Stella Day Out I Western Sydney Creative Supper Club

Event Name Stella Day Out I Western Sydney Creative Supper Club
Date 14 August 2025
Time 05:00 pm - 09:00 pm
Location

Parramatta South Campus

Address (Room): Margaret Whitlam Galleries, Whitlam Institute, Building EZ, Parramatta South Campus

Description

It’s finally here! Stella Day Out 2025 Sydney will be held in Parramatta as a collaborative mini-festival supported by Western Sydney Creative, the Writing and Society Research Centre and the School of HCA (WSU). This thrilling evening is a chance to come together and celebrate our shared love of creative cultures and literary communities across our region. WSC’s popular Supper Club format will meet Stella’s vision in supporting women and non-binary writers via grass-roots literary festivals. The Sydney Stella Day Out 2025 offers guests a chance to share dinner while enjoying a thought-provoking series of conversations about contemporary writing, alongside high-energy creative readings in the stunning Margaret Whitlam Galleries. Come along and celebrate the best in new writing from Western Sydney.

We are fortunate to run the Sydney Stella Day 2025 in partnership with the timely exhibition 'Always Was, Always Will Be Aboriginal Land - It's Our Birthright'. Guest Curated by Kyra Kum-Sing, this exhibition explores Aboriginal self-determination through art and activism and features artworks by artists and community members from Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Co-operative. The exhibition in the Margaret Whitlam Galleries is on display until 28 August. As a prelude to the festival, eminent novelist Professor Gail Jones will run a creative writing workshop for WSU postgraduate students (3pm-5pm).

'ALWAYS WAS, ALWAYS WILL BE ABORIGINAL LAND - IT'S OUR BIRTHRIGHT':
STELLA DAY OUT plus SUPPER CLUB – WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY (WSC/WSRC)

  • 5:00pm: Drinks/nibbles and chance to view 'Always Was, Always Will Be' exhibition (Margaret Whitlam Galleries)
  • 5:30pm: Welcome to Country and event welcome (MC Margaret Hancock) (seminar room)
  • 5:45pm: Opening conversation with Dr Mykaela Saunders and Associate Professor Kate Fagan (seminar room)
  • 6:30pm: Dinner
  • 7:15pm: Creative readings with Dr Mykaela Saunders, Jumaana Abdu, Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, and Sara M. Saleh (‘Always Was, Always Will Be’, Margaret Whitlam Gallery)
  • 7:45pm: Closing conversation with Jumaana Abdu, Randa Abdel-Fattah; moderated by Sara M. Saleh (seminar room)
  • 8.30pm: Closing remarks by Dr Kat Sandbach (Deputy Dean, SoHCA)

Web page: https://events.humanitix.com/stella-day-out-western-sydney

Contact

Name:

Emily Caws

E.Caws@westernsydney.edu.au

Phone: 0405628518

School / Department: Western Sydney Creative