Story Club

Ben Jenkins does not like the idea that someone doesn't like him. So he forces a 50-year-old farmer to be his friend.

James Valentine tells a cautionary (or instructional) tale.

Melina Wickes hated being a kid. And watered down Leggo’s pasta sauce.

In this rebroadcast of one of our favourite stories, Kate Mulvany's luxurious get-away to Byron Bay gets derailed by some illicit muesli. This story is also available in print in the first ever Story Club book! Get your copy here.

In this rebroadcast of one of our favourite stories, David Marr reflects on the role of 'bridge with trainer wheels' in the breakdown of his marriage. This story is also available in print in the first ever Story Club book! Get your copy here.

In this rebroadcast of one of our favourite stories, Jessica Tuckwell resolutely goes to extreme lengths to keep her seat on the bus. This story is also available in print in the first ever Story Club book! You can get your copy here.

In this rebroadcast of one of our favourite stories, David Cunningham remembers the first glimmerings of puberty and how his sexuality was confirmed by helpful Nazis. This story is also available in print in the first ever Story Club book! Yes! We have a book! Get your copy here.

When Alex Lee finds out she's pregant, her and her brain consult the one source she trusts as much as her own body - Google Oracle. You can hear another one of Alex's stories in the all new Story Club book! Yes! We have a book! Get your copy here.

Zoë Norton Lodge transports us to a time when she was seven years old and going on Sigourney Weaver.

With one brave push, Georgia Norton Lodge went where nothing had ever been before.

Jacqueline Maley does one of the most aggressively uncool things possible.

Jessica Tuckwell finds out what would happen if she didn't come first in something...

On the day Rosie Waterland finds out about periods, her dad becomes an urban legend.

Jessica Dettman is tired of Santa getting all the credit.A festive content warning - definitely don't listen to this with children who still believe in Santa, unless you're looking for an inventive way to come clean.

While living in New York and fostering kittens, Ben and his wife fall in love with a deeply wrong cat. BONUS: To see the photo of Loafer that Ben refers to, head to our Facebook page.

When a baby-faced Bec Melrose discovers she is indeed subject to the forces of gravity and time, she succumbs to the pressure to do something about it.

When Matthew Mitchum decided he was going to be the best in the world at something, he thought it would fix everything.

As a teenager, Phil Spencer finds out what it is to truly love a handful of pop songs to your very bones.

Cathy Wilcox thought she had already had her character building time while travelling in Paris a decade ago. But then she went to Morocco.

Zoe tells a tale of two little, uncoordinated Australian fools who find no comfort in the House Christine.