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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Michael Williams

Michael Williams is the editor of The Monthly and host of weekly books podcast Read This. After more than a decade at Melbourne’s Wheeler Centre – first as its founding head of programming and then as its second Director/CEO – he was Artistic Director of Sydney Writers’ Festival. He has had a long career in publishing, broadcasting, and public speaking, both in Australian and overseas.