voicesofwomen's podcast

From eight nations to one powerful gathering - women create stories on Tubba-Gah Wiradjuri Country in Dubbo, performed by actors and musicians who bring their words to life, weaving a powerful soundscape of belonging, inflowness and peace. Narrated by Haya Arzidin and Kalina Davis, with original music and soundscape by Elizabeth Jigalin.  An excerpt from Dubbo What’s Your Story? Live at The Exchange, 30 Sept 2025 presented by Voices of Women. Stories developed in workshops by Abrar Elnawam, Anu Khadka, Anya Koirala, Erifili Davis, Felicia Shannon, Gargi Ganguly, Loubna Taleb, Patricia Strahorn, Salam Taleb. A special thank you to Shannon Barnes for contributing her short story, called Untitled. Stories were edited and arranged by Lliane Clarke and Clementine Anderson. Thank you to Aunty Irene Peachey for her participation at the Dubbo Local Aboriginal Land Council, and to the support of Khaleb Tabel Connecting to Communities Dubbo, Gargi Ganguly Oriscon Dubbo and Erifili Davis Studio 138. Thank you RDA Orana for The Exchange. Artistic Director: Lliane Clarke Assistant Producer: Clementine Anderson Community Co-Producer: Shannon Barnes This Multicultural Grassroots Initiative received grant funding from the Australian Government and support from the Carla Zampatti Foundation.  READ MORE  

'Her eyes were entranced by the water, her body as still as its surface, while her mind raced like the currents beneath.' Find out what happens next on the banks of the Wambuul on Tubba-Gah Wiradjuri Country in Dubbo.   Short story written by Shannon Barnes. Narrated by Kalina Davis, with original music and soundscape by Elizabeth Jigalin.  An excerpt from Dubbo What’s Your Story? Live at The Exchange, 30 Sept 2025 presented by Voices of Women.  Artistic Director: Lliane Clarke Assistant Producer: Clementine Anderson Community Co-Producer: Shannon Barnes This Multicultural Grassroots Initiative received grant funding from the Australian Government and support from the Carla Zampatti Foundation.  READ MORE  

Welcome to Sambandha/Connections. Sambandha is the Sanskirt word for ‘connection’ and we are excited to present this podcast featuring the stories created together by Ryde women, with a focus on the South Asian community. The podcasts are a crystallisation of our internal and external voices, often indistinguishable as one voice.  Speaker/writer: Samantha Sirimanne Hyde Artistic Director: Lliane Clarke Co-Producer, Workshop Co-Facilitator: Hasitha Adhikariarachchi Co-Producer: Samantha Sirimanne Hyde We acknowledge the land of the Wallumedegal people, the traditional owners of the Country upon which this work was created, and pay our respects to their Elders, past and present. We thank City of Ryde Council for their support for this program.

Welcome to Sambandha/Connections. Sambandha is the Sanskirt word for ‘connection’ and we are excited to present this podcast featuring the stories created together by Ryde women, with a focus on the South Asian community. The podcasts are a crystallisation of our internal and external voices, often indistinguishable as one voice.  Speaker/writer: Suchie PandeArtistic Director: Lliane ClarkeCo-Producer, Workshop Co-Facilitator: Hasitha AdhikariarachchiCo-Producer: Samantha Sirimanne Hyde We acknowledge the land of the Wallumedegal people, the traditional owners of the Country upon which this work was created, and pay our respects to their Elders, past and present. We thank City of Ryde Council for their support for this program.

Welcome to Sambandha/Connections. Sambandha is the Sanskirt word for ‘connection’ and we are excited to present this podcast featuring the stories created together by Ryde women, with a focus on the South Asian community. The podcasts are a crystallisation of our internal and external voices, often indistinguishable as one voice.  Speaker/writer: Yasmin TambiahArtistic Director: Lliane ClarkeCo-Producer, Workshop Co-Facilitator: Hasitha AdhikariarachchiCo-Producer: Samantha Sirimanne Hyde We acknowledge the land of the Wallumedegal people, the traditional owners of the Country upon which this work was created, and pay our respects to their Elders, past and present. We thank City of Ryde Council for their support for this program.

Welcome to Sambandha/Connections. Sambandha is the Sanskirt word for ‘connection’ and we are excited to present this podcast featuring the stories created together by Ryde women, with a focus on the South Asian community. The podcasts are a crystallisation of our internal and external voices, often indistinguishable as one voice.  Speaker/writers: Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad, Zita Arends and Bindu Narula. Artistic Director: Lliane ClarkeCo-Producer, Workshop Co-Facilitator: Hasitha AdhikariarachchiCo-Producer: Samantha Sirimanne Hyde We acknowledge the land of the Wallumedegal people, the traditional owners of the Country upon which this work was created, and pay our respects to their Elders, past and present. We thank City of Ryde Council for their support for this program.

