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Am I Black Enough For You?: 10 Years On by Anita Heiss
$34.99 AUD
Category: Biographies, Memoirs & True Stories
The story of an urban-based high achieving Wiradyuri woman working to break down stereotypes and build bridges between black and white Australia. I'm Aboriginal. I'm just not the Aboriginal person a lot of people want or expect me to be. What does it mean to be Aboriginal? Why is Australia so obsessed ...Show more
Avoiding Mr Right by Anita Heiss
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
A hilarious and heart-felt story of love, self-discovery and finding true happiness, from award-winning Wiradyuri author, Anita Heiss. Peta Tully thinks that 'Taking a man to Melbourne would be like taking a sandwich to a smorgasbord', that's why she is leaving him at home. Peta has found her Mr Right – ...Show more
Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms by Anita Heiss
$33.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
Finalist in the Queenland Literary Awards 2017Longlisted in the Dublin Literary Awards 2017A story about a love that transcends all boundaries, from one of Australia's best loved authors.5 AUGUST, 1944.Over 1000 Japanese soldiers break out of the No.12 Prisoner of War compound on the fringes of Cowra. I ...Show more
Bidhi Galing: Big Rain by Anita Heiss
$24.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Australiana
Powerful and moving, Bidhi Galing (Big Rain) celebrates the Wiradyuri heroes of the Great Flood of Gundagai in 1852, told through the eyes of a young girl who is rescued from the raging floodwaters by her father. Wagadhaany grew up near the Marrambidya Bila. She loved dancing in the rain and listening t ...Show more
Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray: River of Dreams by Anita Heiss
$32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Gundagai, 1852 The powerful Murrumbidgee River surges through town leaving death and destruction in its wake. It is a stark reminder that while the river can give life, it can just as easily take it away. Wagadhaany is one of the lucky ones. She survives. But is her life now better than the fate she esc ...Show more
Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray: River of Dreams by Anita Heiss
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
'The novel flows like the great Murrumbidgee River itself, with powerful undercurrents that sweep the reader along - I feel it's a book that all Australians should read, to try and understand why our colonial past still causes so much pain and grievance.’ – Kate Forsyth
Dirrayawadha (Rise Up) by Anita Heiss
$32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
From the bestselling author of Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (River of Dreams) comes another groundbreaking historical novel about resistance, resilience and love during the frontier wars. Miinaa was a young girl when the white ghosts first arrived. She remembers the day they raised a piece of cloth and r ...Show more
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia by Anita Heiss
$29.99 AUD
Category: Biographies, Memoirs & True Stories | Series: Growing Up
Childhood stories of family, country and belonging What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, showcases many diverse voices, experiences and stories in order to answer that question. Accounts from well-known authors and high-profile ...Show more
Growing up Wiradjuri by Anita Heiss (Editor)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Indigenous Australiana
'These stories form part of our collective history, the way we speak of and live culture still today, and the importance of passing on such stories to younger generations.' — Dr. Anita Heiss, Ed.Growing up Wiradjuri is a collection of personal stories by Wiradjuri Elders. The writers are Uncles and Aunt ...Show more
Kicking Goals with Goodesy and Magic by Adam Goodes, Anita Heiss
$15.00 AUD
Category: 10+ Years Junior Readers
AFL legends Adam Goodes and Michael O'Loughlin are blood brothers and great mates. They are also two of the best footballers ever to play for the Sydney Swans. Between them, they played over 650 games and kicked over 900 goals. But what were Goodesy and Magic like when they were kids? What kind of s ...Show more
Koori Princess by Anita Heiss
$16.99 AUD
Category: 6+ Years Junior Readers
Age range 7 to 12. An insightful and humorous story of a young girl’s determination to be who she wants to be. Karan rolls her eyes. ‘What’s this year’s theme? Oh no, let me guess,’ she looks into the distance, pretending to ponder the possibilities. Sarcastically she asks, ‘Is it … could it possibly b ...Show more
Manhattan Dreaming by Anita Heiss
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
From award-winning Wiradyuri author, Anita Heiss, comes a fun, light-hearted and empowering story featuring a deadly Koori heroine who is forced to choose between her dream job and the man of her dreams. Lauren is a curator at the National Aboriginal Gallery in Canberra. She's good at her job, passiona ...Show more