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SUMMARY:BWF: First Word Opening Address
DESCRIPTION:First Word Opening AddressKeynote by Debra Dank \n\n\
 n\n3–4pm, Thursday 8 October, Parkside Marquee\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBWF’s 2026 opening speech will be delivere
 d by one of Australia’s most accomplished authors and educators: t
 he Gudanji/Wakaja and Kalkadoon writer Debra Dank. Dank’s lumi
 nous 2023 memoir, We Come With This Place, won an unprecedented 
 four prizes at the 2024 New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards, p
 lus the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal; her recent books,
  Ankami and Terraglossia, delve with lucidity and grace into the
  vicissitudes of language, loss and living.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n
 n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAt this very special event, you
 'll also hear from BWF’s 2026 First Nations Cultural Curators, Bru
 ce Pascoe, Samantha Faulkner and Bebe Oliver, from select event sponso
 rs and from BWF Artistic Director Jackie Ryan. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\
 n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresented in partnership with The Universit
 y of Queensland
LOCATION:Parkside Marquee, 119 Lamington St, New Farm QLD 4005, Australia
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