Nardi Simpson is a Yuwaalaraay storyteller, songwriter, and performer. She won the 2018 Black & Write! Fellowship for her manuscript that became her first novel, 'Song of the Crocodile,' which won the 2021 ASAL Gold Medal and was longlisted for the 2021 Stella Prize and Miles Franklin Awards.
Join Nardi to celebrate the release of her latest book, The Belburd.
The Belburd tells the story of Ginny Dilboong, a young poet who is navigating love, family, and her creative spaces. Determined and brave, Ginny seeks to protect the truth of others while trying to understand her own reality. Throughout her journey, she is aware of the voices around her—some old, some new—that resonate in the world as the sound of the belburd. These voices manifest as sounds of cars, trucks, trains, trees, and ideas, illustrating the deep connections that exist between all beings, both past and present.
Don't miss your chance to meet this engaging voice in contemporary Australian fiction as she discusses The Belburd and her inspirations as a writer and storyteller. Bookings are open now—secure your seat!
Nardi Simpson is a Yuwaalaraay storyteller, songwriter and performer. She was a winner of the 2018 Black & Write! Fellowship for the manuscript that would become her first novel, 'Song of the Crocodile,' which went on to win the 2021 ASAL Gold Medal and was long listed for the 2021 Stella Prize and Miles Franklin Awards. Join Nardi to celebrate the release of her latest book,The Belburd. Ginny Dilboong is a young poet, fierce and deadly. She's making sense of the world and her place in it, grappling with love, family and the spaces in which to create her art. Determined and brave, Ginny seeks to protect the truth of others while trying to understand her own. The question is how? And, all the while, others are watching. Some old, some new. They’re the sound of the belburd as it echoes through the world. They’re the sound of cars and trucks and trains. They’re in trees and paper and the shape of ideas. They’re the builder and the built. Everything, even Ginny, is because of them. The Belburdis a powerful story that shows us we’re all connected, from before we began to long after we begin again. Don’t miss your chance to meet this engaging voice in contemporary Australian fiction, as she talks aboutThe Belburdand what inspires her as a writer and storyteller. Bookings are open now – secure your seat now!
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