NT Writers Festival | Lunchtime at the Library Series

Headshots of two authors side-by-side

Lunchtime at the Library returns for the 2026 NT Writers Festival, serving up two engaging lunchtime sessions to sink your teeth into!

Thursday 28 May | Counternarratives and Social Change

Writer, curator and author of Windows and Mirrors Djon Mundine’s work has shaped Australian understanding of Aboriginal art, history and sovereignty. Don’t miss this brilliant conversation about artistic practice and social change.

Date: Thursday 28 May
Time: 12.30pm to 1.30pm
Where: Library & Archives NT, Danala
Level 2, 54 Cavenagh Street, Darwin

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Friday 29 May | Out of the Margins

Candid Enigma: The Artful Adventures of Andrew Hau Ewing, is the long-awaited art biography of the late Andrew Hau Ewing, an Australian visual artist and curator who was a pioneering voice in challenging racist stereotypes of gay Asian identity. Author and dishevel books publisher, Maurice O’Riordan, talks with playwright Sandra Thibodeaux and comic artist Ifa Shiddiq about the richness of storytelling and art that flows between the Top End and Southeast /East Asian cultures.

Date: Friday 29 May
Time: 12.30pm to 1.30pm
Where: Library & Archives NT, Danala
Level 2, 54 Cavenagh Street, Darwin

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For more information about the 2026 NT Writers Festival click here.