The Bicheno Stories is a love letter to the granite, the wind, the people who have lived, worked, loved, and endured here. It is a journal shaped by memory, by landscape, and by the quiet knowledge that some places do not simply hold stories; they keep them.
Come wind or salt, storm or silence, our lives in Bicheno are shaped, often remade, by place. How we return, how we listen, how we remember and honour what came before us: these are the deep questions this journal explores.
The Bicheno Stories exists for readers who want to slow down, linger, and savour something made with care. A journal you can return to again and again without interruption.
Issue 01 contributors include:
Adam Martin (Editor), with photographs and stories gathered directly from the coastline itself — granite, sea, wind, and memory as collaborators.
Inside this first edition, you’ll find:
Welcome
An opening letter about the ancient pull of Bicheno — a place where land speaks and memory rises like a tide.
Bicheno Memory
A long-form essay exploring how this coastline remembers everything: footsteps, silences, grief, joy, and the long patience of granite.
A Place of Story
On geology, Country, and the histories embedded in stone and sand — from the first songs to the last storms.
Short Story: The Granite
A lyrical work of fiction about Laura, a woman drawn home by loss and the enduring presence of the land.
Peggy’s Point: Three Moments in Time
Vignettes and glimpses of Peggy’s Point and how it carries different lives.
The Alchemy of Colour
A meditation on the ever-shifting palette of Bicheno’s water and sky.
The Seam
An essay on the invisible thread connecting past and present — land, sea, and the stories stitched between them.
The Quiet That Holds Us
A closing reflection on silence, memory, and the profound stillness of this coast.
This is a publication for readers who believe that place shapes us.
Who understands that story is a form of stewardship.
Those who feel the pull of Bicheno even when they are far from it.
Issue 01 of The Bicheno Stories is the beginning. A journal made to be held, treasured, and returned to.
The Bicheno Stories is a love letter to the granite, the wind, the people who have lived, worked, loved, and endured here. It is a journal shaped by memory, by landscape, and by the quiet knowledge that some places do not simply hold stories; they keep them.
Come wind or salt, storm or silence, our lives in Bicheno are shaped, often remade, by place. How we return, how we listen, how we remember and honour what came before us: these are the deep questions this journal explores.
The Bicheno Stories exists for readers who want to slow down, linger, and savour something made with care. A journal you can return to again and again without interruption.
Issue 01 contributors include:
Adam Martin (Editor), with photographs and stories gathered directly from the coastline itself — granite, sea, wind, and memory as collaborators.
Inside this first edition, you’ll find:
Welcome
An opening letter about the ancient pull of Bicheno — a place where land speaks and memory rises like a tide.
Bicheno Memory
A long-form essay exploring how this coastline remembers everything: footsteps, silences, grief, joy, and the long patience of granite.
A Place of Story
On geology, Country, and the histories embedded in stone and sand — from the first songs to the last storms.
Short Story: The Granite
A lyrical work of fiction about Laura, a woman drawn home by loss and the enduring presence of the land.
Peggy’s Point: Three Moments in Time
Vignettes and glimpses of Peggy’s Point and how it carries different lives.
The Alchemy of Colour
A meditation on the ever-shifting palette of Bicheno’s water and sky.
The Seam
An essay on the invisible thread connecting past and present — land, sea, and the stories stitched between them.
The Quiet That Holds Us
A closing reflection on silence, memory, and the profound stillness of this coast.
This is a publication for readers who believe that place shapes us.
Who understands that story is a form of stewardship.
Those who feel the pull of Bicheno even when they are far from it.
Issue 01 of The Bicheno Stories is the beginning. A journal made to be held, treasured, and returned to.
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