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Indigenous authors, illustrators and publishers star at Australian Book Industry Awards
Indigenous authors and publishers are prominent among those who were honoured on...
Giovanni Torre 22 May 2026
Mangarri Man: Magabala, the bush banana
When you google "magabala" it's highly likely your search engine directs you to...
Phil Docherty 25 Mar 2026
Aboriginal Studies Press launch new art and cultural knowledge book
Gija Trees and Grasses, a major new work by senior Gija artist and cultural lead...
Phoebe Blogg 18 Mar 2026
Yuin Elder Aunty Ruth Simms publishes debut book 'Muttonfish Magic'
Yuin Elder and lifelong educator Aunty Ruth Simms has added another chapter to h...
Jackson Clark 2 Mar 2026
New anthology 'Love' brings together First Nations and multicultural writers
Sweatshop Literacy Movement has released a new anthology, 'Love', showcasing sto...
Joseph Guenzler 2 Dec 2025
New children’s book aims to boost maths skills in PNG’s Gulf Province

In Papua New Guinea's Gulf Province, where traditional counting systems differ from the standard one-to-ten sequence, academics have launched a new children's book aimed at helping students engage mor...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 6, 2025
Mervyn Bishop: First Aboriginal news photographer's life in focus

The photographs snapped by Mervyn Bishop over the years are likely countless. None though are perhaps so iconic as his 1975 image of Gough Whitlam pouring red sand into the hands of Gurindji stockman...

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Keira Jenkins Oct 26, 2025
Exclusive: Cleveland Dodd’s short life and the system that broke him explored in new book 'Child of the Desert Sunrise'

"Cleveland Dodd didn't die because he ran out of chances - he died because the world refused to give him one," says WA youth-justice advocate Gerry Georgatos, author of the soon-to-be-released Clevela...

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Oct 14, 2025
New children’s book brings Barunggam Country to life through story and art

A cheeky kangaroo rat named Burrunga is winning hearts across the Western Downs, thanks to a brand-new children's picture book celebrating Barunggam Country, language and culture.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 14, 2025
First Nations artist Lakkari Pitt launches new colouring book

Proud Gamilaroi Ularoi yinarr from Walgett, Lakkari Pitt, has announced the launch of her new colouring book. Titled Yuluwirri (meaning rainbow in the Gamilaroi Ularoi Language, also recognised as a s...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Aug 19, 2025
Tyson Yunkaporta and Megan Kelleher connect with Elders from across the globe in 'Snake Talk'

'Snake Talk', a new book by Tyson Yunkaporta and Megan Kellehe, invites readers to see the world through the eye of the snake. The Serpent in Aboriginal stories is both creator and destroyer, dwelling...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Jul 25, 2025
Aunty Jill sharing Birri language through children's books

Aunty Jill Dodd holds a unique place in Australian publishing; with two box collections of children's books and a full set of educational tools produced in an Aboriginal language.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jul 10, 2025
Façon Magazine announces nine finalists for The Indigenous Storytellers Scholarship

Proudly presented by Façon Magazine and generously supported by Greater Bank, The Indigenous Storytellers Scholarship is set take place once again this year.

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Jun 18, 2025
Stories of culture and conflict win at 2025 First Nations Writers Festival

Winners of the 2025 First Nations Writers Festival have been announced, celebrating authors from Papua New Guinea, Bougainville, and the broader Pacific who are using literature to share vital cultura...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jun 18, 2025
Singing in language to fund books for remote communities

Students across Australia will soon be singing in Yawuru, an Aboriginal language from the west Kimberley, as part of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation's national initiative, Busking For Change.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Jun 11, 2025
Pasifika anthology in development as 14 writers win scholarships

Sweatshop Literacy Movement and NewSouth Publishing have announced the recipients of Fresh Off The Books: The Pasifika Australian Literary Initiative.

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler May 6, 2025
New book 'Yawulyu, Art and song in Warlpiri women's ceremony' explores culture in Central Australia

'Yawulyu, Art and song in Warlpiri women's ceremony', a new book published by Aboriginal Studies Press, aims to make a major contribution to the understanding of Aboriginal women's visual art and wome...

Phoebe Blogg Phoebe Blogg Apr 30, 2025
First Nations author's tears of joy at her work's impact on children

Tylissa Elisara has shed tears of joy at children's reactions to her middle-grade novel about a reclusive hairy-nosed wombat from the 55th burrow of Bushland Avenue, Kangaroo Island.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 15, 2025
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