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Atunymanama by NPY Women's Council

Review by Jane Lloyd Atunymanama (AH-tuhn-mahn-ah-mah) the latest publication from NPY Women's Council celebrates and encourages Anangu men - fathers and grandfathers as care-givers, teachers a...

Deep Time Dreaming by Billy Griffiths Book Review

Deep Time Dreaming by Billy Griffiths

Winner, 2020 Felicia A. Holton Book Award Winner, 2020 Max Crawford Medal Winner, 2019 Ernest Scott Prize Winner, Book of the Year at the 2019 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards Winner, D...

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Endenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko

Review by Andrea Martin This is a powerful, absorbing tale set in what is now Brisbane in two time periods – the middle/end of the nineteenth century and 2024. Edenglassie (the first Europea...

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Q&A with John Kean

In this Q&A with John Kean, author of Dot Circle and Frame: The Making of Papunya Tula Art, he discusses the inspiration behind his research and writing. The book delves into the influences on...

NT Writers FestivalWayne Eager’s painting Desert Summer to be the visual flag bearer for the 2023 NT Writers Festival

Wayne Eager’s painting Desert Summer to be the visual flag bearer for the 2023 NT Writers Festival

We’re not surprised to see Wayne ‘Iggy” Eager’s painting Desert Summer, 1994 (gouache on paper) as the visual flag bearer of 2023 NT Writers Festival. He told the NTWC: "First of all, I’m very ...

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 'gather together' and other news

Greetings/Werte We've been loving have you all join us for our Wednesday lunch 'gather together' conversation series, a big thanks to John Spencer and Tanya Heaslip for this week's enthralling ...

Author TalkAuthor Talk: Matt Garrick in conversation with Paul Serratore at 10am on Saturday, 24th September 2022 at Red Kangaroo Books

Author Talk: Matt Garrick in conversation with Paul Serratore at 10am on Saturday, 24th September 2022 at Red Kangaroo Books

Greetings! Werte! Writing in the Sand, by Yothu Yindi’s authorised biographer, Matt Garrick, is the epic story of one of Australia’s most original bands and how ‘Treaty’ gave voice to Indigenous ...

Full program for the 2022 NT Writers Festival has been officially launched!

Full program for the 2022 NT Writers Festival has been officially launched!

The full program for the 2022 NT Writers Festival has been officially launched! For details and tickets follow this link! Congratulations to all on such an amazing line-up! For those residing o...

Book Club - Unravelling us to be discussed on 2 June at 7pm with Renee McBryde (Zoom online Meeting)

Book Club - Unravelling us to be discussed on 2 June at 7pm with Renee McBryde (Zoom online Meeting)

Greetings! Werte! Unravelling Us by Renee McBryde Welcome to our book club. An opportunity to meet new people and discuss books. You can join our Red Kanga Book Club group via our Facebook pa...

Book Launch: Steve Morton and Mike Gillam with Professor Tom Griffiths, Australian Deserts: Ecology and Landscapes

Book Launch: Steve Morton and Mike Gillam with Professor Tom Griffiths, Australian Deserts: Ecology and Landscapes

Greetings! Werte! Australian Deserts: Ecology and Landscapes by Steve Morton I wrote Australian Deserts because I wanted to distil the deep but under-appreciated knowledge of scientists about the...