On at the same time
Roach and Hunter
Supported by Fremantle Press.
Sun
26
Sun 26 Oct 3:00 PM
Patrick White Lawns
Wheelchair
General Admission
60 Mins
October
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that the CWF program contains the name and or image of people who have died, with permission by the author and or family.
An event to celebrate the release of an incredible anthology Rivers Flow and honour the profound music, culture and leadership legacy of Archie Roach – a Gunditjmara, Kirrae Whurrong/Djab Wurrung and Bundjalung man – and Ruby Hunter – a Ngarrindjeri, Kokatha and Pitjantjatjara woman. First Nations writers that have contributed to this wonderful work will pay tribute to these giants of songs and storytelling, and share personal reflections, words and poems. With special guest, Darren Rix (Warra Warra Wai), nephew of Uncle Archie Roach and Gunditjmara-GunaiKurnai man with Ngarigo bloodlines joining us, this will be a session under the Festival Marquee not to be missed. Moderated by Thomas Mayo (Always Was, Always Will Be).
Casey Mulder is a Ballardong Noongar educator, writer and editor from Quairading. She works with a wide range of publishing companies, such as HarperCollins, Audible, UWA Publishing, Night Parrot Press, Allen & Unwin, Affirm Press, Simon and Schuster, Penguin Random House, Hachette, Fremantle Press and Magabala Books. She is the Director of First Nations Writing and Programs at the Centre for Stories and is currently working on a creative non-fiction manuscript. Casey takes joy in supporting mob to tell our stories in our ways.
Dakota Feirer is a Bundjalung and Gumbaynggirr man based on Lenape and Yuin lands. His debut poetry collection, Arsenic Flower confronts the legacies of colonial violence and explores the cultural wisdom still echoing in the contemporary blak experience. Dakota believes in healing Country and our communities through art and storytelling.
Darren Rix, a Gunditjmara-GunaiKurnai man with Ngarigo bloodlines, grew up in the tin huts and tents of ‘Silver City’, South Nowra, with his eleven siblings. His family later got their first house in the Bega Valley, and he attended school in Bega. At fourteen, Darren moved to Ngunnawal country – Canberra – to which he has songline ties through his Ngarigo bloodlines. He has worked as a radio reporter for the Brisbane Indigenous Media Association, and with the Ngunnawal people as a cultural sites officer in Canberra. Darren is an accomplished musician, as was his uncle, Archie Roach. He has appeared in the TV program Rake. Darren has six children and twelve grandchildren.
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Concession Tickets apply for children under the age of 16, full-time students, Commonwealth Health Care Card holders, Commonwealth Seniors Card Holders and Commonwealth Pensioner Concession Card holders. Please have your eligible card with you at the venue.
An event to celebrate the release of an incredible anthology Rivers Flow and honour the profound music, culture and leadership legacy of Archie Roach – a Gunditjmara, Kirrae Whurrong/Djab Wurrung and Bundjalung man – and Ruby Hunter – a Ngarrindjeri, Kokatha and Pitjantjatjara woman. First Nations writers that have contributed to this wonderful work will pay tribute to these giants of songs and storytelling, and share personal reflections, words and poems. With special guest, Darren Rix (Warra Warra Wai), nephew of Uncle Archie Roach and Gunditjmara-GunaiKurnai man with Ngarigo bloodlines joining us, this will be a session under the Festival Marquee not to be missed. Moderated by Thomas Mayo (Always Was, Always Will Be).
Casey Mulder is a Ballardong Noongar educator, writer and editor from Quairading. She works with a wide range of publishing companies, such as HarperCollins, Audible, UWA Publishing, Night Parrot Press, Allen & Unwin, Affirm Press, Simon and Schuster, Penguin Random House, Hachette, Fremantle Press and Magabala Books. She is the Director of First Nations Writing and Programs at the Centre for Stories and is currently working on a creative non-fiction manuscript. Casey takes joy in supporting mob to tell our stories in our ways.
Dakota Feirer is a Bundjalung and Gumbaynggirr man based on Lenape and Yuin lands. His debut poetry collection, Arsenic Flower confronts the legacies of colonial violence and explores the cultural wisdom still echoing in the contemporary blak experience. Dakota believes in healing Country and our communities through art and storytelling.
Darren Rix, a Gunditjmara-GunaiKurnai man with Ngarigo bloodlines, grew up in the tin huts and tents of ‘Silver City’, South Nowra, with his eleven siblings. His family later got their first house in the Bega Valley, and he attended school in Bega. At fourteen, Darren moved to Ngunnawal country – Canberra – to which he has songline ties through his Ngarigo bloodlines. He has worked as a radio reporter for the Brisbane Indigenous Media Association, and with the Ngunnawal people as a cultural sites officer in Canberra. Darren is an accomplished musician, as was his uncle, Archie Roach. He has appeared in the TV program Rake. Darren has six children and twelve grandchildren.
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Concession Tickets apply for children under the age of 16, full-time students, Commonwealth Health Care Card holders, Commonwealth Seniors Card Holders and Commonwealth Pensioner Concession Card holders. Please have your eligible card with you at the venue.