An Indigenous Australia Reading List
Selected by Terry Glover
In January, I wrote about my desire to reconnect to the country I’m from; to find my way to reconcile a love of the land with the tragedy of our history.There is so much wonderful Aboriginal literature being published in Australia right now; my reading list has grown considerably since the last time I wrote about this. Savouring these words and works is my way of paying my respects to the traditional custodians of land, to Aboriginal elders past, present and emerging.
Recommended by Terry and the Cake Shop team
‘I’ve been diving into the treasure trove of Aboriginal and BIPOC writing out there to discover. My current top three are Melissa Lucashenko’s darkly funny novel Mullumbimby, Tara June Winch’s award-winner The Yield, and Song Spirals by the Gay'wu Group of Women.’
Recommended by Terry and the Cake Shop team
‘I’ve been diving into the treasure trove of Aboriginal and BIPOC writing out there to discover. My current top three are Melissa Lucashenko’s darkly funny novel Mullumbimby, Tara June Winch’s award-winner The Yield, and Song Spirals by the Gay'wu Group of Women.’
From the publisher:
‘Australia’s education system tended to emphasise the struggle and pluck of settlers. Dark Emu shifted the gaze, pointing to peaceful towns and well-tended land devastated by European aggression and cattle grazing. In…
From the publisher:
This is a book for all Australians.Since the Uluru Statement from the Heart was formed in 2017, Thomas Mayor has travelled around the country to promote its vision of a better future for Indigenous Australians. He’s visited…
From the publisher:
This remarkable book is about everything from echidnas to evolution, cosmology to cooking, sex and science and spirits to Schrödinger’s cat.Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from an Indigenous perspective. He asks how…
From the publisher:
A gritty and darkly hilarious novel quaking with life—winner of Australia’s Miles Franklin Award—that follows a queer, First Nations Australian woman as she returns home to face her family and protect the land of their…
From the publisher:
Delving deep into the Australian landscape and the environmental challenges we face, Fire Country is a powerful account from Indigenous land management expert Victor Steffensen on how the revival of cultural burning practices, and…
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“A profound allegory of good and evil, and a deep exploration of human interaction, black and white, alternately beautiful and tender, cruel and unsettling.”—GuardianAustralia’s leading indigenous storyteller makes…
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