after storybila yarrudhanggalangdhuraySomeone asked for some recommendations of books to read by First Nations authors, so I thought I’d update my list from a year ago… I’ve read 45 books by Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander authors over the last two years, and they’ve all been incredible – three of them were in my favourite six reads of 2021. And there are many many more – we have so many incredible First Nations writers – so let me know if you have any favourites and I’ll add them to my TBR list…

Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray by Anita Heiss

Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko

After Story by Larissa Behrendt

Swallow the Air by Tara June Winch

The White Girl by Tony Birch (almost finished, review to come – but heartbreaking and moving and incredible)

Tiddas by Anita Heiss

Heroes, Rebels and Innovators by Karen Wyld

The Boy From the Mish by Gary Lonesborough

Wombat, Mudlark and Other Stories by Helen Milroy

Living On Stolen Land by Ambelin Kwaymullina

Who Am I? by Anita Heiss

Day Break by Amy McQuire

Australia Day by Stan Grant (current read)

Tell My Why by Archie Roach

Dark Emu and Young Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe

Talking To My Country by Stan Grant

Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms by Anita Heiss

Took the Children Away by Archie Roach

Growing Up Aboriginal In Australia, edited by Anita Heiss

Song of the Crocodile by Nardi Simpson

Took the Children Away by Archie Roach

Welcome To Country by Aunty Joy Murphy

Talking To My Country by Stan Grant

Paris Dreaming by Anita Heiss

Manhattan Dreaming by Anita Heiss

Freedom Day by Thomas Mayor

Bindi by Kirli Saunders

Found by Bruce Pascoe

Sea Country by Aunty Patsy Cameron

Cooee Mittigar by Jasmine Seymour

Finding Our Heart by Thomas Mayor

First Nations Bed Time Stories

Awesome Emu by Gregg Dreise

The First Scientists by Corey Tutt

Willy-Willy Wagtail by Helen Milroy

Hello and Welcome by Gregg Dreise

The Emu Who Ran Through the Sky by Helen Milroy

Girls Can Fly by Sally Morgan and Ambelyn Kwaymullina

Today’s Sun by Gregg Dreise

 

Waiting for me on my TBR shelf (with many more!)

The Yield by Tara June Winch

Home by Larissa Behrendt

Taboo by Kim Scott

Sorry Day by Coral Vass

Dark As Last Night by Tony Birch

Am I Black Enough For You? by Anita Heiss

Loving Country by Bruce Pascoe and Vicky Shukuroglou

My Place by Sally Morgan

The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf by Ambelin Kwaymullina

Grace Beside Me by Sue McPherson