Meet the Author & Book Signings

Saturday 12 October: 11.00am – 11.30am

Nardi Simpson
Mindy Woods

Author BIO’s
Nardi Simpson is a Yuwaalaraay storyteller from NSW. Her debut novel, Song of the Crocodile, won the 2017 Black&Write! Fellowship and the ALS Gold Medal, and was longlisted for the 2021 Stella Prize and Miles Franklin Literary Award. Her latest novel is The Belburd (Hachette 2024).

Mindy Woods is a proud Bundjalung woman from Byron Bay, best known for her native ingredient-driven restaurant Karkalla Byron Bay and her two seasons on Masterchef. Mindy’s mission is to introduce this continent’s incredible native ingredients to all Australians in her book Karkalla at Home (Murdoch 2024), so that every home can be connected to the land it sits on.