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Catherine Keenan

Catherine Keenan is executive director and co-founder of Story Factory, a not-for-profit creative writing centre for young people in Sydney. She was formerly a journalist.

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Catherine Keenan

Dr Catherine Keenan AM is co-founder and executive director of Story Factory, a not-for-profit creative writing centre for young people in under-resourced communities in Sydney. Prior to this, Catherine worked as an arts writer and literary editor at The Sydney Morning Herald, and she continues to freelance for a number of publications. For her work with Story Factory, she was named the 2016 Australian of the Year Local Hero.

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