Tara June Winch’s second novel The Yield unrolls on the plains of Wiradjuri country in NSW, where the ‘possibility of rain was a simple smell, a good taste’ and ‘the sun slapped the barren earth with […]
A second edition of No Less Worthy has been promoted as an educational resource which tells the tales of Aboriginal men who volunteered during World War 1. The book was launched by WA Minister for […]
As part of NAIDOC Week 2019, Story Box Library is releasing its latest instalment in the Indigenous Story Time series to make it easier for children to develop understandings of theirs and others’ cultures, languages […]
‘Poems made him conscious of his breathing. A poem bared the moment to things he was not normally prepared to notice.’ – Don DeLillo, Cosmopolis Kirli Saunders’ debut collection Kindred offers a sequence of poems that […]
Please note, this story contains the names of people who have passed away. In modern terms, it would have been a chart topper, a pop smash-hit, a viral YouTube clip. The ‘Laka’ song set, performed […]
Frank Mallard talks of being a ‘tunnel rat’—one of the ‘mad Australians who chased Viet Cong down these tunnels’. Gaye Doolan jokes that she joined the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service because she liked the […]
My Longest Round is the kind of book you skip telly for, put the kids to bed early for, put yourself to bed early for—just so you can have a quiet hour in Wally Carr’s company. […]
A storyworm, like an earworm, can be a dangerous thing. It’s something you can’t get out of your head. It sticks there. Fattens there. And sometimes—if you’re lucky—it grows into a book. Steve Hawke’s storyworm […]
It’s after sunset. A group of technicolour monsters are on the move. They steal food from the shop. They stuff their faces with cake. They squash the community phone box. And this is just the […]
Indigenous publisher Magabala Books is looking for an illustrator for acclaimed author Bruce Pascoe’s first foray into children’s books. Applications are now open for the Kestin Indigenous Illustrator Award which will not only see the […]
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