Nurturing Forever Stories with Evelyn Araluen
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Goorie and Koori poet, Dr Evelyn Araluen, author of 'Dropbear' and 'The Rot' joins us this Reconciliation Week with Bryan Andy (Yorta Yorta), Daniel James (Yorta Yorta) & Isobel Morphy-Walsh (a proud Nirim Baluk woman from the Taun Wurrung (Taungurung) people) focussing on nurturing forever stories.Biographies:
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.
Bryan Andy is a Yorta Yorta man from Cummeragunja, NSW. Bryan has been a writer, radio broadcaster and theatre maker for over 20 years. He has been published by Lonely Planet, Guardian, Meanjin, ABC, Witness Performance and Artlink. He performed as an actor in Andrea James’s Yanagai! Yanagai! (2003) and Ilbijerri Theatre’s The Dirty Mile (2014). In 2023, Bryan was the Dramaturg for the Griffin Theatre/Blakdance development of swim by Ellen Van Neerven; and is currently working as a writer with Outer Urban Projects on a work titled Vigil. Bryan holds a Master of Theatre (Writing) from Victorian College of the Arts/ University of Melbourne.
Daniel is a Yorta Yorta man Melbourne based writer and broadcaster. He is the winner of the 2018 Horne Prize for his essay, Ten More Days. He also hosts The Mission on 3RRR FM. Daniel is the co-host of the 7am Podcast for Solstice media and is a contributor to the IndigenousX, SBS, Crikey, the Age/Sydney Morning Herald and The Guardian. Daniel’s work explores notions of empathy, intergenerational trauma, hidden history and the political landscape that continues to shape the lives of Aboriginal people across the country. He is currently working on his first book with Affirm Press and was creative lead for Yoorrook Justice Commission’s report Truth Be Told and has recently been assisting the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria with the Treaty process. He co-administers The Spencer Street End, with friend Jacinta Parsons.
Isobel Morphy-Walsh, a proud Nirim Baluk woman from the Taun Wurrung (Taungurung) people is at her core a weaver and storyteller. She uses many diff erent mediums and formats to weave story into both performance and visual art. Morphy-Walsh first production Gunga-na Dhum Nganjinu | The stories we hold tightly presented in 2023 at Yiramboi Festival she and her co-writers received a Green Room Award Nomination. Her first solo play Gunawarra was first debuted in November 2024 as part of Blak In The Room co-presented by Ilbijeri Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company. She currently works as a dramaturge and independent artist.
Location
narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services
141 Therry Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
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