
Byron Writers Festival '25
Join us from 8—10 August at Bangalow Showground on Bundjalung Country
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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.
Professor Mary Spongberg is Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research at Southern Cross University. She is a cultural historian with an established international research career in two major and distinctive fields of humanities and social science research: historiography and medical history. At SCU she provides strategic oversight to the university’s research activities across campuses at Lismore, Coffs Harbour and the Gold Coast. She has held roles at the University of Sydney, Macquarie University and the University of Technology Sydney, where she was Dean of Arts and Social Sciences and established the Centre for the Advancement of Indigenous Knowledges, the Centre for Climate Justice and the History Lab.
Join us from 8—10 August at Bangalow Showground on Bundjalung Country
Stay in the know with the latest updates on Byron Writers Festival, year-round events, workshops, competitions and news.