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Writing as Activism: Debra Dank and Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts

A voice of resistance and change that echos off the page

Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts
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Saturday 24 May 2025
11am-12pm
Event Code: N26
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Unfortunately, Debra Dank will no longer be appearing at this event as she is unable to attend Sydney Writers' Festival.

Free, bookings required through Inner West Council Libraries.

Human rights lawyer, Fulbright Scholar and current Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People Commissioner for the ACT Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts’s career is centred around creating change for First Nations people. Having written for The Guardian, Indigenous X, Junkie and Victoria’s Women Trust she now shares her incredible story with her debut memoir Long Yarn Short.

Join Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts as she discusses her relationship with writing as activism. In conversation with Rudi Bremer.
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Ashfield Town Hall
260 Liverpool Road, Ashfield, NSW, 2131