Cirrus@Austlit

'An exquisite portrait of growing up Aboriginal on the fringes of outback towns in New South Wales in the mid-twentieth century. The Cherry Picker’s Daughter is a window into the day-to-day lived experience, a profound insight into the extraordinary strength, resilience and ingenuity of Aboriginal families, of women in particular, to survive and overcome seemingly insurmountable adversity: extreme poverty, persecution, racism and cultural genocide.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'This collection of interviews showcases Torres Strait Islander peoples in Canberra. You will get to see the diversity among us, the richness of our culture and the close-knit bond with Pamle (family). From women to men, youth to Elders we invite you to enjoy our lived experience in our home away from home.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'It is with great pleasure that I write about the First Nations Australia Writers Network (FNAWN). Conceived out of the ‘Guwanyi’ Indigenous Writers Festival in March 2011, FNAWN is the peak representative body for First Nations Australia novelists, poets, storytellers and screenwriters. We are focused on representing and advocating for our membership in the creative industry, both nationally and internationally. We aim to ensure networking opportunities and assist our members in their skills and career development. In order to maintain a public face as FNAWN we do this through our newsletters and through an active presence online by social media and by email.' (Introduction)

'After many years of travelling from town to town and living in tents, paddock shacks and rented houses, we were finally going to get a home of our own - one that was stable, one we could call home. Our house in Condo had burnt down many years ago, and since then we had been travelling fro one paddock to another, one place to another.'  (Introduction)

'Too Deadly is a fitting title for this powerful and diverse collection of First Nations writings. Offerings include prose and narrative poetry; flash fiction, fiction and creative non-fiction; and life writing. The writers gathered bring to the fore evocative snippets from the many different nations of Indigenous Australia; the themes range from the personal to the political – the big and the small picture leap off the page.'

Source: Jeanine Leane, Wiradjuri writer, Academic. (Publication Summary)