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New book explores Pacific wellbeing across Australia and Aotearoa
A new book exploring Pacific wellbeing across Aotearoa (New Zealand) and Austral...
Joseph Guenzler 16 Oct 2026
'Sweet Home: Stories of Country and Family' wins the 2026 Karajia and Environment Award for Children's Literature
From the coral reefs of Ningaloo to the waterways of the Torres Strait, Australi...
Phoebe Blogg 14 Oct 2026
Torres Strait author brings childhood memories to life in debut children's book
Memories of growing up on Mer (Murray Island) with three grandmothers have inspi...
Joseph Guenzler 13 Oct 2026
Community mourns passing of beloved educator Aunty Ruth Simms OAM
The literary community and beyond are mourning the passing of Aunty Ruth Simms O...
Giovanni Torre 8 Oct 2026
Celebrated Gurindji history book re-issued to mark 60 years since the Wave Hill Walk-Off
Aboriginal Studies Press recently release a second edition of its celebrated tit...
Giovanni Torre 16 Sep 2026
First Nations authors shine at WA Premier's Book Awards

CryBaby by first-time author Mabel Gibson has been named Book of the Year at the 2026 Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, taking out the program's highest honour at an awards ceremony at the Sta...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 14, 2026
Novel based on the oral history of the Yolŋu people wins PM's best fiction prize

A Piece of Red Cloth, a novel based on the oral history of Yolŋu people from north-east Arnhem Land, has won the best fiction prize at this year's Prime Minister's Literary Awards.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 12, 2026
Follow the Dream: The Polly Farmer Story - new book set to inspire next generations

The Polly Farmer Foundation has launched a new book celebrating the remarkable life, legacy and achievements of Graham "Polly" Farmer. Follow the Dream: The Polly Farmer Story is a new children's book...

New book revitalises language, equips young people to talk about mental health, and asks: Are You OK Today?

A new book is encouraging starting important conversations from a young age, and hoping to equip children and youth with the tools to do so. Western Australia's Kimberley has one of the highest suicid...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Sep 11, 2026
Blak & Bright and Magabala Books launch First Stories Collective

Two of Australia's leading First Nations-owned literary organisations, Magabala Books and Blak & Bright, have launched First Stories Collective, a national network for Blak storytelling and publis...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Sep 8, 2026
First Nations books promote online child safety in Northern Territory communities

The Australian Federal Police-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation has drawn on Indigenous creativity, culture and consultation to create two new children's picture books designed to su...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Sep 7, 2026
BLAK POWER COMIX puts First Nations heroes at the heart of the action

A new First Nations comic anthology is putting Blak stories, artists and heroes into the hands of young readers, with an ambitious distribution strategy designed to reach Aboriginal and Torres Strait...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 4, 2026
Ngarrindjeri author to discuss ‘from abandonment to belonging’

Mount Gambier Library is set to welcome Indigenous author Warren Rankine for an evening discussing his memoir, Fifteen Feet Tall: From Abandonment to Belonging, this month.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Sep 3, 2026
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