Writing can help us move through grief, pain and trauma - and can be a way to make sense of the past. Gina Chick's memoir We Are the Stars is a bold story of connection to nature and grief at the death of a child; Bebe Oliver's If This Is the End is a powerful poetry collection about queer identity and recovering from endings; and Emma Trenorden writes a deeply thoughtful, poetic response to the Black Summer fires in High Fire Danger. Don't miss this conversation about using narrative as a means to come to terms with our greatest struggles.



This project is supported by the Copyright Agency's Cultural Fund.

Writing can help us move through grief, pain and trauma - and can be a way to make sense of the past. Gina Chick's memoir We Are the Stars is a bold story of connection to nature and grief at the death of a child; Bebe Oliver's If This Is the End is a powerful poetry collection about queer identity and recovering from endings; and Emma Trenorden writes a deeply thoughtful, poetic response to the Black Summer fires in High Fire Danger. Don't miss this conversation about using narrative as a means to come to terms with our greatest struggles.
 
This project is supported by the Copyright Agency's Cultural Fund.

The NT Writers Festival is an annual celebration of stories, language, culture and ideas shaped by place that alternates each year between Mparntwe/Alice Springs and Garramilla/Darwin.

The NT Writers Festival brings readers, writers and lovers of stories together to listen deeply – to each other, and to a diverse line-up of writers from across the country who share truths, invite us to listen to the land, and help us imagine a different future. 

In 2024, NTWF returned to Larrakia country, Darwin. The NT Writers Festival was centred around the theme Reverberations, discussing the effects of our past, present and future as we think about the consequences of our actions.

In 2023, NTWF was held in Mparntwe and explored the theme of mwantye-le awaye | listen deeply. In Arrernte, mwantye-le awaye means to listen closely, to give things attention. 


Recorded by 8CCC Community Radio. Theme music composed by Vito Lucarelli. 

 

The <a href="https://www.ntwriters.com.au/nt-writers-festival/">NT Writers Festival</a>&nbsp;is an annual celebration of stories, language, culture and ideas shaped by place that alternates each year between&nbsp;Mparntwe/Alice Springs and Garramilla/Darwin.
The NT Writers Festival brings readers, writers and lovers of stories together to listen deeply &ndash; to each other, and to a diverse line-up of writers from across the country who share truths, invite us to listen to the land, and help us imagine a different future.&nbsp;
In 2024, NTWF returned to Larrakia country, Darwin. The NT Writers Festival was centred around the theme&nbsp;Reverberations, discussing the effects of our past, present and future as we think about the consequences of our actions.
In 2023, NTWF was held in Mparntwe and explored the theme of mwantye-le awaye | listen deeply. In Arrernte, mwantye-le awaye means to listen closely, to give things attention.&nbsp;
 Recorded by 8CCC Community Radio. Theme music composed by&nbsp;Vito&nbsp;Lucarelli.&nbsp;
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