Yvette Henry Holt: Fitzroy North 3068
ABOUT THE SHOW
Multi-award-winning First Nations poet Yvette Henry Holt is about to take you on an astonishing literary journey. Her spellbinding new collection blends psychogeography with psychoanalysis, wit with wisdom, metaphor with matrilineal memory. From Inala East to East London, from Melbourne to Memphis, Fitzroy North 3068 reflects on faith, addiction, truth and the subconscious with psychedelic originality and flair.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Yvette Henry Holt heralds from the Bidjara, Wakaman and Yiman Nations of Queensland. A multi-award-winning poet, editor, essayist, and accomplished social landscape photographer, Yvette’s writings have been translated into multiple languages for more than two decades both online and traditional publishing format – the recipient of the David Unaipon Award 2005, Scanlon Prize for Indigenous Poetry 2008, Kate Challis RAKA Award 2010, Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing 2008, and recipient of the Queensland Writers Centre Johnno Award 2024. Fitzroy North 3068 is Yvette’s second published collection of poetry.
Gudanji/Wakaja and Kalkadoon writer, Dr Debra Dank’s first book, We Come with This Place, was awarded a record four out of fourteen NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, the Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal as well as several other awards in 2023. She published Terraglossia and Ankami in 2025.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Yvette Henry Holt heralds from the Bidjara, Wakaman and Yiman Nations of Queensland. A multi-award-winning poet, editor, essayist, and accomplished social landscape photographer, Yvette’s writings have been translated into multiple languages for more than two decades both online and traditional publishing format – the recipient of the David Unaipon Award 2005, Scanlon Prize for Indigenous Poetry 2008, Kate Challis RAKA Award 2010, Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing 2008, and recipient of the Queensland Writers Centre Johnno Award 2024. Fitzroy North 3068 is Yvette’s second published collection of poetry.
Gudanji/Wakaja and Kalkadoon writer, Dr Debra Dank’s first book, We Come with This Place, was awarded a record four out of fourteen NSW Premier’s Literary Awards, the Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal as well as several other awards in 2023. She published Terraglossia and Ankami in 2025.
