Acknowledgement

We respectfully acknowledge that Byron Writers Festival takes place on the traditional lands of the Arakwal Bumberbin Peoples of the Bundjalung Nation. We pay respects to Elders past and present, and acknowledge them as the original storytellers of the lands and waterways of this Country.

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Aidan Coleman

Dr Aidan Coleman’s three collections of poetry have been shortlisted for national awards, including the NSW Premier’s Kenneth Slessor Prize. A biography Thin Ice: A Life of John Forbes (Melbourne UP, 2026) is forthcoming. He is the Reviews Editor for TEXT, and his reviews have appeared in The Australian, ABR, and Sydney Review of Books among others. He teaches at Southern Cross University.

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