Literary La Trobe

Dream On (2023 Bendigo Writers Festival)


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I have a dream. Dream large. Blue sky dreaming. A dream come true. You may say I’m a dreamer. We ask four extraordinary thinkers to dream on.

Professor Megan Davis – constitutional lawyer, co-chair of the national campaign to recognise the Voice to Parliament, author of Everything You Need to Know About the Uluru Statement.

Professor Frank Bongiorno – whose new political history of Australia, Dreamers and Schemers, is about to be released by La Trobe Uni Press, an imprint of Black Inc.

Akuch Anyieth - Sudanese refugee, author of the memoir Unknown, award-winning domestic violence campaigner.

Dr Joelle Gergis - ANU climate scientist and author of the new book Humanity’s Moment.

With a special live performance by actor, Kate Atkinson, reading from the work of award-winning author and La Trobe graduate, Cate Kennedy.

Recorded at the Bendigo Writers Festival on 5th May, 2023.

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