Perth Storyfest 2025: Writers Panel

Kick off the Perth Storyfest with a lively discussion by a talented panel of authors.
Hear four writers from different cultural backgrounds come together to discuss storytelling, privilege and survival.
Rashida Murphy will facilitate the discussion with writers Sisonke Msimang, Sara Saleh and Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa.

Rashida Murphy is an award-winning author of a novel and a collection of short stories who founded the Writers Collective, an organisation committed to an anti-racist vision of the arts in practice.
Sisonke Msimang is an author of two books, a columnist, key-note speaker and is on the Board for the Centre for Stories.
Sarah Saleh is a writer/poet and human rights lawyer of Palestinian, Egyptian and Lebanese heritage with a novel and poetry collection and is co-founder of the Muslim Poetry Project.
Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa OAM, is an award-winning writer, performer, producer and multi-form artist. Sukhjit is the Executive Director of the Blue Room theatre. Her debut novel, Fully Sikh: hot chips and tumeric stains has recently been published.
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