Sydney Writers Festival streaming - Tyree Barnette
Saturday 14 February 2026 at 10:00AM
Kootingal Library
Event Description
When Tyree Barnette moved to Sydney from North Carolina, he knew little of his new home. Initially, he was pleasantly surprised to find Black American culture admired and celebrated. But in time, the undercurrents of racism in Australia came into view, as did the ongoing struggles of Indigenous Australians against injustice. While watching from a distance as his homeland, the US, transformed through the rise of Trump and the Black Lives Matter Movement, Tyree learned the unique joy and pain of migration. This is the perspective that has been missing from the race discussion in Australia, one that considers how privilege and race can shift across time and borders. Join Tyree, in conversation with Sweatshop’s Michael Mohammed Ahmad, to discuss his debut Stolen Man on Stolen Land, a poignant love letter to Australian multiculturalism and a clear-eyed exploration of its successes and its failings.
Temporary access to this recording is with thanks to the Sydney Writers Festival and the State Library of NSW.
When
10:00AM - 11:00AM
Saturday 14 February 2026
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MPC Conference Room
Kootingal Library
8 Denman Avenue
Kootingal NSW
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