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Venue: Brisbane Powerhouse, New Farm, QLD
Date: Thu 8 Oct 2026 3:00pm - BRISBANE POWERHOUSE

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Box Office Hours: Mon-Sun 9AM-5PM
(excluding Public Holidays)
60mins prior to any ticketed performance

Suitable for all ages

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Presented by: Brisbane Writers Festival

Brisbane Writers Festival’s 2026 opening speech will be delivered by one of Australia’s most accomplished authors and educators: the Gudanji/Wakaja and Kalkadoon writer Debra Dank. Dank’s luminous 2023 memoir, We Come With This Place, won an unprecedented four prizes at the 2024 New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards, plus the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal; her recent books, Ankami and Terraglossia, delve with lucidity and grace into the vicissitudes of language, loss and living.

At this very special event, you'll also hear from Brisbane Writers Festival’s 2026 First Nations Cultural Curators, Bruce Pascoe, Samantha Faulkner, Bebe Oliver and Brisbane Writers Festival Artistic Director Jackie Ryan.

Supported by The University of Queensland

Thu 8 Oct 2026
Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane, QLD

Times are approx. and subject to change at any time.

Box Office: Mon-Sun 9-5, 60 minutes prior to performance times
Doors Open: 15 minutes prior to performance start
Running Time: 60 minutes