Brisbane Writers Festival

Bearing Witness

Friday, October 9, 2026
Justine E Hausheer + Durkhanai Ayubi + Eva Phillips + Edwina Shaw + Simon Cleary

A crime that’s haunted a family for generations. A fight against the extinction crisis. A homeland that’s long been misunderstood and misrepresented. An intervention into the history of Australian art. These potent and probing narratives – which span fiction, poetry, science writing and memoir – capture the costs of emotional, physical and cultural incursions, revealing the weight of silence and the value of witnessing.