Maxine Beneba Clarke

Maxine Beneba Clarke is the author of over 15 books for children and adults, including the ABIA and Indie Award-winning short fiction collection Foreign Soil, the bestselling memoir The Hate Race, and the critically acclaimed poetry collections Carrying the World, How Decent Folk Behave, It’s the Sound of the Thing: 100 new poems for young people, and Stuff I’m Not Sorry For: 99 poems for young people. She is currently the inaugural Poet in Residence at The University of Melbourne.

Appearing at:

Saturday Day Pass Program – Panel: Poetry Now

The Dip – Session: Ebb and Flow Slam Poetry

 Family Fun Day – Session: Poetry and Picture Books with Maxine Beneba Clarke