Event #33

Mother Earth

Fri 9 Oct 2026

Melissa Lucashenko + Judy Watson + Samuel Watson + Bruce Pascoe

Underground Theatre

Regular Program / Free Event

#Performances

Fri 9 Oct 2026 - 11:00am

Underground Theatre

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#About the event

Duration: 60 minutes

Mother Earth

Melissa Lucashenko, Judy Watson, Samuel Watson.
Chair: Bruce Pascoe
11am–12pm, Friday 9 October, Underground Theatre

Mother Earth is a sacred being – a source of life, knowledge and sustenance that we must care for and respect. Join these leading First Nations artists as they discuss making Mother Earth the centre of spirituality and protecting culture.

Curated by Bruce Pascoe

#Artists

Melissa Lucashenko

Melissa Lucashenko is a multi-award-winning novelist from the Bundjalung nation. Too Much Lip won the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award and Edenglassie was released to critical acclaim in 2023. She is a Walkley Award winner, and her latest book is the essay collection Not Quite White in the Head.

Judy Watson

Samuel Watson

Samuel Watson is a poet and raconteur based in Brisbane. He was honoured with the Patrick White Award in 2018. Samuel is proud to be a University of Queensland Press Writer.

Bruce Pascoe

Bruce Pascoe is an Aboriginal farmer and writer of literary fiction, non-fiction, poetry, essays and children’s literature, based on Yuin Country. His publications have won numerous awards. He is the author of the groundbreaking, bestselling book Dark Emu.