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

Leanne Minshull

Leanne Minshull is the Co-CEO at the Australia Institute and a board member of the Graeme Wood Foundation. She was admitted to practice as a solicitor in 1999 and has worked as a senior strategist in social, environmental, and political organisations. Prior to her appointment at the Australia Institute, she worked at Greenpeace International, based in Amsterdam. Leanne has worked as chief of staff to a State Minister and was the Director of Strategy for Australian Greens Leader Senator Bob Brown. She has also run successful small businesses including a pub in Tasmania and her own strategy consultancy.

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Byron Writers Festival '25

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

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