Laying Down the Lore

Hear from a leading voice in Indigenous storytelling at the annual Hugh DT Williamson Lecture.

Dr Mykaela Saunders, a Koori/Goori and Lebanese writer, researcher and educator, will share her groundbreaking research on First Nations speculative fiction.

She'll delve into seven key subgenres: fantasy, horror, climate fiction, science fiction, ghost stories and the gothic, futurism and weird and slipstream fiction. She'll explore how these genres allow First Nations writers and readers to reimagine and reflect on past, present and future issues in inventive and unfamiliar ways.