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LOCATION:Parkside Marquee\, Brisbane Powerhouse\, Yuggera and Turrbal Country\, 119 Lamington St\, New Farm\, QLD\, 4005
SUMMARY:Bruce Pascoe - Opening Address Brisbane Writers' Festival
DESCRIPTION:First Word Opening Address\nKeynote by Debra Dank \n3–4pm\, Thursday 8 October\, Parkside Marquee\n\nBWF’s 2026 opening speech will be delivered by one of Australia’s most accomplished authors and educators: the Gudanji/Wakaja and Kalkadoon writer Debra Dank. Dank’s luminous 2023 memoir\, We Come With This Place\, won an unprecedented four prizes at the 2024 New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards\, plus 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\nAt this very special event\, you'll also hear from BWF’s 2026 First Nations Cultural Curators\, Bruce Pascoe\, Samantha Faulkner and Bebe Oliver\, from select event sponsors and from BWF Artistic Director Jackie Ryan.\n\nPresented in partnership with The University of Queensland
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