Tracks of the Missing
Reviewed onWhen Dek goes out into the bush to help his grandfather track down a group of missing year 12s – including his cousin and his secret girlfriend Jenny, who is …
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Yornadaiyn Woolagoodja
Reviewed onYornadaiyn Woolagoodja’s commitment to representing his “Country and Culture … to help people understand” is the premise of this extraordinary book. In Yornadaiyn Woolagoodja, the senior West Kimberley artist takes …
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Ngaginybe Jarragbe: My Story
Reviewed onShirley Purdie comes from a long line of Gija artists from the remote community of Warmun in the East Kimberley. Ngaginybe Jarragbe: My Story is her story. The author/illustrator tells …
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Lucky-Child: The Secret
Reviewed onLucky-Child: The Secret is both a gritty, no-punches-pulled account of contemporary Indigenous life in the northwest town of Broome, and a fascinating tale of adventure and spiritual empowerment of a …
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Red Can Origami
Reviewed onWhen young Melbourne journalist Ava lands herself a job in the northwest town of Gubinge, she is warned the ‘country will eat you alive’. Instead, she finds ‘it’s got you …
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Ubby’s Underdogs: Return of the Dragons (III)
Reviewed onThe Ubby’s Underdogs graphic novel trilogy is unlike anything else you’ll find in comics. Set in Broome in the late 1940s, our titular teenage heroine, Ubby, is the leader of …
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Black Cockatoo
Reviewed onWhen Jy uses his shanghai to knock a dirran black cockatoo from a tree, his sister Mia’s instinct to rescue the bird takes over. She soon finds that standing up …
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The Valley
Reviewed onThe Valley is Steve Hawke’s stunning first novel for adults. Set in the Kimberley, mostly in Bunuba country, the novel charts four generations of a family whose secretive lives are …
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A Diamond in the Dust
Reviewed onIn the popular field of contemporary memoir, Frauke Bolten-Boshammer’s story stands out. From her childhood in Germany, to her nomination for the Telstra Business Women’s Awards in 2001, Frauke’s life …
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