AAWP 2026 | 2-4 December 2026 | UNSW Kensington

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Wednesday 2 December, 2026

Plenary 1: 'First Nations Standpoints and Creative Writing'

Speakers: Tess Scholfield-Peters (moderator), Eugenia Flynn, and Graham Akhurst

A conversation between Eugenia Flynn (Monash University) and Graham Akhurst (University of Technology Sydney), moderated by Tess Scholfield-Peters (UTS), supported by the Writing & Society Research Centre, Western Sydney University. More details coming soon.

Evening event: Readings & launches at the UNSW Bookshop, from 6:00PM

Program details will be released soon. 

Photo credit: UNSW Visual Content Team

Speakers
Eugenia Flynn
Eugenia Flynn
Senior Lecturer
Monash University
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Eugenia Flynn
Eugenia Flynn

Eugenia Flynn

Senior Lecturer
Monash University

Eugenia Flynn is Senior Lecturer (Creative Writing and Indigenous Literatures) at Monash University. A writer, academic and creative, Eugenia’s work has been published and exhibited widely; in publications such as IndigenousX and Peril magazine, and in exhibitions such as SOULfury (2021) and Five Acts of Love (2025).

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Graham Akhurst
Graham Akhurst
Senior Lecturer
UTS
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Graham Akhurst
Graham Akhurst

Graham Akhurst

Senior Lecturer
UTS

Graham Akhurst is an Aboriginal writer and academic from the Kokomini of Northern Queensland. He is a Senior Lecturer of Australian Indigenous Studies and Creative Writing and the Director of Indigenous Studies at UTS. He is the author of Borderland published by UWAP (2023).

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