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Blak & Bright First Nations Literary Festival acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation as the traditional custodians of the sacred lands on which we work. We pay our respects to the people of the Kulin Nations and all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders, past present and future.

We recognise all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the first storytellers; and that knowledge transfer through storytelling is imbedded in the very DNA of this Country.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website may contain images, voices or names of deceased persons in photographs, film, audio recordings or printed material.

Blak & Bright 2024 artist Bryan Andy

Bryan Andy

Bryan Andy is a Yorta Yorta man from Cummeragunja (NSW). Bryan has been a writer, radio broadcaster and theatre maker for over 20 years. He has been published by Lonely Planet, Guardian, Meanjin, ABC, Witness Performance and Artlink. He performed as an actor in Andrea James’s Yanagai! Yanagai! (2003) and Ilbijerri Theatre’s The Dirty Mile (2014).

He served as the Aboriginal Cultural Dramaturg on Anthem (2019) by Andrew Bovell, Patricia Cornelius, Melissa Reeves, Christos Tsiolkas and sound composer Irine Vela. In 2023, Bryan was the Dramaturg for the Griffin Theatre/Blakdance development of swim by Ellen Van Neerven. Bryan holds a Master of Theatre (Writing) at Victorian College of the Arts and is currently undertaking a Master of Fine Arts Research (Theatre) at the Victorian College of the Arts.