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

Bridie Tanner

Bridie grew up around the Clarence Valley. She is an op-shop enthusiast, Bulldogs tragic and will always go for an ocean swim no matter how cold. Her favourite books are musical memoirs. Her favourite local author is Melissa Lukashenko. Bridie is the Breakfast presenter of ABC North Coast.

Byron Writers Festival '25

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

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