'ART' (2022) is a stunning new poetry collection by Yamaji author Charmaine Papertalk Green and non-Indigenous author John Kinsella. In one word, this book is ALIVE. It has true collaboration, conversation and playful experimentation. I was left inspired: https://t.co/IRkLSAdrh1
"Two Sisters flows comfortably in subjectivity and shared remembering. With one eye on the past, Ngarta and Jukuna also hold one eye on the future – towards their children, who will learn so much from their stories and revitalisation of language."
READ: https://t.co/PG6d2XfQtA
'In @ultimopress' "Lies Damned Lies", @clairegcoleman destroys a series of lies about our nation (otherwise known as Australia’s history books) with brilliantly researched facts, rolling sarcasm and pent-up rage."
Read @luisayarns full review: https://t.co/WzSyXe54l0
"Elfie Shiosaki refuses to let her mother’s and grandmother’s voices, and the men who loved them, go unheard. What we end up with is a testament to the beauty of feminine power, grief and rage – their agency to ‘resist, survive and renew’." Read on: https://t.co/a8AxWTDDlR
Ambelin Kwaymullina's ‘Living on Stolen Land’ is a manifesto, a roar to decolonise Australia. I came to see it as a ‘Dummy’s Guide to Decolonisation’ that might be carried in every settler’s back pocket when they forget whose country they are standing on: https://t.co/c7GkC350xz
"... speculative fiction is sometimes an uncomfortable genre for Indigenous writers, when at first glance, the genre tells us that our stories are fantastical/untrue. However, for many of us, our imagination mixes in with very real beliefs." Read on below...
Kaya! Today we're talking Blak speculative fiction and celebrating @FremantlePress' 'Unlimited Futures' and @UQPbooks' 'This All Come Back Now'. I discuss short stories by @clairegcoleman, @chipswoon and Timmah Ball. Read the full review: https://t.co/qSO66k5pBa
Kaya! Today we're talking about Alf Taylor's biting memoir 'God, The Devil and Me' - it will make you laugh and cry in equal measure. Taylor recounts his childhood growing up under the hateful hands of the New Noorcia Mission monks and nuns. Read more: https://t.co/34ZTTW5WtU
Kaya! I absolutely devoured Kim Scott's 'That Deadman Dance', a lyrical reimagining of the 'friendly frontier' during our colonial history in the southwest of Western Australia, here on Noongar boodjar. Read more of my review for @ASAustLit: https://t.co/OiYNJYMK8N
Kaya! I am so excited to begin my #DeadlyWABookClub reviews for @ASAustLit, where I discuss books by Aboriginal authors from WA. My first review is of a special one - 'Kimberley Stories' (2012) from @FremantlePress. Check out my post via the link below: https://t.co/HGKMrHWTBf