Nurturing Forever Stories with Evelyn Araluen
About
Goorie and Koori poet, Dr Evelyn Araluen, author of 'Dropbear' and 'The Rot' joins us this Reconciliation Week with a panel of soon to be announced creatives, focussing on nurturing forever stories.Biography
Dr Evelyn Araluen Corr is a Goorie and Koori poet, editor and educator, born and raised in the Dharug and broader Blak Western Sydney community, now living on Wurundjeri land.
She is the co-editor of Overland Literary Journal, the Chairperson of the Institute of Postcolonial Studies Board of Directors, and co-convening editor of the Journal of Postcolonial Studies. In 2024 she was appointed Lecturer in Indigenous Arts and Culture at the Wilin Centre, Victorian College of the Arts.
Her PhD, 'Refusal and Desire: Aboriginal Inscription Against the Canon' (USYD, 2023) is focused on histories, cultures and political contexts of Aboriginal storytelling and literary practices. Her poetry debut 'Dropbear' was published by the University of Queensland Press in 2021, and won the 2022 Stella Prize for Australian Womens' Literature. Her next collection, 'The Rot', was published by UBQ in 2025 and has won the Victorian Prize for Literature at the Victorian Premier's Awards and is shortlisted for the Stella Prize.
Date
Tuesday 2 June 2026 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (UTC+10)Location
narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services
141 Therry Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
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