First Nations storytellers in cultural exchange to Auckland Writers Festival
Five local First Nations storytellers will travel as part of a cultural exchange delegation to Auckland Writers Festival, with the support of the Australia Council.
Auckland Writers Festival, which runs from 16–21 May, is hosting a First Nations literature cultural exchange between Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
The five writers, poets and editors attending the festival as part of the Australia Council First Nations Literature Cultural Exchange delegation are:
- Astrophysicist, science communicator and award-winning Gomeroi author Krystal De Napoli
- Torres Strait Islander screenwriter, director, producer and actor Aaron Fa’aoso
- Multi-award winning poet, essayist and editor Yvette Holt, a descendant of the Bidjara, íman Yiman and Wakaman Nations of Queensland
- Multi-form Wiradjuri artist Jazz Money, multi-award winning across poetry, installation, digital, performance, film and print
- Editor and poet Yasmin Smith, of South Sea Islander, Northern Cheyenne, Kabi Kabi and English heritage, who has worked across literary fiction, nonfiction, children’s books and poetry at the black&write! Project
The delegation will be joined by three First Nations storytellers from Australia, who are supported by Australia Council and will be speaking at the festival:
- Award-winning children’s author, poet, multi-disciplinary artist and 2020 NSW Aboriginal Woman of the Year Kirli Saunders
- Mununjali Yugambeh-heritage writer and editor Ellen van Neerven
- Munanjahli and South Sea Islander writer and public intellectual Chelsea Watego.
To read more about the exchange, see the Australia Council website here.
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