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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.

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Meet the writers and thinkers that make up our powerful and inspiring line-up of 160 Australian and international speakers spanning fiction, memoir, crime, environment, society, politics, poetry, art, comedy and music.

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Jumaana Abdu
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Alex Adsett
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Denise Alison
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Joe Aston
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Robbie Arnott
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Tony Armstrong
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Sarah Armstrong
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Rachel Ang
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Esther Anatolitis
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Nick Bryant
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Daniel Browning
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Naima Brown
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Tess Brouwer
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Judith Brett
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Mark Brandi
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Matilda Boseley
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Josh Bornstein
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Layne Beachley
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Mel Bampton
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Sunil Badami
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Amy Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles
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Carody Culver
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Geoff Cousins
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Amy Colli
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Aidan Coleman
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Maxine Beneba Clarke
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Lucy Clark
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Santilla Chingaipe
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Gina Chick
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Melanie Cheng
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Shankari Chandran
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Angela Catterns
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Jane Caro
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Isobelle Carmody
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Hilarie Dunn
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Robert Dessaix
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Andrew Denton
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Richard Denniss
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Michelle de Kretser
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Marele Day
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Debra Dank
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Helen Ennis
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Jill Eddington
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Judy Friedlander
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Esther Freud
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Suzy Freeman-Greene
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Persephone Fraser
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Zoë Foster Blake
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Join us from 8—10 August at Bangalow Showground on Bundjalung Country

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Bangalow Showground

1 Market Street, Bangalow

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2/58 Centennial Circuit

Byron Bay, NSW 2481

PO Box 1846
Byron Bay NSW 2481

ABN 94 163 348 616
ACN 664 156 709

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