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The limits of language
Anita Heiss + Tony Birch + Claire G. Coleman
kuril dhagun, State Library of Queensland
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#Performances
#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
English may be the lingua franca of the world, but it has its limits in a land where rich Indigenous tongues already abounded. Three leading Aboriginal authors discuss how they have harnessed English to express their stories and created a new and inspiring way to use the language.
#Artists
Anita Heiss
Tony Birch
Claire G. Coleman
Claire G Coleman is a writer from Western Australia. She identifies with the South Coast Noongar people. Her family are associated with the area around Ravensthorpe and Hopetoun. Claire grew up in a Forestry's settlement in the middle of a tree plantation, where her dad worked, not far out of Perth. She wrote her black&write! fellowship-winning manuscript Terra Nullius while travelling around Australia in a caravan. Her latest book is The Old Lie.
#Moderator
Grace Lucas-Pennington
Grace is a Bundjalung fiction and poetry editor with experience working with First Nations Australian authors including Dr Paul Collis, Claire G Coleman and Alison Whittaker. Grace has also worked as a consultant, peer assessor, guest lecturer, and publishing industry advisor. She grew up mostly between northern NSW and the greater Logan/Brisbane area. Grace is interested in First Nations publishing, politics, media, social justice, and the arts. She is passionate about First Nations writing and promoting our stories. Grace currently works as Editor with the black&write! Indigenous Writing and Editing Project based at State Library of Queensland. Grace was a finalist in the 2017 Oodgeroo Noonuccal Indigenous Poetry Prize.
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