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

Brendan Fredericks

Brendan Fredericks represents 2025 Miles Franklin Award-winning author Siang Lu and bestselling author Chris Flynn. Established in 2015, BFredericksPR Literary Agency freelances for a diverse list of major and independent Australian publishers and their marquee authors and is the publicity agency for premier industry events. Brendan has worked in the book industry for over twenty-five years, starting out as a bookseller and events manager with Angus & Robertson. As in-house publicist and publicity manager with prestigious publishers Hachette and Bloomsbury he promoted and toured luminaries such as Elizabeth Gilbert, Germaine Greer, Robyn Davidson, and Richard Ford.

Byron Writers Festival '25

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

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