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Writing Blak Legacies: A First Nations Literature Gala

Organiser
The Wheeler Centre
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Date
Thu, 06/07/2023 - 19:00 - Thu, 06/07/2023 - 21:00
Cost of entry
Full Price $45 Concession $40 Tickets for First Nations audiences $20
Venue
The Capitol Theatre, 113 Swanston St
City/town
MELBOURNE
Post code
3000
State
Vic
Writing Blak Legacies: A First Nations Literature Gala
Writing Blak Legacies: A First Nations Literature Gala
This year, the University of Queensland Press released the first instalment of its First Nations Classics series, recognising the brilliant and vital literary contributions made by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers across the decades. To mark the publication of this landmark series, the Wheeler Centre and Blak & Bright present a vibrant evening of reflections, readings and performance featuring many of the series authors and contributors, hosted by acclaimed author Tony Birch. Hear from Evelyn Araluen, Larissa Behrendt, Ellen van Neerven, Alison Whittaker, Jeanine Leane, Archie Weller, Kev Carmody and Tara June Winch, alongside series editor Yasmin Smith and series designer Jenna Lee, with a special musical performance by Nardi Simpson and Yarn Bomb by Zerene Jaadwa. Together they will celebrate the 2023 NAIDOC theme ‘For Our Elders’, recognising the importance of intergenerational knowledge and storytelling and bringing renewed attention to timeless works of literature that are as important, engaging and relevant today as they were on first publication.

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