The Memory of Trees
Reviewed onWhen I was growing up in York, an ancient salmon gum standing across the road from my bedroom window was the most steadfast of my childhood companions. Night and day, …
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Seafaring: Canoeing Ancient Songlines
Reviewed onAboriginal Australians were master seafarers, master navigators, master astronomers – who possibly sailed as far as Hawaii. These are just some of Gumbaynggirr/Gamilaroi man Victor Briggs’ contentions which, once you’ve …
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Initially created to encourage her own daughter following a dyslexia diagnosis, Shannon Meyerkort’s Brilliant Minds shares the profiles of thirty people—from authors and actors to sports stars and ballerinas to …
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This (strikingly pink!) book is a collection of personal stories about living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD. Whether you pick it up hoping to be enlightened, educated or even, …
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Aussie STEM Stars: Ajay Rane
Reviewed onThis is an inspiring true story about the difference one idea, one person and one community can make. Compelling, transporting and full of hope, Ajay Rane: Global Crusader for Women’s …
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FIFO: Fit In or F**K Off
Reviewed onFIFO – Fit In or F**K Off is a stage play. Confronting yet tempered with Aboriginal humour, playwright Melody Dia acknowledges that during her research she heard as many positive …
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i-Tjuma: Ngaanyatjarra Stories from the Western Desert of Central Australia brings us sixteen unrestricted tjuma (stories) from the region that have been captured with digital media. Considered an endangered ephemeral …
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Fossil
Reviewed onLike a dusty notebook turning up in an attic, Fossil obliges the reader to take pause. What was that task that took you up the ladder anyway? Listen instead to …
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Randolph Stow: Critical Essays
Reviewed onApart from Tony Hassall’s work in the 1980s, Randolph Stow’s writing had received limited attention until his death in 2010, which, perhaps ironically, generated a wealth of detailed interest. This …
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In the Time of Their Lives
Reviewed onIn the Time of Their Lives: Wangka kutjupa-kutjuparringu: How talk has changed in the Western Desert examines the transformation of language across generations of the Ngaanyatjarra, Ngaatjatjarra and Pitjantjatjara people …
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