Jannali Jones Jannali Jones i(A133283 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Krauatungulung
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BiographyHistory

Jannali Jones is a Krowathunkoolong woman of the Kurnai nation. She is a lawyer and writer and enjoys writing mainly in the areas of fantasy and science fiction. In 2010 Jannali was enrolled in a Masters Of Arts in Creative Writing at the University of Technology, Sydney. She has been awarded a High Commendation for her Indigenous writing in the McDonalds Performing Arts Challenge.

In 2011, Jannali was a part of the Young Writer-in-Residence Program for the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers Centre in Perth. She was an Editor for the 'Spilt Milk Magazine' in 2015 and was a runner up for the Nakata Brophy Award (Trinity College) and black&write! Indigenous Writing Fellowship (State Library Queensland) in the same year.

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Notes

  • Conference papers:

    "Finding Home: Identity Bonds Through Indigenous Literature.", Republics of Letters: Literary Communities in Australia conference, Australian Literature at the University of Sydney, 13-14 January 2011.

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y separately published work icon My Father's Shadow Broome : Magabala Books , 2019 16433191 2019 single work novel young adult

'Kaya is completing her Higher School Certificate when she is woken in the middle of the night by her mother. They are to pack immediately and go to their holiday home in the Blue Mountains. Her father is ‘not coming back’. He has been involved in a court case to give evidence against some dangerous criminals.

'Months later, they are still in hiding and the mysteries are multiplying. Kaya is not sure who to trust: her mother’s new friend, the policeman or her new friend, Eric, from the local store. She is also recovering from memory loss caused by PTSD after a chilling encounter with the criminals. She is seeing a psychologist in an attempt to recall the evidence she might have to give in a forthcoming trial.

'Her best friend, Jenna, has gone overseas and Kaya is trying to make sense of what is really happening. Jannali Jones has crafted a thrilling story which stays on the edge right to the end.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
2020 selected White Ravens
2015 joint winner black&write! Indigenous Writing Fellowships
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