The poem "Gino's" from Jack Davis' poetry anthology "Black Life"

Incredible that Jack Davis wrote this over 30 years ago in 1992. This sounds like Freo right now! Except there's no more Hungry Jacks and the last time I visited Timezone Freo, it was kinda sad. It reminded me of the subreddit Liminal Space. But otherwise, sounds like it hasn't changed all that much.

#jackdavis #noongarboodja #walyalup #fremantle #freo #poetry #literature #ginosfremantle #AboriginaLiterature #AustralianLiterature #費里曼圖

Limberlost by Robbie Arnott, and Wandering With Intent by Kim Mahood, were named winners in the fiction and non-fiction categories of The Age Book of Year Awards, at the opening of the Melbourne Writers Festival this evening.

#MWF23 #AustralianLiterature

https://disassociated.com/limberlost-wandering-with-intent-win-2023-age-book-of-year/

A belated #FridayReads on this fine #SaturdayMorning

#amReading David Malouf, Remembering Babylon. #AustralianLiterature

The following info has been gleaned from Wikipedia:

The novel covers themes of isolation, language, relationships (particularly those between men), community and living on the edge (of society, consciousness, culture).

Its themes evolve into a greater narrative of an English boy, Gemmy Fairley, who is marooned on a foreign land and is raised by a group of aborigines, natives to the land in Queensland. When white settlers reach the area, he attempts to move back in the world of Europeans. As Gemmy wrestles with his own identity, the community of settlers struggle to deal with their fear of the unknown.

The narrative was influenced by the experiences of James Morrill, a shipwreck survivor who lived with Aboriginal people in North Queensland for 17 years from 1846 to 1863.

#7books To get to know me! In no particular order: #AustralianLiterature

1. Land of the Golden Clouds by Archie Weller
2. My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin
3. Looking for Alibrandi by Melinda Marchetta
4. Playing Beatie Bow by Ruth Park
5. My People (book of poems) by Oodgeroo Noonuccal

And international authors:
6. The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko (uncertain who the translator would be).
7. Hogfather by Terry Pratchett

Which are your favourites? Or does anyone else see themselves in these books?? Let me know!

It's been a busy several days for literary award announcements, and capping off the week are the shortlists for the 2023 BookPeople Book of Year. 6 books in 3 categories. Winners named on Sunday 19 June 2023

#AustralianLiterature #LiteraryAwards
#BookPeopleBookOfYear

https://disassociated.com/2023-bookpeople-book-year-shortlist/

Another day, another literary award shortlist announcement… this time it's the 2023 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) shortlists. 71 books, across 14 categories, are in contention this year.

#abia23 #AustralianLiterature #LiteraryAwards

https://disassociated.com/2023-australian-book-industry-awards-abias-shortlists/

The Age Book of the Year awards 2023 shortlists have been announced, with 6 titles in both fiction and non-fiction categories. Winners will be named at the Melbourne Writers Festival on 4 May 2023.

https://disassociated.com/the-age-book-of-the-year-awards-2023-shortlists/

#AustralianLiterature #LiteraryAwards
#MWF23

Is the Australian publishing industry is based on a hunch? But the real question is, how can it not be? After all, who's really to know which books will succeed and which won't?

https://theconversation.com/the-entire-industry-is-based-on-hunches-is-australian-publishing-an-art-a-science-or-a-gamble-189621

#AustralianLiterature #publishing

The 2023 Stella Prize shortlist was announced this morning on RN Breakfast. Six books will vie for the Prize, which will be named on Thursday 27 April 2023

https://disassociated.com/the-2023-stella-prize-shortlist

#2023StellaPrize #AustralianLiterature

The Not So Chosen One, shortlisted in the 2023 Aurealis Awards, is young adult fiction by Kate Emery, with a Hogwarts like school of magic in Perth, Australia, and a student maybe more sarcastic than magic.

