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Tim Costello: Australia’s favourite social-justice activist Tim Costello is one of Australia’s leading voices on social justice and global poverty and has been instrumental in ensuring these issues are placed on the national and international agenda. He has travelled the world for work in poverty and emergency relief and led World Vision Ķŕ ƖƆƐſëōĶë Īşſ Ŕşſĕ ƐIJëŕ Ǩǩ ƷĕëſƆȂ Tim has taken part in national and international debates on socialjustice issues as diverse as global poverty, gambling, homelessness, reconciliation, and substance abuse. Tim was awarded an Order of AusƐſëōĶë Ķŕ ǩǧǧǬ ëŕĎ ſĕĈĕĶưĕĎ ëŕ ƖƆȒ ƐſëōĶëŕ şĪ ƐIJĕ Ïĕëſ ëƱëſĎ Ķŕ ǩǧǧǭȂ In his evocative new memoir A Lot with a Little Tim Costello explores the people and experiences that
have shaped him into a socially ëĈƐĶưĕ Ǖ īIJƐĕſ Īşſ ƐIJĕ ƱşſōĎȜƆ ŔşƆƐ ĈIJëōōĕŕīĕĎȂ ¨ſëĈĶŕī ĕëĈIJ ĎĕǕ ŕĶŕī stage of his life with stark insight and honesty, Tim untangles his ongoing struggle to align self-perception with choice and what his life represents. More than a simple life story, this is a book about individual and community, public and private, spiritual and material, equality and liberty – and, most of all, about faith and its power to sustain in the face of the world’s big issues. Challenging and thought provoking no matter what your beliefs A Lot with A Little is a book to savour and re-read. Tim Costello will be appearing at Byron Writers Festival in
conversation with Chris Hanley (Sat Ǫ Ɩīȏ ëŕĎ şŕ ƐIJĕ żëŕĕōƆ Resilience and Strength During Adversity with Chloe Hooper and Leigh Sales
Ȏ ëƐ Ǫ Ɩīȏ ëŕĎ Social Activism ƱĶƐIJ 'Ķ lşſſĶƆƆĕƷ Ȏ Ɩŕ ǫ ƖīȏȂ ¨ĶŔ Costello will also feature in a speƷſşŕ ȎDſĶĎëƷ ǩ ƖīƖƆƐȏȂ ÈĶƆĶƐ ƱƱƱȂ cial Satellite Event at The Byron at byronwritersfestival.com for tickets.
Solid Air: Spoken-word showcase at Byron Theatre From page to stage, let the words ƐëŊĕ ǖ ĶīIJƐǿ !şŔĕ ĕƶżĕſĶĕŕĈĕ ōĶưĕ some of Australia’s most vibrant performance and slam poets featured within the groundbreaking spoken-word anthology Solid Air. The showcase includes special feature sets by Tishani Doshi and champion beatboxer Hope One, as well as Melanie Mununggurr-Williams, Pascalle Burton, Tug Dumbly, David Hallett, Anisa Nandaula, Oma Sakr, David Stavanger, and AnneMarie Te Whiu. Tishani Doshi is an awardwinning writer and dancer of ÉĕōƆIJȒEƖŇëſëƐĶ ĎĕƆĈĕŕƐȂ Pŕ ǩǧǧǭǽ her book of poems Countries of the Body won the Forward Poetry Prize Īşſ ćĕƆƐ Ǖ ſƆƐ ĈşōōĕĈƐĶşŕ Ķŕ ƐIJĕ ®bȂ Her most recent books are a collection of poems Girls Are Coming Out of the Woods (shortlisted for the Ted
Tishani Doshi
Hope One
Melanie Mununggurr-Williams
LƖīIJĕƆ ƱëſĎȏ ëŕĎ ë ŕşưĕōǽ Small Days and Nights. Tishani Doshi will also appear in Byron Writers Festival’s main program. Hope One is respected as one of the top female beatboxers in the world. Descending from the Te Ati
Haunui-a-Pãpãrangi tribe and the Ngati Maniapoto tribe, she is currently the only Maori female professional beatboxer. Hope can also be found touring the world with international award-winning theatre show Hot Brown Honey.
Melanie Mununggurr-Williams ĶƆ ë ƱſĶƐĕſǽ żşĕƐǽ ëŕĎ ƐIJĕ ǩǧǨǯ ƖƆȒ tralian Poetry Slam Champion. Melanie is a Djapu woman from Yirrkala in northeast Arnhem Land, and her writing is often focused around family, place, and her
Anisa Nandaula identity as an Aboriginal woman. Solid Air: Spoken Word Showcase DſĶĎëƷ ǩ ƖīƖƆƐ ǯȂǪǧżŔ ëƐ Ʒſşŕ ¨IJĕëƐſĕȂ ȨǨǬȂ ¨ĶĈŊĕƐƆ ëƐ www.byronwritersfestival.com/ satellite-events.
