Samuel Wagan Watson in conversation with Ellen van Neerven: Celebrating the First Nations Classics series

Join leading writers Samuel Wagan Watson and Ellen van Neerven for a conversation about Samuel’s 2004 volume of poetry Smoke Encrypted Whispers, now part of UQP’s First Nations Classics series. Showcasing Wagan Watson’s imaginative brilliance, this publication is a stunning collection of exhilarating poems, urban songlines and ancestral ties that have become the hallmarks of this poet.

 

Smoke Encrypted Whispers (2004) by Samuel Wagan Watson and Heat and Light (2014) by Ellen van Neerven have both been republished as part of UQP’s First Nations Classics series and will be available for purchase at the event.

 

This event is presented by the School of Communication and Arts in collaboration with the University of Queensland Press, AustLit and UQ Art Museum. An informal afternoon tea with the speakers will follow the conversation.