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In celebration of NAIDOC Week, hear from a remarkable line-up of Indigenous writers, scholars and thinkers whose work has shaped our literary landscape.
Opening up rich dialogues at the intersection of writing, identity, history and culture, this special event showcases and celebrates ongoing Blak excellence across all forms of writing.
In 2023, University of Queensland Press (UQP) introduced its First Nations Classics series to amplify Blak voices in the literary canon and showcase the richness and cultural importance of First Nations writing. This NAIDOC Week, join us in celebrating the third instalment of First Nations Classics with some of the remarkable authors and contributors involved in this ground-breaking series.
Featuring Professor MaryAnn Bin-Sallik AO and Dr Amy Thunig-McGregor, Dr Paul Collis and Samuel Wagan Watson, Tara June Winch and Yasmin Smith, and Gayle Kennedy celebrating the life and legacy of the late Bill Dodd. Including Yarn Bombs from Kee’ahn and moirra.
Presented in partnership with Blak & Bright and University of Melbourne Arts and Culture
Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Thursday 10 July
7.00 - 8.30pm
Tickets
$29.50
Full
$19.50
Concession
$19.50
Under 30
$0.00
First Nations
$99.50
Full Ticket + Book Pack
$89.50
Concession Ticket + Book Pack
Tickets for First Nations audiences are free for this event.
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Location
Accessibility
Accessible toilets available
Assistive Listening
Auslan interpreting available by-request
Companion tickets available
Registered Assistance Animals welcome
Wheelchair accessible
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Additional Notes
Featuring
MaryAnn Bin-Sallik
Emeritus Professor MaryAnn Bin-Sallik AO is a Jaru woman born in Broome, Western Australia, and spent most her life in Darwin, Northern Territory. In 1961, she graduated as a registered nurse from the Darwin Hospital ...
Paul Collis
Paul Collis is a Barkindji man. He was born in Bourke, in far northwest New South Wales. His early life was informed by Barkindji and Kunya and Murawarri, and Wongamara and Nyempa story tellers and artists, who taught ...
Gayle Kennedy
Gayle Kennedy is a member of the Wongaiibon Clan of NSW and was the Indigenous Issues editor and writer for Streetwise Comics from 1995-1998. In 2005 her poetry manuscript 'Koori Girl Goes Shoppin'' was shortlisted ...
Yasmin Smith
Yasmin Smith is a poet and editor of South Sea Islander, Kabi Kabi, Northern Cheyenne and English heritage. Her poems have appeared in Frankie, Meanjin, Island, Griffith Review, Overland, Australian Poetry Journal ...
Amy Thunig-McGregor
Dr Amy Thunig-McGregor (B.Arts; M.Teach; PhD) is a Gomeroi/Kamilaroi/Gamilaraay academic who parents and partners on beautiful Awabakal Country. A full-time Research Fellow within the field of education at the University ...
Samuel Wagan Watson
Samuel is a University of Queensland Press author. He is of Munanjali/German Australian descent. His poetry has won numerous prizes including the 2018 Patrick White Fellowship. New + Used Ghosts is his latest project ...
Tara June Winch
Tara June Winch is Wiradjuri writer based in France. She is the author of Miles Franklin Literary Award winner The Yield, as well as After the Carnage, and Swallow the Air, which is reissued as a UQP First Nation Classic ...
moirra.
moirra. (xe/xer, they/them) is a Yorta Yorta, Boon Wurrung, Jewish, and queer transsexual self-taught writer, poet, and artist living in Naarm. Xer work has been showcased in multiple art exhibitions, including the Koorie Heritage ...