#Performances
#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
Winner of the 2018 black&write Fellowship, Nardi Simpson’s ‘lightning’ debut novel is a sweeping Australian saga of hardship and hope. Nardi discusses her story’s themes of choice, change and our need to listen to the land that sustains us all.
#Artists
Nardi Simpson
Nardi Simpson is a Yuwaalaraay writer, musician, composer and educator from North West NSW freshwater plains. A founding member of Indigenous folk duo Stiff Gins, Nardi has been performing nationally and internationally for 20 years. Her debut novel, Song of the Crocodile, was a 2018 winner of a black&write! writing fellowship.
Grace Lucas-Pennington
Grace Lucas-Pennington is an Aboriginal (Bundjalung) editor specialising in fiction and poetry. She grew up mostly between northern NSW and the greater Logan/Brisbane area. Grace is the Senior Editor at State Library of Queensland's black&write! Indigenous Writing and Editing Project.
