2024 – Fremantle, WA

The University of Notre Dame

We are beyond excited to be partnering with the University of Notre Dame to host the 2024 Australian Short Story Festival at their stunning Fremantle campus. The University has shown great enthusiasm for the festival and a shared love of the short form in Australia and we can’t wait to welcome readers and writers onto its grounds to celebrate that love. More info on campus locations to come!


2023 – Adelaide, SA

Fullarton Park Community Centre

The 2023 Australian Short Story Festival will take place in the gorgeous Fullarton Park Community Centre in Adelaide, South Australia. Offering spacious rooms for talks and panels and intimate seminar spaces for our workshops, the community centre also has beautiful gardens and lawns in which to relax between sessions and take in the beautiful November sun. The Fullarton Park Community Centre is located just a 15-minute walk and a 3-minute drive from our 2023 accommodation partner, The Arkaba Hotel.