Blak & Bright First Nations Literary Festival
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Blak & Bright First Nations Literary Festival embraces the diversity of Blakfulla expression, from oral storytelling to epic novels and plays to poetry. It’s something festival director Jane Harrison is passionate about. As a multi-disciplinary writer herself, Jane believes in growing the ecology of Blak writing.
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