Program Officer for the NT Writers Centre, Betty Sweetlove, fills us in on the upcoming January to April program.

The first workshop series for the year (beginning 31 Jan) is called Unravel: A Multi-Arts Approach to Writing, facilitated by local artist Emma Trenorden. The three week series introduces writers to arts-based methods for getting ‘unstuck’ and finding new perspectives on a creative concept. 

If you missed tickets to the sold out online event Story in Six Weeks with Mary Anne Butler, there is plenty more on offer such as the NT Writers' Centre and Red Kangaroo Books annual get-together, and a fully catered, self guided writing retreat at Campfire In The Heart.

The Centre continues to offer writing and feedback programs: The Sunday Writers Review (Darwin) and the Emerging Writers Group (Mparntwe/Alice Springs), and embarks on a new partnership with Centralian Senior College in the new Schools Writer-in-Residence program.

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On the Big Brekky Show this morning we’re having a chat with Darwin-based singer-songwriter Alice Cotton. Her latest single, "Autonomic Nerve Dysfunction" is a pulsating, punk-inspired track, a preview of what's to come from her highly anticipated self-titled debut EP, scheduled for an early 2024 launch.

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On the Big Brekky we spoke with touring French Folk Musician Charles-Antoine Favier, who was in Central Australia in 2023 but is now performing and travelling between Victoria and Esperance, where Ocean Street was recorded.

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The Big Brekky crew had the pleasure of chatting with Ron Mangohig from the Library to find out what is happening during the January holidays. The Library in the Park program has been very popular!

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Bella Rainbow joins The Big Brekky to share her newest release 'I Will Be A Christmas Star'. The song is a fun song aimed at children with a message relevant for adults too; that Christmas is not just about presents but, sharing and caring as well.

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The Big Brekky Show celebrates its last show for the year with some live music from local folk musician, Ray Murtagh. Ray shares a yarn or two, a folk song from Ireland, some classic covers, and his own originals as Andy says farewell to 2023. 

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Kerrigan La-Brooy, singer/songwriter from Melbourne, shares his Christmas new release with The Big Brekky, titled ‘Run Run Rudolph’.

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Kathryn Kelly from The Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) joins the Big Brekky Show to highlight human rights abuses in Palestine and the urgent need for humanitarian aid, for which IPAN is advocating. She also discusses increasing US troop presence in the NT. 

IPAN is a network of organisations, community groups, trade unions, peace and anti-war organisations, and concerned individuals from around Australia that support an independent Australian foreign policy based on peaceful resolution of international conflicts. IPAN builds awareness, dialogue and pressure to change foreign policy, and has been heavily involved in advocating for whistleblowers such as Julian Assange and David McBride.

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The Big Brekky Show had the chance to get some insights around the fallout from this year's COP28 on a chat with the CEO of Desert Knowledge Australia, Jimmy Cocking and other impacts that climate change has on this region.

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The Big Brekky Show caught up with Aero, the Youth Engagement Coordinator for the Alice Springs Town Council, about the stimulating recreational activities that are happening in Alice Springs this holiday season.

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