Jeannie Gunn, We of the Never Never (extract)
“Me savey scrub ’im, and sweep ’im, and wash ’im, and blue ’im, and starch ’im,” she said glibly
Alice Nannup, When the Pelican Laughed (review)
My mother’s name was Ngulyi, that’s her Aborigine name… She was born on Pilbara Station, which is between Roebourne and Marble Bar and she belonged to the Yindjibarndi tribe.
Children and Young Adult Round Up: March 2020
Welcome to the March Round Up for Children’s and Young Adult books. We are standing steady with 6 books for young adults read and reviewed, and 8 for children and younger readers. We’ve had a few new names this month, but still fewer books here, and sometimes,...
Diversity Roundup Mar 2017
As always before we start, I wish to pay my respects to the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which I work, live and play: the Whajuk/Nyoongar people. May your campfires be always burning. This land was never seceded and has always been and always will...
M D Brady on When Women Write about Women
Last January I was just beginning to blog, and I was interested in expanding my reading of books by and about women globally. I was particularly interested in the types of stories women write. Browsing for possible challenges to get me started, I found and signed up...#AWW2025
