Hurry along to Sticky or PolyEster to get your free copy of Story To… Issue One The last 20 copies will shortly be on the shelves of both these lovely stores and it will be your last chance to get your mits on your very own edition.
Kate x
Category Archives: Issue One
Put it in the post
A few people have requested copies of Story To… Issue One be posted to them so I spent a bit of time in the weekend cutting, gluing and packaging up editions to send out. All with hand-written notes of course. They’ll all be sent out this Thursday.
Kate x
All the lovely packages
Story To… is well and truly out there
Story To… has been well and truly launched. Firstly, on Wednesday 9 July, Kate and a good Story To… friend Eliza Park got dressed up in what looked more like trolly dolly outfits but were actually meant to look like hot train conductor outfits. Sticky Institute let us use their girls toilets to get ready in, where make-up artist Katie Tregar applied our faces and Richard Ibrahim was allowed in to take photographs of the whole process. As it neared 6pm Eliza and I, all dolled up, nervously crept towards the door that opened onto Degraves Subway. After hanging around by the door for some time debating the best ways to make our entrance and whether two people passing every three seconds was a steady enough flow we decided to just go for it and strode out yelling “free short story, get your free short story” and “short story to (insert relevant suburb)”. This was to the bemusement of many older suited men, the joy of Sticky staff and other Degraves shop owners and the scowls of only a few passers-by (thank god). It took us about ten minutes to hand out fifty copies of Story To… which we both thought was pretty good. Anyway, the photos will probably give you a better idea of what actually went on so here they are:
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- Eliza Park and Kate Nicholson with Story To… Issue 1
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- Handing out Story To… Issue 1 to unsuspecting commuters
Our second (official) launch party, kindly organised by Lisa Pham and Vibewire, was the Melbourne Media Makers Showcase on Sunday 13 July at Horse Bazaar. All four projects were launched to a crowd of around fifty people, with sound performances, story readings and an acoustic set. Photos will be available soon (hopefully). It was a proud moment for Beth and I and we want to again thank the many people who were involved in getting Story To… out into the world.
Kate x
Rival to mX hits the subway
The newest publication to grace the hands of Melbourne commuters will be launched on Wednesday 9 July.
Make sure you’re at Degraves Subway, outside Sticky Institute, from 4 – 6pm to grab your limited edition free copy of the first issue of Story To…
With photography and fiction pieces by local emerging creators the publication is a sensory feast, designed to make the journey to and from work or school that much easier. At 12 pages it’s a short read and, being transport themed, aims to make you look at your surroundings in a different light.
Story To… was co-founded and edited by Kate Nicholson and Beth Keating and has been produced with the help of a grant from Vibewire’s Melbourne Media Makers program.
‘We’ve been working on this idea for over a year so it’s great to see Story To… in print,’ Ms Nicholson said. `We’re just happy we can offer Melbourne’s public a great read for their daily commute.’
A reading of one of the Story To… pieces will take place at the Melbourne Media Makers Showcase at Horse Bazaar on Sunday 13 July, 4-9pm.
‘Vibewire is pleased to be giving young people the opportunity to create their own media,’ said Lisa Pham, Project Coordinator for the Melbourne Media Makers 2008 program.
Work has already begun on Story To… Issue Two so keep your eyes peeled for the next instalment of this soon-to-be Melbourne institution.
A PDF of the publication is also available for download on this website.
Issue One is here!
The first issue of Story To… is here – and just a click away.
Based around the theme of Melbourne trains, Issue One offers a series of compelling short stories and images by some of the city’s most exciting emerging writers and artists.
So, what do you think?
This project was completed with the assistance of Vibewire’s Media Makers Mini Fund. For any enquiries, comments or agony aunt-esque issues, please contact us.
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