Welcome to Sambandha/Connections. Sambandha is the Sanskirt word for ‘connection’ and we are excited to present this podcast featuring the stories created together by Ryde women, with a focus on the South Asian community. The podcasts are a crystallisation of our internal and external voices, often indistinguishable as one voice.  Workshop participants and writers: Krish Alahakoom, Zita Arends, Gwen Bitti, Monica Castillo, Devni, Edilia Ford, Denise Lavell, Yasasi Malmeewala, Shirley Mower, Bindu Narula, Suchie Pande, Ruth Pietersen, Angeline Singam, Subha, Yasmin Tambiah, Sanindi Perera, Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad, Thalatha Wijerathne. Artistic Director: Lliane Clarke Co-Producer, Workshop Co-Facilitator: Hasitha Adhikariarachchi Co-Producer: Samantha Sirimanne Hyde We acknowledge the land of the Wallumedegal people, the traditional owners of the Country upon which this work was created, and pay our respects to their Elders, past and present. We thank City of Ryde Council for their support for this program.

  Welcome to Sambandha/Connections. Sambandha is the Sanskirt word for ‘connection’ and we are excited to present this podcast featuring the stories created together by Ryde women, with a focus on the South Asian community. The podcasts are a crystallisation of our internal and external voices, often indistinguishable as one voice.  Workshop participants and writers: Krish Alahakoom, Zita Arends, Gwen Bitti, Monica Castillo, Devni, Edilia Ford, Denise Lavell, Yasasi Malmeewala, Shirley Mower, Bindu Narula, Suchie Pande, Ruth Pietersen, Angeline Singam, Subha, Yasmin Tambiah, Sanindi Perera, Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad, Thalatha Wijerathne. Artistic Director: Lliane Clarke Co-Producer, Workshop Co-Facilitator: Hasitha Adhikariarachchi Co-Producer: Samantha Sirimanne Hyde We acknowledge the land of the Wallumedegal people, the traditional owners of the Country upon which this work was created, and pay our respects to their Elders, past and present. We thank City of Ryde Council for their support for this program.

I never knew I was blind to the beauty of the ordinary.  I never knew my soul could dance. I never knew I would be part of the narration of an optic, as we walk in a shared space.   Podcast created as part of 'Dubbo Connection' on Tubba-Gah (maing) Wiradjuri Country supported by the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) Future Drought Program. Facilitated by Voices of Women Artistic Director Lliane Clarke and Studio 138 Director Erifili Davis with Composer and Musician Elizabeth Jigalin. Participants, writers and readers: Shannon Barnes, Val Clark, Kalina Davis, Annette Ferguson, Suzie Foran, Akriti Shah and Camilla Ward. Recorded at ArtClub Dubbo and in Sydney.

This place. Where we live.  Podcast created as part of 'Dubbo Connection' on Tubba-Gah (maing) Wiradjuri Country supported by the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) Future Drought Program. Facilitated by Voices of Women Artistic Director Lliane Clarke and Studio 138 Director Erifili Davis with Composer and Musician Elizabeth Jigalin. Participants, writers and readers: Shannon Barnes, Val Clark, Kalina Davis, Annette Ferguson, Suzie Foran, Akriti Shah and Camilla Ward. Recorded at ArtClub Dubbo and in Sydney.

Cars rule. Or do they?   Podcast created as part of 'Dubbo Connection' on Tubba-Gah (maing) Wiradjuri Country supported by the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) Future Drought Program. Facilitated by Voices of Women Artistic Director Lliane Clarke and Studio 138 Director Erifili Davis with Composer and Musician Elizabeth Jigalin. Participants, writers and readers: Shannon Barnes, Val Clark, Kalina Davis, Annette Ferguson, Suzie Foran, Akriti Shah and Camilla Ward. Recorded at ArtClub Dubbo and in Sydney.

Once upon a time in Dubbo women went walking.   Podcast created as part of 'Dubbo Connection' on Tubba-Gah (maing) Wiradjuri Country supported by the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) Future Drought Program. Facilitated by Voices of Women Artistic Director Lliane Clarke and Studio 138 Director Erifili Davis with Composer and Musician Elizabeth Jigalin. Participants, writers and readers: Shannon Barnes, Val Clark, Kalina Davis, Annette Ferguson, Suzie Foran, Akriti Shah and Camilla Ward. Recorded at ArtClub Dubbo and in Sydney.

As last steam train pulls out of Newcastle Station, Suzie wishes she was anywhere but there. Podcast created and recorded at Newcastle Writers Festival Storymaking Workshop on Awabakal Country in The Watt Space Gallery, supported by WHiP Collective of Women Artists. Facilitated by Voices of Women Artistic Director Lliane Clarke and Madhullikaa Singh.  Participants, writers and readers: Sharon Allibone, Ellen Auriac, Jessica Baker, Fiorella Carrera, Anne Evers, Edilia Ford, Casey Gray, Kellie Hackney, Maggie Hall, Kate Portier, Karly Robinson, Lilibeth Sta-Maria, Suzanne Stephens Warren, Tonia Weaver, Merran Winchester, Leanne Wright, Kirsten Campbell and Linda King.  

