How to Write a River, a Sky, a Seed… at SWF

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Dates:
2-3pm, Saturday 21 May 2022

Address:
Carriageworks, 245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh, NSW

Cost: Free



This is a free event. Bookings are not required, however we recommend that you arrive early to avoid disappointment.

We are delighted to present this panel of outstanding poets and contributors to Red Room Poetry projects at the Sydney Writer's Festival. Tony Birch (Whisper Songs), Lorna Munro (Paper Dreaming) and Luke Patterson share their writing experiences and commissioned poems from the Guwayu – For All Times, POEM FOREST, Fair Trade and Writing Water Red Room Poetry projects. Hosted by ABC Radio National's Daniel Browning.

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Luke Patterson

Luke Patterson is a Gamilaroi poet, folklorist and musician living on Gadigal lands. Grounded in extensive work with Aboriginal and other community-based organisations across Australia, his creative pursuits focus on the ways bioregional identities and consciousness are expressed through localised and vernacular forms.
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Lorna Munro

Lorna Munro or ‘Yilinhi’, is a Wiradjuri and Gamilaroi woman, multidisciplinary artist and regular radio and podcast host at Sydney’s Radio Skid Row. A long-time active member of her Redfern/Waterloo community, her work is informed by her passion and well-studied insight in areas such as culture, history, politics and popular culture.
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Tony Birch

Tony Birch is the author of the bestselling The White Girl, winner of 2020 NSW Premier’s Award for Indigenous Writing and shortlisted for the 2020 Miles Franklin Award; Ghost River, winner of the 2016 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing; and Blood, shortlisted for the 2012 Miles Franklin Award.
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Daniel Browning

Daniel Browning is an Aboriginal journalist, radio broadcaster, sound artist and writer. Currently, he presents The Art Show on ABC Radio National and is the ABC's Editor of Indigenous Radio. A visual arts graduate, Daniel is also a widely published freelance writer on the arts and culture.