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Evelyn Araluen, Hasib Hourani and Mykaela Saunders discuss the careful craft of shaping a language unsettled.
I have all the theory in the world to explain the logics of our erasure, the violence of our replacements and our more palatable Others. [...] But no one’s ever asked how we are both colonised by and inheritors of these words. – Evelyn Araluen, ‘To the Poets’, Dropbear (2021)
Trace the contours of language, seek out its limits and push. Histories are cut up, struck through, misplaced, misremembered. Join Evelyn Araluen, Hasib Hourani and Mykaela Saunders as they discuss the careful craft of ripping the empire’s language to shreds. In their work, these brilliant writers shift form in myriad ways; they render nonlinear temporalities and introduce new vocabularies; they wield opacities and yet share the dearest of intimacies. Thinking through poetry and prose, language and craft, these three writers will share the shape of a language unsettled.
Presented in partnership with Liminal
About Liminal Festival
Bringing together some of the continent’s most talented writers, the Liminal Festival contemplates the language of our shared histories and future.
The Liminal Festival is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Saturday 03 August
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Tickets
$19.00
Full
$15.00
Concession
$0.00
Pay What You Wish
75% of proceeds from Liminal Festival events will go towards future Liminal projects.
Location
Accessibility
Accessible toilets available
Assistive Listening
Registered Assistance Animals welcome
Wheelchair accessible
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Additional Notes
The bookseller for this event is Amplify Bookstore.
Featuring
Evelyn Araluen
Evelyn Araluen is a Goorie and Koori poet, researcher, and co-editor of Overland Literary Journal.
Hasib Hourani
Hasib Hourani lives and works on unceded Wangal Country. His debut book of poetry, ‘rock flight’, was released in 2024.
Mykaela Saunders
Dr Mykaela Saunders is the author of Always Will Be (UQP 2024), which won the David Unaipon Award, and the editor of This All Come Back Now, which won the Aurealis Award for best anthology (UQP 2022). Mykaela has won other prizes for fiction ...