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Fresh Takes: Winter '26

When
  • Tuesday 16 June from 6pm to 7:30pm
Cost

Adult: $10.00

Fresh Takes is a seasonal showcase of some of the best new pieces of publishing, featuring established and emerging writers reading from their new works and reflecting on the writers and creators who have shaped them. 

The winter line-up features Mary Colussi (Touch Grass), Ayesha Inoon (The Sisters of Serendib), Yumna Kassab (Parramatta: A Dictionary of Place and Memory), Roy V Marshan (Deprivation), Angela O’Keeffe (Phantom Days) _and Michael Winkler (Griefdogg_). 

This project is supported by the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund.

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