Sovereignty and Solidarity

Susan Abulhawa is Executive Director of the Palestine Writes Literature Festival, and the founder of Playgrounds for Palestine, an international children's NGO upholding the Right to Play for Palestinian children. Her debut novel, Mornings in Jenin, was translated into 30 languages and is considered a classic in Palestinian literature. Her most recent, Against the Loveless World, was lauded as a "masterpiece".

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Sovereignty and Solidarity

Lorna Munro, or "Yilinhi", is a Wiradjuri and Gamilaroi woman, multidisciplinary artist and regular radio and podcast host at Sydney’s Radio Skid Row. A long-time active member of her Redfern/Waterloo community, her work is informed by her passion and well-studied insight in areas such as culture, history, politics and popular culture. Lorna has travelled the world showcasing her skills and distinctive style of poetry and political commentary. She was also the sole designer and creator of Sydney’s—and possibly Australia’s—first initiative to teach Aboriginal language through poetry, in partnership with Red Room Poetry in 2015. Throughout her career she has been on stage, in films and on paper. She compiled and edited Paper Dreaming: Our Stories Our Way for Cambridge University Press in 2015. Lorna continues to work tirelessly mastering many art forms, raising funds, and supporting and advocating for her community and her people on the local, national and international stage. In 2019, Lorna was announced as a recipient of the Wheeler Centre’s Next Chapter fellowship.

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Sovereignty and Solidarity

Karen Wyld is a writer living on the south coast of Adelaide. She’s a descendant of the Martu people of east Pilbara. Her novel Where the Fruit Falls won the 2020 Dorothy Hewitt Award and Heroes, Rebels and Innovators: Inspiring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People from History was an Honour Book in the 2022 Children's Book Council of Australia's Book of the Year.

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Sovereignty and Solidarity