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Location: Barangaroo Reserve, Walumil Lawns, Sydney
Date: 28 May, 2025
Cost: Free
Fire has long been a source of inspiration, contemplation, and communion—its warmth and light bringing people together to share stories, knowledge and wisdom since its discovery. This tradition is deeply rooted in First Nations cultures, where storytelling by the fire has carried the sparks of history, language, and ancestral knowledge across the gap of time.
Curated by Wiradjuri poet and artist Jazz Money and presented in partnership with Sydney Writers’ Festival, Firetalk honours this living tradition. Set against the culturally rich backdrop of Barangaroo Reserve, in the flickering glow of the Bon(d)fire Vivid Light installation, this special series of evenings brings together contemporary First Nations writers, poets and songwriters. Here they will share stories that reflect on the past, speak to the present, and dream bold futures into being.
Join us by the fire for three free intimate and powerful nights of storytelling, where voices spark and glow with history, resilience and creativity.
Firetalk will take place every Wednesday night of the festival at 6.30-7pm and is free and un-reserved.
This event is presented in partnership with Sydney Writers’ Festival.
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