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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Emma Shortis

Dr Emma Shortis is Director of International and Security Affairs at The Australia Institute – Australia's leading independent think-tank. In a conversation often dominated by the same voices, Emma offers a fresh perspective on international relations grounded in moral questions about how we might imagine a post-American future. Emma is the author of After America: Australia and the new world order – the first edition of Australia Institute Press’ new series, Vantage Point.

Her first book, Our Exceptional Friend: Australia's Fatal Alliance with the United States, was published by Hardie Grant in 2021.