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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Susan Wyndham

Susan Wyndham is a writer, journalist and former literary editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. Her most recent book is the biography Elizabeth Harrower: the woman in the watch tower, published in 2025. She is co-editor with Brigitta Olubas of Hazzard and Harrower: the letters (2024) and has written, edited and contributed to several other books.

The Woman in the Watchtower

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