Conversations from Byron
Dropbear
A powerful conversation with Bundjalung poet Evelyn Araluen about her Stella-award winning collection Dropbear, and more broadly her creative and academic practice. Evelyn’s poetry, together with her work as a literary editor and academic, interrogates the history of Australian literature; the tropes that curate our idea of Australianness and the influence of language – both English and Bundjalung – on our relationship to the land. Earmarked with evocative readings and ceremoniously facilitated by Daniel Browning, this is a simply stunning session from the 2022 Byron Writers Festival.
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About the speakers
Evelyn Araluen
Evelyn Araluen is a Bundjalung poet, researcher and co-editor of Overland Literary Journal. Her debut collection Dropbear won the 2022 Stella Prize.
Daniel Browning
Bundjalung and Kullilli man Daniel Browning is host of Radio National’s The Art Show. His first book, an anthology of essays on Indigenous art, cultural criticism and memoir, is forthcoming.
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