Uncle Brian Bell
Uncle Brian Bell is a Biripi man born in Guildford, NSW. He started writing poetry in the ‘90s, going on to win a Henry Lawson Award, a Bronze Swagman Award, Will Ogilvie Prize and John O’Brien Prize, among other accolades. He is actively involved in Blue Mountains People for Reconciliation/BMANTaR, the local Aboriginal Culture and Research Centre (ACRC), and an ORIC group designed to help the descendants of Annie Butler, his father’s great-great-grandmother.