StorySALOON
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StorySALOON 2025 wrap: Until next season
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're wrapping up our first year of growing the audience for Australian short stories and writers. Check out the 24 episodes we've produced this year ...
In the SALOON with Luke Johnson and Michelle Hamadache
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our latest 'In the SALOON with…', host Jane Messer talks with writers Luke Johnson and Michelle Hamadache. We delve into their short stories 'Fer...
'The Crane Flies' by Michelle Hamadache, read by Charlotte Salusinszky
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we’re going to hear the short story ‘The Crane Flies’ by Michelle Hamadache, read by Charlotte Salusinszky at StorySALOON's Nov ...
'Ferocious Animals', by Luke Johnson, read by Bayley Prendergast
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we’re going to hear the short story ‘Ferocious Animals’ by Luke Johnson, read by Bayley Prendergast. Johnson is the author of th...
'Zucchini' written and read by Monikka Eliah
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we hear 'Zucchini' written and read by Monikka Eliah. Eliah is a talented emerging writer and playwright from Fairfield, located Sydne...
In the SALOON with Ren Wyld and Katie Beckett
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our latest 'In the SALOON with…', host Jane Messer talks with writer Ren Wyld and actor and playwright Katie Beckett. Together, we delve into Wyl...
‘The Couples Therapist’ by Abigail Ulman, read by Amber McMahon
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we’re going to hear ‘The Couples Therapist, by Abigail Ulman from our October 7 show. Abigail Ulman is a talented short stor...
'Golden Hour’ by Claire Aman, read by Suzi Dougherty
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we’re going to hear ‘Golden Hour’ by Claire Aman, from our October 7 show. Claire is the consummate short story writer, and ‘G...
‘Clatter Tongue’, by K.A. Ren Wyld, read by Katie Beckett
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we’re going to hear ‘Clatter Tongue’, by K.A. Ren Wyld, from our October 7 show. Ren Wyld is a South Australian writer of Martu ...
In the SALOON with Jake Dean and Adam Dunn
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our latest 'In the SALOON with…', host Jane Messer talks with writer Jake Dean and actor and film writer Adam Dunn. We take a deep dive into J...
'Apocalypse, then?' by Jake Dean, read by Adam Dunn
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode we're going to hear 'Apocalypse, then?' by Jake Dean, read by Adam Dunn. Jake Dean writes shorts stories and rides waves on Kau...
'Dance Hall Days' by Christos Tsiolkas, read by Alex Dimitriades
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode we're going to hear 'Dance Hall Days' by Christos Tsiolkas, read by Alex Dimitriades. Tsiolkas is the Melbourne-born, Greek-Aus...
'The Skit' by Roanna Gonsalves, read by Vinaya Elijala
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode we're going to hear 'The Skit' by Roanna Gonsalves, read by Vinaya Elijala. Gonsalves’ short story ‘The Skit’ is from her...
In the SALOON with Margo Lanagan and Paul Capsis
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our latest 'In the SALOON with…', host Jane Messer talks with writer Margo Lanagan and performer, Paul Capsis. We take a deep dive into Margo...
'In Disguise, Lying Low' by Anne Casey-Hardy, read by Esha Jessy
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode we’re going to hear ‘In Disguise, Lying Low’ by Anne Casey-Hardy, read by Esha Jessy. The story is taken from Anne’s de...
'Singing My Sister Down' by Margo Lanagan, read by Paul Capsis
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we’re going to hear Margo Lanagan’s short story ‘Singing My Sister Down’, read by Paul Capsis. This is a story with a big hear...
Three flash fictions by Gillian O'Shaughnessy, read by Monica Sayers
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we present three flash fictions by West Australian writer Gillian O'Shaughnessy, from our June live show. Gillian is an award-winning ...
'In the SALOON with' Paddy O'Reilly and Monica Sayers
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to 'In the Saloon With...', where StorySALOON host Jane Messer meets with an author and actor from the live show for a deep-dive into the writ...
'Baggage Claim' by Paddy O'Reilly, read by Monica Sayers
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our final story from StorySALOON's live 6 May show is 'Baggage Claim' by Paddy O'Reilly. Paddy's novels and short stories have won and been shortliste...
'GPS' by Cate Kennedy, read by Jules Billington
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week's short story is 'GPS' by Cate Kennedy. It's a short story for lovers of twisted fairy tales and bushland suspense. Every girl should have a...
'Aitu' by Oliver Coulter, read by Chris Alosio
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week's short story is 'Aitu' by Oliver Coulter, was performed live by Chris Alosio for StorySALOON on May 6, 2025 at The Vanguard, Newtown. A you...
'In the SALOON With...' Nic Low and Taofia Pelesasa and host Jane Messer
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first of our in-depth conversations, 'In the Saloon With...', where StorySALOON host Jane Messer meets with an author and actor from t...
'Protocols of Transference', by Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker, read by Dakotah Love
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week's short story is 'Protocols of Transference' by Kathryn Gledhill-Tucker, a Nyungar technologist, writer, and digital rights activist living ...
'Octopus' by Nic Low, read by Taofia Pelesasa
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week's short story is 'Octopus' by Nic Low, a writer of Ngāi Tahu Māori and European heritage. Based in Melbourne and New Zealand, Nic is the a...
"Tinder Date" by Monique Choy, read by Zoe Carides
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week's short story is "Tinder Date", written by Sydney fiction and travel writer Monique Choy. It's an inner city - rural love story. Set in a Ma...
Introducing StorySALOON: Short Stories, Centre Stage
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
StorySALOON Podcast is your listen-anytime creative fix— contemporary short stories published in our best journals and anthologies, written by award...