#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 storyteller from the NSW freshwater floodplains. Her first novel Song of the Crocodile was published by Hachette in 2020 and her second, the Belburd released in October 2024.
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.
