Unconference on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Poetry and Literature

7 October 2025

Funded by AFRAN and organised by Estelle Castro-Koshy, discover Aboriginal and Torres Strait slander poetry and literature with:

• Ali Cobby Eckermann is a Yankunytjatjara poet and artist from South Australia. Her poetry collections include little bit long time (2009, Picaro Press), verse novel Ruby Moonlight, Inside my Mother (2015, Giramondo), and She Is The Earth (2023, Magabala).

• Jeanine Leane is a Wiradjuri writer, poet, critic, and essayist from southwest New South Wales. Her books include Dark Secrets After Dreaming: A.D. 1887-1961 (2010, Presspress), Purple Threads (2011, UQP), and Gawimarra, gathering (UQP, 2024). She edited Guwayu – for all times (2020, Magabala).

• Craig Santos Perez is an indigenous Chamoru from the Pacific Island of Guåhan (Guam). He is the co-editor of eight anthologies and the author of six books of poetry and the academic monograph Navigating Chamoru Poetry: Indigeneity, Aesthetics, and Decolonization.

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