First Nations peoples are some of the oldest innovators in the world.  

Hear from authors Ian J McNiven and Lynette Russell in conversation with Larissa Behrendt as they share insight into ingenuity that spans millennia, including body shaping, building artificial reefs for oyster farms, repurposing glass from Europeans into spearheads, and novel economic responses to colonisation. 

Recorded live at Melbourne Writers Festival 2024. 

First Nations peoples are some of the oldest innovators in the world.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Hear from authors Ian J McNiven and Lynette Russell in conversation with Larissa Behrendt as they share insight into ingenuity that spans millennia, including body shaping, building artificial reefs for oyster farms, repurposing glass from Europeans into spearheads, and novel economic responses to colonisation.&nbsp;
Recorded live at Melbourne Writers Festival 2024.&nbsp;

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First Knowledges: Innovation with Ian J McNiven and Lynette Russell

Booker Prize-winning novelist Paul Lynch discusses his propulsive and lyrically rendered cautionary fable with Michael Williams.  

Prophet Song is a fearless portrait of Irish society on the brink of tyranny and a mother’s battle to save her family. Throwing into sharp relief the social and political anxieties of our times, it has been hailed as ‘a literary manifesto for empathy for those in need and a brilliant, haunting novel that should be placed into the hands of policymakers everywhere’ (Observer).  
 
Supported by the Embassy of Ireland. 

Recorded live at Melbourne Writers Festival 2024.  

Booker Prize-winning novelist Paul Lynch discusses his propulsive and lyrically rendered cautionary fable with Michael Williams.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Prophet Song is a fearless portrait of Irish society on the brink of tyranny and a mother&rsquo;s battle to save her family. Throwing into sharp relief the social and political anxieties of our times, it has been hailed as &lsquo;a literary manifesto for empathy for those in need and a brilliant, haunting novel that should be placed into the hands of policymakers everywhere&rsquo; (Observer). &nbsp; &nbsp; Supported by the Embassy of Ireland.&nbsp;
Recorded live at Melbourne Writers Festival 2024.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Paul Lynch: Prophet Song

Bri Lee and Liam Pieper discuss their scathingly funny novels that reveal the tensions of money, power and love in the arts, with Sarah L’Estrange.  

Lee's debut novel, The Work, delves into the volatile world of modern art, exposing it as a bedfellow to high finance. Pieper’s Appreciation is an outrageous satire that sets its sights on questions of authenticity in a time when image trumps talent and narcissism rules.  

Supported by the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund and in partnership with ABC RN. 

Recorded live at Melbourne Writers Festival 2024.  

Bri Lee and Liam Pieper discuss their scathingly funny novels that reveal the tensions of money, power and love in the arts, with Sarah L&rsquo;Estrange.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Lee's debut novel,&nbsp;The Work, delves into the volatile world of modern art, exposing it as a bedfellow to high finance. Pieper&rsquo;s Appreciation is an outrageous satire that sets its sights on questions of authenticity in a time when image trumps talent and narcissism rules. &nbsp;
Supported by the Copyright Agency&rsquo;s Cultural Fund and in partnership with ABC RN.&nbsp;
Recorded live at Melbourne Writers Festival 2024.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Bri Lee and Liam Pieper: Real Pieces of Work 

Ghost stories are everywhere. In fairytales, folklore, Gothic novels and modern fiction alike. There are the ghosts that plague our minds – old flames, past wrongs and regrets that come to us in the dead of night – and those that haunt history itself, restless spirits that refuse to rest in peace.  
 
Gather round our metaphorical campfire and hear Viet Thanh Nguyen (A Man of Two Faces), share his moving and revealing piece of original work, responding to the theme ‘Ghosts’. 

Recorded live at Melbourne Writers Festival 2024. 

Ghost stories are everywhere. In fairytales, folklore, Gothic novels and modern fiction alike. There are the ghosts that plague our minds &ndash; old flames, past wrongs and regrets that come to us in the dead of night &ndash; and those that haunt history itself, restless spirits that refuse to rest in peace. &nbsp; &nbsp; Gather round our metaphorical campfire and hear Viet Thanh Nguyen (A Man of Two Faces), share his moving and revealing piece of original work, responding to the theme &lsquo;Ghosts&rsquo;.&nbsp;
Recorded live at Melbourne Writers Festival 2024.&nbsp;

First Knowledges: Innovation with Ian J McNiven and Lynette Russell

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