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

Naima Brown

Naima Brown was born and raised in Northern California and now resides in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales with her husband and her dog. She holds degrees in Middle Eastern Studies, Anthropology and Religious Studies. As a producer of news, current affairs and documentary, she has lived and worked in Yemen and Afghanistan. Her brief stint in reality TV inspired her first novel, The Shot. Mother Tongue is her second novel.

Byron Writers Festival '25

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

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