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

Julianne Schultz

Julianne Schultz is the author of "The Idea of Australia" and the executive producer of the SBS/Blackfella series based on the book. She writes a regular column for The Guardian and was the founding editor of Griffith Review. She is Professor Emeritus of Media and Culture at Griffith University and lives in the Byron Shire.

Byron Writers Festival '25

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

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