The pavement trees in Auckland Street look longingly at the shining pearls and shimmering diamonds on the trees that roam free in the park.  Podcast created and recorded at Newcastle Writers Festival Storymaking Workshop on Awabakal Country in The Watt Space Gallery, supported by WHiP Collective of Women Artists. Facilitated by Voices of Women Artistic Director Lliane Clarke and Madhullikaa Singh.  Participants, writers and readers: Sharon Allibone, Ellen Auriac, Jessica Baker, Fiorella Carrera, Anne Evers, Edilia Ford, Casey Gray, Kellie Hackney, Maggie Hall, Kate Portier, Karly Robinson, Lilibeth Sta-Maria, Suzanne Stephens Warren, Tonia Weaver, Merran Winchester, Leanne Wright, Kirsten Campbell and Linda King.  

Did my sense of familiarity betray me? Would I have been braver with the choices I made? Is what I'm seeing real? Podcast created and recorded at Newcastle Writers Festival Storymaking Workshop on Awabakal Country in The Watt Space Gallery, supported by WHiP Collective of Women Artists. Facilitated by Voices of Women Artistic Director Lliane Clarke and Madhullikaa Singh.  Participants, writers and readers: Sharon Allibone, Ellen Auriac, Jessica Baker, Fiorella Carrera, Anne Evers, Edilia Ford, Casey Gray, Kellie Hackney, Maggie Hall, Kate Portier, Karly Robinson, Lilibeth Sta-Maria, Suzanne Stephens Warren, Tonia Weaver, Merran Winchester, Leanne Wright, Kirsten Campbell and Linda King.  

The portrait mural of Alex Walsh by Inari Meyers dominates Auckland Street in Newcastle. This monologue is a response to it.  Podcast created and recorded at Newcastle Writers Festival Storymaking Workshop on Awabakal Country in The Watt Space Gallery, supported by WHiP Collective of Women Artists. Facilitated by Voices of Women Artistic Director Lliane Clarke and Madhullikaa Singh.  Participants, writers and readers: Sharon Allibone, Ellen Auriac, Jessica Baker, Fiorella Carrera, Anne Evers, Edilia Ford, Casey Gray, Kellie Hackney, Maggie Hall, Kate Portier, Karly Robinson, Lilibeth Sta-Maria, Suzanne Stephens Warren, Tonia Weaver, Merran Winchester, Leanne Wright, Kirsten Campbell and Linda King.  

Sheets of Paperback. Archives of the years gone by, in files packed away.  Podcast created and recorded at Newcastle Writers Festival Storymaking Workshop on Awabakal Country in The Watt Space Gallery, supported by WHiP Collective of Women Artists. Facilitated by Voices of Women Artistic Director Lliane Clarke and Madhullikaa Singh.  Participants, writers and readers: Sharon Allibone, Ellen Auriac, Jessica Baker, Fiorella Carrera, Anne Evers, Edilia Ford, Casey Gray, Kellie Hackney, Maggie Hall, Kate Portier, Karly Robinson, Lilibeth Sta-Maria, Suzanne Stephens Warren, Tonia Weaver, Merran Winchester, Leanne Wright, Kirsten Campbell and Linda King.  

'Once upon a time in North Wagga, there was a dog. He wasn't a very big dog but he didn't know that. What was this place before? It's twin rode in on a beast made of time.' A sound story created on Wiradjuri Country in North Wagga WaggaPresented by Voices of Women  Artistic Director: Lliane Clarke Sound: Elizabeth Jigalin Facilitators: Saasha McMillan and Haya Arzidin Thank you to Aunty Cheryl Penrith and North Wagga Community Hall. Supported by NSW Government Office for Regional Youth/Create NSW, Eastern Riverina Arts and Oddball Theatre.

Read by actor Hasitha Adhikariarachchi and recorded for Embellishment at KXT Broadway. Written by Madhavi Ashok from Chennai, India, who lives in Melbourne with her partner. Her interest in women’s issues steered her into international development and humanitarian work with UNICEF in India, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Kenya, Namibia, and New York. Her non-fiction piece titled The Crossing was published in SBS Voices. Two short stories were published in ‘The Bombay Review’. She also released a short story collection titled ‘Demon on Fire and Other Stories’ in 2021.

Read by actor Hasitha Adhikariarachchi and recorded for Embellishment at KXT Broadway. Written by Suzi Mezei, a Sri Lankan born Australian writer who lives on lands traditionally owned by the people of the Kulin Nations. Suzi's work is published in Australia and overseas in journals and anthologies and she is the recipient of writing prizes.