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The Newstead Short Story Tattoo is a celebration of the short story form being the only short story festival in Australia. Writers from near and far will be converging on Newstead on May 15/16/17 to read and tell their stories.  Events contained in the program are: Sleazy Stories (with live Burlesque performance) starring Josephine Rowe, Sean M Whelan, Paul Mitchell, Neil Boyack and others, Crimes and Crucifixions, starring Lucy Sussex, Eric Dando, Annie Gleeson, George Ghio and more, The Fictitious Woman, starring the magnificent Carmel Bird, Cate Kennedy, Janet Barker and many more, Local Legends will feature locals from here and there, Fire Stories (stories the old fashioned was around the bon fire at the Racecourse with surround sound), The Hard Ball starring Paul Daffey from The Footy Almanac, Martin Flanaghan (to be confirmed), Rob Blackhirst and many others. There will also be an accompanying exhibition of illustrations that have supported stories throughout a range of publications including the great Torpedo series of anthologies, and an Australian writer/artist team currently working for Marvel comics - Christopher Sequeira and Chew Chan. The festival will encourage visitors to stay a while and take in what Newstead has to offer in terms of facilities, wineries, cafes, pubs, accommodation and the like. Any further sponsorship enquiries should be directed to Neil Boyack 0437074326.