https://disassociated.com/australian-novel-the-not-so-chosen-one-kate-emery/

#AustralianLiterature #YoungAdult #AurealisAwards

The 2023 Stella Prize longlist was announced this evening, Thursday 2 March 2023, by Melbourne based Australian author Alice Pung

https://disassociated.com/the-2023-stella-prize-longlist/

#StellaPrize #2023StellaPrize #AustralianLiterature

https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2023/march/anna-verney-richard-cooke/being-john-hughes#mtr This is a terrific article about the plagiarism scandal that engulfed acclaimed Australian writer John Hughes - The Dogs- last year & his publisher Upswell Press. Fascinating and detailed account here of the saga. It’s a long read but we’ll worth it. Congratulations to Anna Verney and Richard Cooke for this nuanced account of an extraordinary and complex story. #literature #australianliterature #writing #plagiarism #UpswellPress #johnhughes #thedogs

Apartment 303, a new Australian thriller by Kelli Hawkins. A solitary woman's life is upended when a homeless person camping near her home is murdered.

https://disassociated.com/australian-fiction-apartment-303-kelli-hawkins/

#AustralianLiterature #KelliHawkins

Some trivia: the first Australian McDonald's opened in the Sydney suburb of Yagoona in 1971. The suburb in Sydney's south west is also the setting for Funny Ethnics, debut novel of Sydney writer Shirley Le

https://disassociated.com/funny-ethnics-the-debut-novel-of-sydney-writer-shirley-le/

#FunnyEthnics #ShirleyLe #AustralianLiterature

#ReRelease #AustralianLiterature #IndigenousLiterature #bookstodon

Runner-up for the inaugural Vogel Award in 1980, Archie Weller is a master storyteller. In these short stories, take a seat and rethink what it means to be #Australian

Since Archie Weller was runner-up for the first Vogel Award in 1980 for his novel The Day of the Dog, he has become an important voice in contemporary Indigenous writing. The Window Seat is a collection of his best fiction and a tribute to his contribution to Australian literature.

These stories are honest, brutal and moving. In 'The Window Seat', we witness an old woman's final journey home through the eyes of the disgruntled white traveller who sits beside her; in 'Stolen Car', a young Aboriginal man learns his first lesson in rough justice; and in 'Dead Dingo', we see another rallying against what his friends, life and fate offer him. Together these powerful stories present a rich and rewarding reading experience.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the oldest scientists in human history: from Astronomy, Sky Country by Karlie Alinta Noon and Krystal De Napoli

https://disassociated.com/astronomy-sky-country-by-karlie-alinta-noon-krystal-de-napoli/

#AustralianLiterature #IndigenousLiterature #Astronomy #Science

Melbourne writer Florina Enache is Australia's only contender in the 2022 Novel Prize. Can she follow 2020 winner Jessica Au, and make it two wins in a row for Australian writers?
https://disassociated.com/palimpsest-florina-enache-australias-2022-novel-prize-contender/

#TheNovelPrize #LiteraryAwards #AustralianLiterature

The program for this year's Adelaide Writers' Week has been published. Truth Be Told is the theme for the 2023 event, on in the capital of South Australia from 4 to 9 March

https://www.adelaidefestival.com.au/writers-week/

#AustralianLiterature

Australian author Hazel Edwards: After more than 200 books, don't tell me who I can write about. "I am not Indigenous, Muslim, a refugee or transgender. But I am an author who takes great pride in my use of diverse characters."

https://www.smh.com.au/national/after-more-than-200-books-don-t-tell-me-who-i-can-write-about-20230209-p5cjd1.html

#HazelEdwards #AustralianLiterature

Former Melbourne social worker and screen and stage writer Mick Cummins, looks set to become an accomplished novelist after winning the Unpublished Manuscript prize in the 2023 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, for his book One Divine Night

https://disassociated.com/one-divine-night-by-mick-cummins-unpublished-manuscript-winner/

#VPLA2023 #AustralianLiterature #UnpublishedManuscript #MickCummins