Michael Mohammed Ahmad is the founding director of Sweatshop Literacy Movement and the author of three award-winning novels: THE TRIBE (Giramondo, 2014), THE LEBS (Hachette, 2018) and THE OTHER HALF OF YOU (2021). Mohammed completed his Doctorate of Creative Arts at Western Sydney University in 2017.
Newcastle Writers Festival would like to acknowledge the Awabakal and Worimi peoples, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which the festival takes place, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging and extend this respect to all First Nations people attending our festival.
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