Cirrus@Austlit

'Shapeshifting breathes us into the minds of some of Australia’s most esteemed First Nations writers. Wiradjuri writer, poet and academic Jeanine Leane and Mununjali author and educator Ellen van Neerven have collected 14 lyric nonfiction pieces that dance across the landscape with self-awareness and collective generosity.' (Introduction) 

'Gratitude ripples through Jilya. The highly anticipated memoir from Nyamal psychologist Dr Tracy Westerman is a fascinating insight into a remarkable life. An international trailblazer in the fields of cultural competency, suicide prevention and Indigenous mental health, her work will be studied for generations to come. Her work, and her evidence-based expertise, shows the world what “Yes” looks like.' 

'“Each night before I walked out onto the stage, I would imagine my mother walking beside me,” says the actor Trevor Ryan in Shakespeare on the Noongar Stage. “We would perform and speak our native tongue as one.”' (Introduction)   

'Larissa Behrendt’s second novel, the award-winning Legacy (2009), explored the influence of the father. Her new book, After Story, turns her gaze to the matriarchy, which she examines through the fractured relationship of Jasmine, a successful city lawyer, and her grief-stricken mother, Della, as they tour literary sites in England.' (Introduction)