Evelyn Araluen

Evelyn Araluen is a Goorie and Koori poet, editor and educator, and the author of two poetry collections, Dropbear, and The Rot.

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Evelyn Araluen

Evelyn Araluen is a Goorie and Koori poet, editor and educator born and raised in Dharug Country. She is the author of the 2021 Stella Prize winning collection Dropbear, and her latest book, The Rot, was published by the University of Queensland press in 2025. She is the co-editor in-chief of Overland Literary Journal, a director of the Institute of Postcolonial Studies, and a lecturer in Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development at the Wilin Centre.

Festival Events

The Rot: Evelyn Araluen in Conversation

DATE March 28 TIME 1:00 pm WHEREUniversity of Newcastle NUspace X301 Book now

An Unfree World: Randa Abdel-Fattah, Evelyn Araluen and Cheng Lei

DATE March 28 TIME 4:00 pm WHERECummings Room Newcastle City Hall Book now

Poetry and Publics

DATE March 29 TIME 1:00 pm WHEREUniversity of Newcastle NUspace X207 Book now

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A red book cover with an illustration of eucalyptus leaves, in another shade of red, and the title "The Rot" in large, spaced, cream letters.

The Rot