Guess who’s coming to Dirrum Dirrum?
Professor Stan Grant Jnr is a renowned journalist, author, theologian, moral philosopher, thinker, filmmaker and communicator. He currently holds the role of Vice Chancellor Chair of Australian-Indigenous Belonging at Charles Sturt University.
Stan has had a groundbreaking, four-decade career as one of Australia’s most-awarded journalists. A Wiradjuri, Kamilaroi and Dharrawal man, Stan has blazed a trail for First Nations journalists. In a career of firsts, he was the first Indigenous Political Correspondent, the first Indigenous Foreign Correspondent and the first Indigenous person to present a prime-time commercial television news and current affairs program. For a decade, he was a senior correspondent for American news giant CNN in Asia and the Middle East. He has reported from more than 70 countries and has lived in London, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Doha, Hong Kong and Beijing.
He has seen history turn, covering the greatest stories of our age, including the end of apartheid in South Africa, the death of Princess Diana, the troubles in Northern Ireland, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, conflict and unrest in Pakistan, Egypt, Indonesia, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Timor Leste, Gaza and the West Bank. He has interviewed world leaders and every Australian Prime Minister of the past 40 years. Stan reported up close the rise of China as a global power, travelling to every corner of the country. He is one of the few journalists to have gained entry to the secretive, repressive dictatorship of North Korea.
We look forward to welcoming Stan Grant to Dirrum Dirrum on Saturday, 16 August. He will give a keynote address on this year’s festival theme, Tomorrow’s Promise. This is a not-to-be-missed opportunity to hear from one of Australia’s leading voices.
Stan’s books will be for sale including his most recent Murriyang: Song of Time.
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