Explore the themes of two recent publications, Edenglassie and The Visitors, with insight from the authors.

Sunday 13 August 2023, 3pm – 4pm @ The Ideas Salon presented by The Saturday Paper. Among a truly inspiring line-up of Blak excellence, Blak & Bright are delighted to continue our support of Byron Bay Writers Festival with two events in this year’s Festival. For 30 years AWAYE! has presented diverse and vibrant Aboriginal…

Saturday 12 August 2023, 9.30am – 10.30am @ Play Zone. Among a truly inspiring line-up of Blak excellence, Blak & Bright are delighted to continue our support of Byron Bay Writers Festival with two events in this year’s Festival. ‘Sistas are Doing it’ is a rock solid, high energy panel that will feature Zena Cumpston,…

Thursday 6 July 2023, 7pm – 9pm @ The Capitol Theatre Naarm (Melbourne). Celebrate the richness and cultural significance of First Nations writing with a special gala event marking the release of the University of Queensland Press’ First Nations Classics series. This year, the University of Queensland Press released the first instalment of its First…

Saturday 24 June 2023, 10am to 1pm @ LibraryMuseum 540 Kiewa St, Albury NSW 2640, Australia FREE micro and short fiction workshop for First Nations participants (min. age 16) with Jeanine Leane Have something you want to write? Or have you been working on something but not sure where to next? It could be prose,…

Thursday 15 June 2023, 7 to 8pm @ The Channel, Arts Centre Melbourne Cosmology is a source of wonder and this group of emerging and established First Nations writers have summoned up their writing magic to share stories of the Sun, the Moon and the Stars. With Tamala Shelton, Brodie Murray, Zerene Webster, Monique Grbec…

We’re producing a NAIDOC event with The Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing and Ideas and University of Queensland Press. We’re asking for short written pieces, 50 words or less, about Elders we love and admire – to use for promotion, and also as a backdrop to the night’s events… Selected entries will receive a $25…

Wednesday May 24 2023, 6 to 8pm Hone your skills, find some happiness and learn some truths that will take your word work to the next level.   Join Evelyn Araluen @ The Edge, Fed Square for an exciting 2 hour workshop where she will share writing exercises, advice and insights into the craft of…

Saturday 6 May 2023, 2pm to 4pm Yung Tent Embassy is a homage to Canberra 1972 when a group of staunch Blak activists set up the Aboriginal Tent Embassy on the lawns opposite Parliament House. Their protest against the Government’s refusal to acknowledge Aboriginal sovereignty is still relevant today. Blak & Bright First Nations Literary…

Friday 5 May 2023, 6pm to 8pm 21 Poems is a beacon of brilliance that will burn as a powerful start to the first weekend of YIRRAMBOI First Nations Arts Festival. Join us under the galactic lights of The Atrium at Federation Square Naarm, where seven First Nations poets will read two of their own…