01.21.2022 - By Sydney Writers' Festival
“...real change is within reach. And we should never give up on the potential to make this planet a better place.” – Tony Birch
For our 2021 Festival, an all-star line-up of guests came together to deliver a speech on the Festival theme, Within Reach. Speakers celebrated the power of writing to generate empathy, imagination and action. In this moving highlight, celebrated author Tony Birch (The White Girl), winner of the 2020 NSW Premier’s Award for Indigenous Writing, calls each of us – even in the darkest of times – to act with strength, reach for hope and listen to Country.
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