Between the Lines: Storytelling Salon

Between the Lines: The Long Day

It’s the last Between the Lines of 2026, and the theme is THE LONG DAY.

Your longest day. The one that dragged through a hospital waiting room, or the one so good you would have done anything to keep the sun up. Maybe nothing much happened from the outside, but you remember every bloody minute.

On Saturday 28 November, we’re gathering at The Chestnut Tree Bookshop in West Footscray to hear the true stories behind those days, and we’d love you there.

Between the Lines is a seasonal storytelling night hosted by Aud Pitch. You don’t need to be a writer or have done anything like this before. If something happened to you and you want to tell us about it, that’s enough. Tell it by heart or read it straight off your phone, whatever gets it out of you.

Want to tell a story?

Put your name in through the storyteller sign-up form by Wednesday 25 November at 11:59PM. Aim for ten minutes, tops.

Signing up puts you in the storyteller pool; it doesn’t guarantee a speaking spot. Arrive by 7:45PM and check in with Aud so they know you’re there. Storytellers are called up during the night.

Everyone buys a ticket, whether you’re telling a story or coming to listen. That helps cover the cost of running the evening in a small, independent bookshop, and storytellers receive a glass of wine on the house.

Just coming to listen?

We need you too. There’s wine at the bar and index cards on the chairs in case someone else’s story shakes something loose in you. Come settle in among the books and spend the evening hearing what happened.

Saturday 28 November 2026
Doors 7:30PM · Stories 8–10PM
The Chestnut Tree Bookshop
542 Barkly St, West Footscray
Tickets $15 + booking fee · 18+

Questions or feeling nervous about telling? DM @audpitch on insta!