Daniel Browning

Daniel Browning is an award-winning Bundjalung and Kullilli writer, journalist and radio broadcaster. Currently the ABC’s Editor of Indigenous Radio, he also presents The Art Show and Arts in 30 podcasts. Hailed as “an outstanding contribution to arts journalism”, his first book, Close to the Subject: Selected Works won the 2024 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction and the Indigenous Writing Prize at the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. In 2024 he was First Nations Writer-in-Residence and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge, based at Trinity Hall College.

Daniel Browning is appearing in the following events:

Opening Night: Magical Thinking

Join us to open the 2025 Festival and celebrate the transformative power of storytelling.

Thu 8 May 6:30pm @ Athenaeum Theatre

Thin Red Lines: An Evening of Poetry

The Naarm-based poetry event celebrates six years with co-hosts Thabani Tshuma and Georgia Kartas and a lineup featuring Manisha Anjali, Afra Atiq, Daniel Browning, Hasib Hourani, Nam Le and Micaela Sahhar.

Fri 9 May 6:00pm @ Wheeler Centre

Post-Referendum Voices: Where Do We Go From Here?

Eighteen months after the Voice referendum, Daniel Browning leads a powerful discussion with Ben Abbatangelo, Thomas Mayo, and Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts on the way forward for reconciliation and the urgent need for truth-telling.

Sat 10 May 12:00pm @ State Library of Victoria, Conversation Quarter

Tradition and Innovation: 65,000 Years of Indigenous Art

Explore the brilliance and longevity of 65,000 years of Indigenous art. Marcia Langton, Judith Ryan, Brook Garru Andrew, and Jessica Neath examine its history, impact and future with Daniel Browning.

Sat 10 May 3:00pm @ State Library of Victoria, Theatrette

We Sharpen Our Axes Against the Hardest Stone

Is adversity the key to making great art? Brook Garru Andrew, Nayuka Gorrie, and Bebe Oliver consider whether personal, political and social upheaval offer the necessary impetus to the creation of great works of art.

Hosted and curated by Daniel Browning.

Sun 11 May 3:30pm @ State Library of Victoria, Conversation Quarter

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