Festival-goers might remember the pin-drop silence when Yuwaalaraay storyteller Nardi Simpson took to the stage to deliver the Mick Dark Talk for the Future in 2023, or the swift and enthusiastic standing ovation she received upon its completion.
Winner of the 2018 Black&Write! Fellowship, Nardi’s debut novel, Song of the Crocodile, was longlisted for the 2021 Stella Prize and Miles Franklin Literary Award. She joins Cheryl Leavy to talk about her hotly anticipated new release, The Belburd, a lyrical and masterfully woven novel about women, creation, belonging and the precious fragility of a life.
Nardi Simpson is a Yuwaalaraay musician and storyteller who’s debut novel, Song of the Crocodile, won the 2017 Black&Write! Fellowship and the ALS Gold Medal, and was longlisted for the 2021 Stella Prize and Miles Franklin Literary Award. Her latest novel is The Belburd.
Cheryl Leavy is a Kooma and Nguri woman writing across non-fiction, poetry and children's literature. In 2022 Cheryl was awarded the Oodgeroo Noonuccal Prize for Indigenous Poetry. Published by UQP this year, Yanga – Mother, Cheryl’s first children’s book is told in Kooma and translated to English.
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