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Chief Minister's Northern Territory History Book Award, The Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages, NT Writers' Festival - Red Kangaroo Books

Chief Minister's Northern Territory History Book Award, The Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages, NT Writers' Festival

Werte/Greetings! The announcement of 2021 Chief Minister’s Northern Territory History Book Award (see below) got us thinking about the history of our region, and the many ways it might be depict...

Declan Miller, Alyssa Mason and Seraphina Newberry from Stick Mob will be at Red Kangaroo Books to meet you and sign their graphic novels this Sunday! - Red Kangaroo Books

Declan Miller, Alyssa Mason and Seraphina Newberry from Stick Mob will be at Red Kangaroo Books to meet you and sign their graphic novels this Sunday!

Greetings! Werte! We are interrupting your week to bring you some exciting news! Declan Miller, Alyssa Mason and Seraphina Newberry from Stick Mob will be at Red Kangaroo Books to meet you and sign...

One Hundred Days by Alice Pung book reviewed by Sophie Staughton - Red Kangaroo Books

One Hundred Days by Alice Pung book reviewed by Sophie Staughton

One Hundred Days by Alice Pung reviewed by Sophie Staughton It is hard to imagine that a book so deeply sad as One Hundred Days can turn and recast itself to a place of hope...

Too Much Cabbage and Jesus Christ, Australia's Mission Girl' Annie Lock by Catherine Bishop - Red Kangaroo Books

Too Much Cabbage and Jesus Christ, Australia's Mission Girl' Annie Lock by Catherine Bishop

OUT 10th AUGUST 2021 - pre-order available.****This event has been postponed ****Official launch at Alice Springs Library Thursday 9 September, 6pmWho was responsible for the 1928 ...

NT Writers Festival, Toxic by Richard Flanagan, Alice Pung and the Yinti Series by Jimmy Pike and much much more... - Red Kangaroo Books

NT Writers Festival, Toxic by Richard Flanagan, Alice Pung and the Yinti Series by Jimmy Pike and much much more...

Greetings!/Werte! We trust you are enjoying this Queen's Birthday long weekend. We're open today Sunday 9am to 1pm and Monday 9am to 1pm. Author Tanya Heaslip will be at our store from 9.30am t...

Relaunch and reissue of Mary Garden's book Sundowner of the Sky, the story of her father Oscar Garden - Red Kangaroo Books

Relaunch and reissue of Mary Garden's book Sundowner of the Sky, the story of her father Oscar Garden

Join Mary Garden to celebrate the re-issue of the book, Sundowner of the Skies, the story of her father, Oscar Garden. ‘A rattling searing soulful story’ ‒ TRENT DALTON ‘A de...

Wall of tears by author David Kerr. In-store event on 7 August at 11am. - Red Kangaroo Books

Wall of tears by author David Kerr. In-store event on 7 August at 11am.

Wall of tears by author David Kerr. In-store event on 7 August at 11am. You are invited to an author talk by David Kerr! “David Kerr has successfully straddled that most bitt...

Beanie Festival, Refugee Week, The Dark Emu Debate - Red Kangaroo Books

Beanie Festival, Refugee Week, The Dark Emu Debate

Greetings! Werte! As we have been diving into winter, the last few weeks has seen a decided change in our customers—a lot of you are wearing beanies! And so it should be as we approach the ...

World Environment Day, Peace Prize, My year of living Vulnerably review. - Red Kangaroo Books

World Environment Day, Peace Prize, My year of living Vulnerably review.

Greetings! Werte! Our hearts go out to our fellow Australians undergoing the Victorian Covid-19 lockdown. Hopefully it will not go on too long—and we are thinking here of friends and family who can...

Advocate Art Award, Archibald Prize, Craig Silvey, Vale Eric Carle, DVDs, Wayne Eager, Film Adaptations - Red Kangaroo Books

Advocate Art Award, Archibald Prize, Craig Silvey, Vale Eric Carle, DVDs, Wayne Eager, Film Adaptations

Greetings! Werte! You don’t get centenary celebrations much bigger than this in the art world: the Archibald Prize for portraiture turns 100 this month. Last year Vincent Namatjira was the firs...