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4 days ago · Alton Walley, the author of Norn and Kaarda , The Dolphin and the Spearfisher, and Yonga and Waitch, was the runner up for the NAIDOC Perth Artist of the Year Award for his film work with Aboriginal Productions. Find out more here.
3 days ago · ** Dorothy Hewett (1923-2002) is considered one of Australia’s most important writers. A poet, playwright and novelist, she was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 1986 for her services to literature.
5 days ago · As a story of sexual shaming online, Viral has mixed messages. Like most of FitzGerald’s earlier novels — she’s got 12 to her name; I’ve read Dead Lovely (2007), My Last Confession (2009) and The Cry (2013) — it’s a very dark, noirish tale best described as “edgy” and “ballsy”.
2 days ago · This month’s #6Degrees, hosted by Kate from Books are my Favourite and Best starts with Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Michael Hofmann.. This week is NAIDOC week, so I thought that I’d use First Nations books to riff on the meaning of the word Kairos — which Google Translate tells me means ‘weather’, or, according to the University of Louisville, more elegantly, ‘the ...
1 day ago · Carole Ferrier is a Professor of Literature and Women's Studies. Her research interests are in Women's and Gender Studies, and Critical and Cultural Studies, especially Black women authors; Australian women writers and Migrant writers; feminist and Marxist theory, and the theorising of race and ethnicity in relation to culture.
21 hours ago · Western Australian author Josh Kemp’s debut novel, Banjawarn, won several prestigious awards, including the Dorothy Hewett Award, a Ned Kelly Award, and a Western Australian Premier’s Prize.
1 day ago · About Dorothy Chao Jenkins & family. Dorothy Chao Jenkins is estimated to own nearly 25% of Westlake Corporation, one of North America's largest producers of low-density polyethylene, used for...
