CENTRE STAGE Lucia Nardo

Lucia Nardo hamming it up during a soundcheck. Photo by Alan Attwood.

Welcome to Centre Stage, where we shine the spotlight on Stereo Stories’ most enduring writers.

Lucia Nardo has written eight Stereo Stories, with her second story, Lili Marlene, taking on a life of its own.

Altona North. March 2007 I spend the session at the mixing desk, watching Dad in the recording booth, reflecting on the importance of his music to our family’s identity. It’s been the soundtrack to my entire life.

The story of Lucia’s father Salvatore daily playing Lili Marlene as a tribute to his late wife was performed at our first concert, at the 2014 Williamstown Literary Festival.  Lucia narrated the story. Salvatore accompanied her on accordion. It has been performed  a dozen times, including on the Radio National Drive program.

Equally moving is The Cape, based around a song by Guy Clark:

Melbourne, 1996 I felt a plum-size lump, unyielding to my touch. Dan yelped with pain. That moment is etched in my memory. I knew our lives were about to change. I wanted to push the lump back down, along with all the terror it was about to unleash.

On a lighter note, Lucia’s upcoming story based on All That Jazz, is about calisthenics. It will be on our website soon.

Lucia is a Melbourne-based writer of fiction and non-fiction,  a teacher of writing at Victoria University, and a partner in Big Fish Creative. She ran the first Stereo Stories writing workshop held at Williamstown Library in July 2019.

Lucia’s stories.

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Dr Lucia Nardo (PhD) is a Melbourne-based writer of fiction and non-fiction. The author of the crime comedy novel Messy Business, Lucia has been an integral part of Stereo Stories - its website and especially its concerts - since the origin days of 2014.