Someone asked for some recommendations of books to read by First Nations authors, so here are some that I read in 2020 and early 2021. There are many many more – let me know if you have any favourites and I’ll add them to my TBR list…

Living On Stolen Land by Ambelin Kwaymullina

Who Am I? by Anita Heiss

Day Break by Amy McQuire

Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko

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

Welcome To Country by Aunty Joy Murphy

Talking To My Country by Stan Grant

Bindi by Kirli Saunders

Found by Bruce Pascoe

Cooee Mittigar by Jasmine Seymour

First Nations Bed Time Stories

 

Waiting for me on my TBR Pile

The Yield by Tara June Winch

Song of the Crocodile by Nardi Simpson

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