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Melville Storylines

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About Melville Storylines

Welcome to Melville Storylines, a celebration of story in all its forms held across the City of Melville for the month of October.

The program brings together the many and diverse ways in which we tell stories and sets out to captivate your curiosity, spark your imagination and celebrate human creativity.

Thanks to major supporter Lotterywest for a grant contribution to Melville Storylines that helps us build community connections through arts and culture activities. 

Melville Storylines 2024 Program

Oscar van Gass, Ilona McGuire, Andrea Thompson and Lakshmi Kanchi sitting together for Melville Storylines

What to Expect

Enjoy over 30 events, including author talks, panel discussions, film nights, book launches, creative workshops, poetry nights, a podcast, exhibitions, history in conversation, activities for children and families and special events from our 2024 feature artist Ilona McGuire and the Blak Dingo Club - an abundance of stories wait for you in the pockets and corners across the City.

Check out the events online or pick up a program from your local library or cultural precinct and book your place as spaces are limited. Dive in this October to celebrate story with us.

See what's coming up

Image credit: Oscar van Gass, Ilona McGuire, Andrea Thompson & Lakshmi Kanchi captured by Melissa Mills for Melville Storylines 2024

Blak Dingo Club by Ilona McGuire

Initiated by Bibbulmun Noongar and Kungarakan artist Ilona McGuire, the Blak Dingo Club is a Whadjuk-led community club for historically and politically conscious individuals to come together in truth-telling of our shared histories, harmony and celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander excellence. 

BLAK DINGO CLUB PROGRAM

Throughout October, visit AH Bracks Library and Wilgi Kaartdijin Mia Willagee Library to explore a thoughtfully curated collection of stories in a special library installation with the Blak Dingo Club Reading Nooks. 

Movie Nights celebrating Blak excellence, a Reading Group to share and discuss a powerful piece by Carol Pettersen and the ultimate Quiz Night. Book early as places are limited!

Blak Dingo Club events

IIona McGuire is the feature artist for Melville Storylines 2024, captured by Melissa Mills

Previous Melville Storylines

  • Melville Storylines

    Janine Browne is a writer, artist, poet, founder of the Black Dog Project and a resident of Melville. Janine was the feature artist for Melville Storylines 2023. Janine's Army of Ink characters were installed across the parks of Melville in a public art project, sharing stories of difference and strength because sometimes the stories we tell ourselves are the most powerful.

    An installation was showcased at AH Bracks Library + Creative Space to show the process of how Janine lovingly crafts and designs her handmade and self-published Browne Ink Studio books, Janine spoke in conversation at the library and was a feature guest on the first season of The Ville podcast, speaking to the power of story and imaginary friends.

  • Melville Storylines 2022

    Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa is a passionate storyteller who has a multi-disciplinary creative practice as a producer, writer, filmmaker, theatre-maker, performer, and educator and she grew up in Leeming. Sukhjit was the inaugural feature artist for Melville Storylines in 2022.

    Listen to ਪਰਦੇਸ Pardēs by Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa as she responds to belonging and place, and reads us an ode written by her to a colourful Punjabi-influenced childhood in Leeming, or read a copy of the poem here. 

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