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

Sarah Temporal

Sarah Temporal is a prize-winning poet whose writing is concerned with revealing our hidden selves. Her work has been published in Best of Australian Poems and more, and was shortlisted for the Val Vallis Award. With a background in education, she has taught poetry to hundreds of people from ages 8 to 89, and now runs Poets Out Loud to empower voices of all ages. Arriving after twenty years of performing live, Tight Bindings is her first published collection.

Byron Writers Festival '25

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

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