Someone asked for some recommendations of books to read by First Nations authors, so I thought I’d update my list from a year ago… I’ve read 45 books by Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander authors over the last two years, and they’ve all been incredible – three of them were in my favourite six reads of 2021. And there are many many more – we have so many incredible First Nations writers – so let me know if you have any favourites and I’ll add them to my TBR list…
Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray by Anita Heiss
Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko
After Story by Larissa Behrendt
Swallow the Air by Tara June Winch
The White Girl by Tony Birch (almost finished, review to come – but heartbreaking and moving and incredible)
Tiddas by Anita Heiss
Heroes, Rebels and Innovators by Karen Wyld
The Boy From the Mish by Gary Lonesborough
Wombat, Mudlark and Other Stories by Helen Milroy
Living On Stolen Land by Ambelin Kwaymullina
Who Am I? by Anita Heiss
Day Break by Amy McQuire
Australia Day by Stan Grant (current read)
Tell My Why by Archie Roach
Dark Emu and Young Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe
Talking To My Country by Stan Grant
Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms by Anita Heiss
Took the Children Away by Archie Roach
Growing Up Aboriginal In Australia, edited by Anita Heiss
Song of the Crocodile by Nardi Simpson
Took the Children Away by Archie Roach
Welcome To Country by Aunty Joy Murphy
Talking To My Country by Stan Grant
Paris Dreaming by Anita Heiss
Manhattan Dreaming by Anita Heiss
Freedom Day by Thomas Mayor
Bindi by Kirli Saunders
Found by Bruce Pascoe
Sea Country by Aunty Patsy Cameron
Cooee Mittigar by Jasmine Seymour
Finding Our Heart by Thomas Mayor
First Nations Bed Time Stories
Awesome Emu by Gregg Dreise
The First Scientists by Corey Tutt
Willy-Willy Wagtail by Helen Milroy
Hello and Welcome by Gregg Dreise
The Emu Who Ran Through the Sky by Helen Milroy
Girls Can Fly by Sally Morgan and Ambelyn Kwaymullina
Today’s Sun by Gregg Dreise
Waiting for me on my TBR shelf (with many more!)
The Yield by Tara June Winch
Home by Larissa Behrendt
Taboo by Kim Scott
Sorry Day by Coral Vass
Dark As Last Night by Tony Birch
Am I Black Enough For You? by Anita Heiss
Loving Country by Bruce Pascoe and
My Place by Sally Morgan
The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf by Ambelin Kwaymullina
Grace Beside Me by Sue McPherson
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