Shirley Troy Shirley Troy i(7594646 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 [Review Essay] Bakir and Bi Shirley Troy , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 2 2014; (p. 108)
— Review of Bakir and Bi Jillian Boyd-Bowie , 2013 single work children's fiction

'This tiny book, Bakir and Bi, written by Torres Strait Islander Jillian Boyd and illustrated by her niece, Tori-Jay Mordey, is like a key that opens a box of Torres Strait geographical history, local languages, traditional stories and customs, and cultural invasion...' (Introduction)
1 [Review Essay] : Fog a Dox Shirley Troy , 2014 single work
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 1 2014; (p. 142-143)
— Review of Fog a Dox Bruce Pascoe , 2012 single work novel

'‘Nan, will you read to me before I go to sleep?’ And I wonder what the choice will be. When I have read before at bedtime to my granddaughter, she has handed me a book from her collection. It may have been read to her previously by her mother or it may be one she has read to herself but is still a ‘good read’. Most of these stories are so different to those I read 74 years ago as an 11 year old — novels by LM Montgomery and Louisa M Alcott, Girls’ Own Annual Stories etc.'  (Introduction)
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