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ANTHOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL LITERATURE by Anita Heiss
Category: Fiction
In a political system that renders them largely voiceless, Australia's Aboriginal people have used the written word as a powerful tool for over two hundred years. "Anthology of Australian Aboriginal Literature" presents a rich panorama of Aboriginal culture, history, and life through the writings of som ...Show more
Am I Black Enough For You? by Anita Heiss
Category: Biography
I'm Aboriginal. I'm just not the Aboriginal person a lot of people want or expect me to be. What does it mean to be Aboriginal? Why is Australia so obsessed with notions of identity? Anita Heiss, successful author and passionate campaigner for Aboriginal literacy, was born a member of the Wiradjuri nati ...Show more
Am I Black Enough For You?: 10 Years On by Anita Heiss
Category: Biography
The story of an urban-based high achieving Wiradyuri woman working to break down stereotypes and build bridges between black and white Australia. I'm Aboriginal. I'm just not the Aboriginal person a lot of people want or expect me to be. What does it mean to be Aboriginal? Why is Australia so obsessed ...Show more
Avoiding Mr Right by Anita Heiss
Category: Fiction
"Peta thinks that '...taking a man to Melbourne would be like taking a sandwich to a smorgasbord', that's why she is leaving him at home. Peta Tully has found her Mr Right the only trouble is, she's not sure she's ready to settle down. Not just yet, anyway - so when she's offered a twelve-month contract ...Show more
Avoiding Mr Right by Anita Heiss
Category: Fiction
A hilarious and heart-felt story of love, self-discovery and finding true happiness, from award-winning Wiradyuri author, Anita Heiss. Peta Tully thinks that 'Taking a man to Melbourne would be like taking a sandwich to a smorgasbord', that's why she is leaving him at home. Peta has found her Mr Right – ...Show more
Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms by Anita Heiss
Category: Fiction
Finalist in the Queenland Literary Awards 2017Longlisted in the Dublin Literary Awards 2017A story about a love that transcends all boundaries, from one of Australia's best loved authors.5 AUGUST, 1944.Over 1000 Japanese soldiers break out of the No.12 Prisoner of War compound on the fringes of Cowra. I ...Show more
Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms by Anita Heiss
Category: Fiction
Finalist in the Queenland Literary Awards 2017Longlisted in the Dublin Literary Awards 2017A story about a love that transcends all boundaries, from one of Australia's best loved authors.5 AUGUST, 1944Over 1000 Japanese soldiers break out of the No.12 Prisoner of War compound on the fringes of Cowra. In ...Show more
Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms: Japanese edition by Anita Heiss
Category: Fiction
A story about a love that transcends all boundaries, from one of Australia's best loved authors. In August 1944, over 1000 Japanese soldiers break out of their prison compound on the fringes of Cowra. Many are killed or recaptured, and some take their own lives. But one soldier, Hiroshi, manages to esca ...Show more
Bidhi Galing: Big Rain by Anita Heiss
Category: Graphic Novels
Powerful and moving, Bidhi Galing (Big Rain) celebrates the Wiradyuri heroes of the Great Flood of Gundagai in 1852, told through the eyes of a young girl who is rescued from the raging floodwaters by her father. Wagadhaany grew up near the Marrambidya Bila. She loved dancing in the rain and listening t ...Show more
Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray: River of Dreams by Anita Heiss
Category: Fiction
'The novel flows like the great Murrumbidgee River itself, with powerful undercurrents that sweep the reader along - I feel it's a book that all Australians should read, to try and understand why our colonial past still causes so much pain and grievance.’ – Kate Forsyth
Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray: River of Dreams by Anita Heiss
Category: Fiction
Gundagai, 1852 The powerful Murrumbidgee River surges through town leaving death and destruction in its wake. It is a stark reminder that while the river can give life, it can just as easily take it away. Wagadhaany is one of the lucky ones. She survives. But is her life now better than the fate she esc ...Show more
DHUULUU-YULA by HEISS ANITA
Category: Australian History
Dhuuluu-Yala is a Wiradjuri phrase meaning 'to talk straight' and this book is straight talk about publishing Indigenous literature in Australia. It also includes broader issues that writers need to consider: engaging with readers and reviewers. The book covers the period up to the mid-1900s, though so ...Show more