Your guide to Byron Writers Festival Satellite Events As well as appearing in the main Festival program, selected writers and thinkers will feature in Byron Writers Festival’s program of Satellite Events that will have you laughing, crying, chin-stroking, and truly inspired. Satellite Events are separately ticketed shows taking place over the Festival weekend throughout the Northern Rivers region – the perfect solution if you can’t make it to the main Festival or have never been before and are curious to get a taste of what it’s all about. Fans of ABC Radio National’s Richard Fidler can get their fix with two enthralling conversations taking place at the Byron Theatre. DſĶĎëƷ ǩ ƖīƖƆƐ ƱĶōō Ɔĕĕ DĶĎōĕſ ĶŕƐĕſȒ view comedian Hung Le, whose memoir The Crappiest Refugee tracks dĕȜƆ ŇşƖſŕĕƷ ĪſşŔ ë ǰȒƷĕëſȒşōĎ ÈĶĕƐȒ nam war refugee to an international ĈşŔĕĎƷ ƆƐëſȂ wŕ ëƐƖſĎëƷ Ǫ ƖīƖƆƐǽ Fidler will sit down and talk all ƐIJĶŕīƆ Ǖ ſĕ ƱĶƐIJ Professor Stephen Pyneǽ ƱIJş IJëƆ ƱſĶƐƐĕŕ ǪǬ ćşşŊƆ şŕ ƐIJĕ ƐşżĶĈ ëŕĎ ƆżĕŕƐ ǨǬ ƆĕëƆşŕƆ
Richard Fidler
Nevo Zisin
Clementine Ford
Hung Le
Ǖ īIJƐĶŕī Ǖ ſĕƆ Ķŕ ƐIJĕ EſëŕĎ !ëŕƷşŕ National Park. Richard Fidler events are always popular so be sure to get your tickets early. Byron Theatre will also play host to two vibrant live performances; Solid Air, a spoken-word showcase ȎDſĶĎëƷ ǩ ƖīƖƆƐǽ ǯȂǪǧżŔȏ ëŕĎ Story Club: Working for the Man, a live storytelling night featuring true, hilarious stories by Benjamin Law, ĈşƐƐ dƖĎōƖŔǽ bëƐĕ lĈ!ōƷŔşŕƐǽ
ëŕĎ ĶƆşŕŊĕ lƆĶŔëŕī Ȏ ëƐƖſĎëƷ Ǫ ƖīƖƆƐǽ ǯżŔȏȂ If getting bookish over breakfast is more your style, then head to LëſưĕƆƐ Ķŕ mĕƱſƷćëſ şŕ ¨IJƖſƆĎëƷ Ǩ August for Breakfast with Clementine Ford. Listen as Ford discusses her most recent book Boys will be Boys while you get your morning cafĪĕĶŕĕ Ǖ ƶ ëŕĎ ĶŕĎƖōīĕ Ķŕ ë ĎĕōĶĈĶşƖƆ breakfast spread courtesy of Harvest and Brookfarm.
There are several free events happening throughout the region, including Gourmet Farmer Matthew Evans on How to be an Ethical Carnivore Ȏ¨IJƖſƆĎëƷ Ǩ ƖīƖƆƐǽ ĕëĈIJ LşƐĕō Ʒſşŕ ëƷȏȂ ÉſĶƐĕſ ëŕĎ ëĈƐĶưĶƆƐ Nevo Zisin will talk about gender and everything that comes with it in Finding Nevo Ȏ¨IJƖſƆĎëƷ Ǩ ƖīƖƆƐǽ şƖƐIJĕſŕ !ſşƆƆ ®ŕĶưĕſƆĶƐƷ dĶƆŔşſĕȏȂ Ailsa Piper returns to Lismore Gallery with Object Lessons, a performance
inspired by the current exhibition Object Therapy Ȏ ëƐƖſĎëƷ Ǫ ƖīƖƆƐȏȂ Acclaimed author Dominic Smith will take listeners back in time to the birth of cinema with a discussion about his new book, The Electric Hotel Ȏ ƖŕĎëƷ ǫ ƖīƖƆƐǽ ¨ƱĕĕĎ ĕīĶşŕëō EëōōĕſƷ Ɋ lëſīëſĕƐ wōōĕƷ ſƐ !ĕŕƐſĕȏȂ To see the full program of Satellite Events and to book tickets head to www.byronwritersfestival.com/ satellite-events.
18 The Byron Shire Echo `ƖōƷ Ǫǽ ǩǧǨǰ
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