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Dropbear by
Summary: A collection of poetry and prose from a new Indigenous voice on the Australian literary scene. Dropbear interrogates the complexities of colonial and personal history with an alternately playful, tender and mournful intertextual voice, deftly navigating the responsibilities that gather from sovereign country and the spectres of memory.
Guwayu - for all times : a collection of first nations poems by
Summary: Guwayu - For All Times is a collection of First Nations poems commissioned by Red Room Poetry over the past 16 years. This collection features 61 poems from First Nations poets in 12 First Nations languages. Journey through a range of poetic forms from lyric, confessional, protest, narrative and song, showcasing new voices and established poets. (Publishers' website).
Living on Stolen Land by
Summary: A look at our colonial-settler 'present'. This book addresses and educates about the colonial contextual history of Australia, in an original way. It pulls apart the myths at the heart of our nationhood, and challenges Australia to come to terms with its own past and its place within and on 'Indigenous Countries'. This title speaks to many First Nations' truths; stolen lands, sovereignties, time, decolonisation, First Nations perspectives, systemic bias and other constructs that inform our present discussions and ever-expanding understanding. (Publisher).
Nganajungu Yagu by
Summary: Poems by Charmaine Papertalk-Green. The writing in Nganajungu Yagu is dedicated to Papertalk Green's mother, and is built around a series of selected correspondence between her and her mother; each provides a deeply personal insight into not only their relationship, but the cultural, political and social landscape of her Yamaji country during the 1970s.
Smoke Encrypted Whispers by
These poems pulse with the language and images of a mangrove-lined river city, the beckoning highway, the just-glimpsed muse, the tug of childhood and restless ancestors.For the first time Samuel Wagan Watson's poetry has been collected into this stunning volume, which includes a final section of all new work.
The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie by
The complete adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie is undoubtedly one of Australia's best loved children's books. Since its publication in 1918 generations of Australian children have been captivated by the fantasy world of May Gibbs. Ages 4+.
Evelyn Araluen is a poet, researcher and co-editor of Overland Literary Journal. Her widely published criticism, fiction and poetry has been awarded the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers, the Judith Wright Poetry Prize, a Wheeler Centre Next Chapter Fellowship, and a Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund grant. Born and raised on Dharug country, she is a descendant of the Bundjalung Nation. Evelyn’s debut collection Dropbear was shortlisted for the 2021 Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection and the 2022 Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry, and won the 2022 Stella Prize. It was Highly Commended for the 2021 Anne Elder Award.
Source: Evelyn Araluen. (2023, May 19). The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved October 18, 2023 from https://www.wheelercentre.com/people/evelyn-araluen/