'The Tasmanian Aboriginal author of a new children's book, luwa tara luwa waypa, says he has realised a dream of reaching people with the stories of his culture. '
'A typical night at a dance hall of 1950s Meanjin (Brisbane) would start with a three-piece band playing songs for the Elders. Hosted in The Boathouse by the river, they were multi-generational events populated by Indigenous people in their spiffiest clothes, whether that meant a home-sewn dress or a lime green suit and hat.' (Introduction)
'The shortlist for this year's $60,000 Miles Franklin Literary Award spans from an experimental novel by a two-time winner to one that was self-published; it contains more women than men, and three of the five novels are first- or second-generation migrant stories.' (Introduction)
'It's difficult to write well about rites of passage. The awful business of ceasing to be one thing and starting to be another is at once universal and fiendishly difficult to capture. Possibly, the second phenomenon is a direct result of the first.' (Introduction)
'The parents of murdered Queensland 13-year-old schoolboy Daniel Morcombe have criticised the producers of a new Australian film, saying it is "making money off a heinous crime" and is "disrespectful" to their son.' (Introduction)
'A best-selling children's book stars a new kind of hero — she's a girl, she's an Indigenous Australian, and she's a warrior.' (Introduction)
'An author of international acclaim has decided to make the transition from writing books to selling them too after buying her regional community's last bookshop.'
'Celebrated Aboriginal musician, songwriter and artist Archie Roach has died at the age of 66 after a long illness.'
'Archie Roach, the ARIA-Award-winning Indigenous singer whose hit song Took the Children Away became an anthem for the stolen generation, has died at the age of 66.'
'In 1992, Archie Roach gave an interview to a radio program looking into the recent death of a 19-year-old Indigenous man in Western Australia.'
