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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Richard Fidler

Richard Fidler presents Conversations on ABC Radio, a long form, in-depth interview program, which attracts a large listening audience around the nation, and is one the most popular podcasts in Australia.

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He’s also the author of several books that blend history with travel memoir and mythology, including Ghost Empire, The Golden Maze and The Book of Roads & Kingdoms. Recently he launched a new podcast series, Viking Lives with his friend Kári Gíslason, which presents the great arc of Viking history in a chain of life stories.

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