#Performances
#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
With Brisbane set to be the Olympic host city in 2032, excitement is building. Listen to experienced voices on what it is like to participate as an Olympian, be a volunteer and proud family member. You will be inspired, moved and motivated by their Olympic spirit. Curated by Samantha Faulkner.
#Artist
Samantha Faulkner
Samantha Faulkner is a Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal woman with family links to Badu and Moa Islands in the Torres Strait and Wuthathi and Yadhaigana peoples, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. Sam is a writer, poet and editor whose publications include: Life Blong Ali Drummond: A Life in the Torres Strait, written with her grandfather; Pamle: Torres Strait Islanders in Canberra; and Growing Up Torres Strait Islander in Australia, published by Black Inc, 2024. Her short stories and poetry have been published nationally and internationally and her poetry has been translated to French, Indian and South Korean. She is currently working on her debut poetry collection.







