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.

Writer

Andrew Pippos

Andrew Pippos is the author of the novels The Transformations (2025) and Lucky's (2020), which were both published by Picador. He lectures in creative writing at the University of Technology Sydney.

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Byron Writers Festival '25

Join us from 8—10 August at Bangalow Showground on Bundjalung Country

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