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We had a fabulous time. #FNWF 2025. Award winning authors+artists. New awards. Fab location #Townsville +Fab food. Talking stories+culture+books+weaving++Fab MC Peter Rockford Espiritu. Fab sponsors RydgesSydney Airport+RydgesFortitudeValley. Volunteers. Thank you. #Booksky
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FNWF 2025 All the Action
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June 1, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Delivering latest #FNWF #PNG books to the Michael Somare Library within #UPNG, Port Moresby. It's division specifically for PNG Authors. We regularly send to the library. A thrill for #FNWF to hand deliver them. Thank you, promoting the incredible stories of these Authors. #booksky #booksbooksbooks
December 3, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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#FNWF publishes stories from Greater #Pacific. In their own voice. This article celebrates books doing just that. A standout is “We Survived the Night (Knopf, Oct.), documentarian and debut author Julian Brave NoiseCat”. Listed #FNWF 2025 Books Cultural Significance.
February 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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#FNWF #BooksonHoliday #Mexico. They travel well. Global stories from the #Pacific. #Booksky BUY here... firstnationswritersfestival.org/books/
Festival 31 May **WATCH LIVE** or **WATCH LATER**
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May 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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#FNWF #VOLUNTEERS from day 1. Peter Rockford Espiritu-Hawaii, internationally renowned+awarded choreographer. Plus Executive+ Tau Dance Theatre; recently Disney. Member #FNWF Circle of Knowledge; and MC.
Nancy Swanjo Waffi, #PNG, #FNWF Cultural Ambassador. Photo FNWF2022, our inaugural festival.
April 19, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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#FNWF Judges announced Daniel Kumbon inaugural #FNWF Living Treasure. From #Enga #PNG he has published multiple books securing the stories of elders + early authors – to save their works. His first fiction book. Good book, #PNG coffee, icecream and cheesecake. BUY: www.amazon.com/Books-Daniel...
January 28, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Visit the #Pacific through #Indigenous short stories that will take you there. #FNWF #bookclub #bookstoread #booksky
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August 13, 2026 at 7:09 AM
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We loved our book covers so much we put them on Tees. #FNWF ships global. Profits fund Authors of the Greater #Pacific. So FNWF can publish their magnificent stories. Or buy the Award winning books. Its Christmas - share the love. #booksbooksbooks #booksky
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December 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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#FNWF first BOOK #COLLECTOR. Hello Merle, mid North Coast, NSW #Australia. She tells us she has been with #FNWF from the beginning. And is now waiting for the announcement of FNWF2025 #shortstory winners. OUR NEXT ANTHOLOGY. Join Merle, BUY HERE: firstnationswritersfestival.org/books/ #Booksky
April 17, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Annually 9th Aug Int. Day of Indigenous Peoples: celebrates cultures+knowledge+rights to make their own decisions. #FNWF publishes their stories in their voice+share globally. Author Kuri "you aint read anything yet, people in #london #Sydney #nyc, until you read FNWF books". #Booksky #bookclubs
August 8, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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We love receiving photos from readers. The message said "Young Madeleine thinks the best part of Christmas is a lovely couple of #FNWF books". We do too!! Warm regards Madeleine.
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Baka Books #Fiji #booksbooksbooks #booksky
December 25, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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All FNWF Directors, +Members Circle of Knowledge are volunteers. It is volunteer week in Australia. And Peter Rockford Espiritu has attended Festivals. Despite a hectic career as choreographer Disney Cruise Line. This is what he said at #FNWF 2024. Great wisdom.

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#FNWF 2024 PETER ROCKFORD ESPIRITU #hawaii
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April 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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2025 #FNWF WATCH n LISTEN best selling author. "You wont read a story like this anywhere else in the world" John Kuri Author #FNWF '25 Festival. #london, #sydney, #newyork...1,000 years of culture in the first chapter". Best selling fantasy novel, watch his speech. #booksky
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JOHN W KURI SPEAKS #FNWF 2025 FESTIVAL
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July 12, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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#FNWF 2025 VIP Jessika Spencer, Wiradjuri Woman, tells stories through weaving. All over the #Pacific: houses, huts, mats, bags, boats, fishing, bilums: about 15 million weavers. Every woven piece tells a story. Hear and watch her speak at… #Booksky firstnationswritersfestival.org/events/
May 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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**51** MILLION MEDIA REACH Big Thank you to InsideOut PR for helping #FNWF publicise its story. About stories of Greater #Pacific + beyond. Award winning Authors. Sponsors Rydges Sydney Airport and Rydges Fortitude Valley. See you next year, at #FNWF 2026. #booksky #booksbooksbooks #bookFestivals
July 13, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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FLASHBACK? #FNWF 2025 we introduced a fabulous young writer and her book, CRYBABY. FLASH FORWARD Mabel Gibson is on the WA Premier's List Emerging Writer's Awards. On the media campaign trail together.... with Arika Appleby - Radio host 107.1 #booksky
July 18, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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An article about #FNWF 2025 on May 30 + 31 BROADCAST #LIVE. Perfect detail of events, a presentation design + feature layout beyond stunning. Cultural warmth hummms from the page to YOU. This is for the #Authors, and YOUR #stories. Thank YOU. #booksky

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April 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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My Nephew loves drawing and started creating his own characters! And he's killing it with what he's been brewing laltey! - You might Guess which is his Favorite character of FNwF - Cause' Yeah! - He's a big fan of Roxy for sure! 🔥🤘
December 26, 2023 at 11:33 PM
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**BUY anywhere #FNWF #MEMOIRS Ancient times-now. The Grandfather-Nathan Kilali; Uncle+Grand Companion Order of Logohu by #HRH QElizabeth II-Paul Puri Nii; Father+Chief-Marlene Potoura; Gold Medal #HRH King Charles III-Daniel Kumbon. firstnationswritersfestival.org/books/
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December 20, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Frantz Fanon's seminal work on colonialism: Psychiatrist, humanist, revolutionary, one of the greatest political analysts of his time. Author of works of modern revolutionary theory. #FNWF BOOKS CULTURAL SIGNFICANCE 2026 #Booksky
July 31, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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Julie Mota Kondi spoke at China University Technology conference: Cultural Resilience+Climate Change, 250 global academics. With her book ANI'S PORTRAIT, published #FNWF. Congratulations Julie, the book is now world travelled. #booksky #culture #Climate
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September 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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#FNWF new Authors to add to its best seller list...Judges: “Always the unexpected, always filled with culture, new story narrators.”
***AVAILABLE SOON. Laugh+cry, be prepared to stay up all night to finish.
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February 4, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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Hello Karen in #Mexico; we welcome a new #FNWF Family member
#FNWF BOOKS ON HOLIDAY in #MEXICO
34 YEARS the Author took to finish this joyous and harrowing Memoir, notwithstanding she is one of the world’s most prolific authors. It is a beautiful read.
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December 4, 2024 at 3:13 AM
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Whisper of a bird’s wing, the breath of flowers, the hum of bees, the wash of waves n rivers. Connect to country n community, n healing with stories. Aunty Bea - Gumbaynggirr woman – Elder. joining us at #FNWF 2025 in Townsville 31st May [LIVE]. #FNWF #WritersCircle. In CANOE COUNTRY.
February 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Thank YOU Thank YOU Thank YOU. The #Authors for trusting #FNWF with their #manuscripts. #DONORS and #Family. To all of YOU, this is what we created together, #BOOKS: HNY. WOWOWOWOW!!! firstnationswritersfestival.org/books/
December 30, 2024 at 12:13 AM