Two weeks left to get your early bird tickets! DO IT NOW SO YOU DON'T FORGET.

Warrnambool Theatre Company

14/07/2026

Don't want the stories to stop? Head over to Collins Booksellers Warrnambool and enter the draw for a free ticket to UNDERSCORE!

We have two tickets to UNDERSCORE to give away! 🤩🤩🤩

Our friends at Lighthouse Theatre are letting us treat two of our followers to an evening of rich literary and musical experience where storytelling and song intertwine.

Live readings by writers Jane Clifton and Wayne Macauley will be accompanied by Sally Ford and the Idiomatics performing songs filled with wryly observed lyrics on lived experience.

TO SCORE A TICKET (value $49):

✨️ Like this post and tag a friend who also loves music and literature 🎼📖

Winners will be selected at random and announced in a separate post on Friday 17th July (not in comments of this post).

The event will be held 7:30pm Wed 22nd July at Warrnambool Library

Good luck!

13/07/2026

Check out the winners of the Story Kids Book Cover Challenge as voted by the public at Warrnambool Library!

🥇First prize, 5-7 years: 'The Black Wings'
🥇 First Prize, 8+: 'Flight'
🥈 Second Prize, 5-7 years: 'Fantastic Animals that Fly'
🥈 Second Prize, 8+: 'Under the Surface'

Thank you to all the young creatives who were inspired by our theme of FLIGHT and let their imaginations take wing.

The winners will be contacted directly and arrangements made for delivery of the first prizes sponsored by Deakin University, Warrnambool Campus and second prize sponsored by Collins Booksellers Warrnambool.