Speaking Fire: First Nations Stories and Ideas – Story Week 2025

SPEAKING FIRE – FIRST NATIONS STORIES AND IDEAS
Story Week: Grow Deeper

Speaking Fire: a gathering of First Nations truth-tellers and truth-listeners, celebrating survival, resistance and Blak brilliance.

Opening Ceremony, performances, talks, workshops, show, Blak Space, stories and conversation – stay for the whole program of events or feel welcome to drop-in.

Opening Ceremony
12 pm–1 pm

Performances
1 pm–2 pm

Talk
2 pm–3 pm

Workshop
2 pm–3:30 pm

Workshop
3 pm–4:30 pm

Speaking Fire Show
5 pm–7 pm

Blak Space | POC Dinner | Conversation | Stories
7.30 pm–10 pm

CURATOR: Rob Waters

Redfern Community Centre, 29-53 Hugo St, Redfern NSW 2016

COST: $10–$15, free for Aboriginal and Zenadth Kes peoples.

See the full Story Week 2025 program at Word Travels. 

This project is in partnership with the City of Sydney.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body. This project is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW. Australian Poetry Slam and Story Week are also supported by Ubud Writers and Readers Festival; Singapore Writers Festival; Byron Writers Festival; and Mumbai LitFest.

Content Warning: Most Poetry events are all ages and some content may not be suitable for children. Performances may include strong language and / or adult themes.

Before booking your tickets, please read the information on our website regarding any health safety measures.

Speaking Fire artwork – artwork design Klo Davies, Ngundaan Marketing. Concepts: Rob Waters and Miles Merrill.

Word Travels acknowledges that we work, live, and tell stories on the unceded lands of the Gadigal People. We pay respect to their Elders past and present. Always was, always will be First Nations land.