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Bebe Oliver
A fearless and honest exploration of queer First Nations identity, and a vibrant celebration of imperfection and personal growth, if this is the end is a stunning exploration of what…
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Jazz Money
A dazzling and impressive follow-up to Money's highly acclaimed debut, how to make a basket.
Elfie Shiosaki
Refugia is an unparalleled work of vision and political fury from Noongar and Yawuru poet and scholar Elfie Shiosaki.
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Jeanine Leane
A stunning work of poetry from an award-winning First Nations writer, seamlessly weaving the personal and the political.
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Kirli Saunders
Returning is a poetic and visual feast that takes you on Kirli's journey of rediscovering self, Country and Connection
Susie Anderson
A powerful collection of poetry from an award-winning poet and black&write! Fellowship winner, the body country is an evocative exploration of a world that too often marginalises and a meditation…
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Ali Cobby Eckermann
She Is the Earth is the luminous new verse novel from celebrated poet Ali Cobby Eckermann. It charts a journey through grief and celebrates the healing power of Country. We…
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Red Room Poetry, Anne-Marie Te Whiu (ed.)
Following from the much-loved Guwayu anthology, this second collaboration between Red Room Poetry and Magabala Books invites some of the world’s leading First Nations poets together in poetic conversation.
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Charmaine Papertalk Green, John Kinsella
ART is the second collaborative poetry work from Charmaine Papertalk Green and John Kinsella. It is a formidable call and response piece that builds on the stunning dialogue the two…
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Uncle Wes Marne
Published to commemorate the author’s 100th birthday, this wide-ranging and thoughtful collection reflects on history, colonisation, family, childhood, Aboriginal Dreaming, traditions and storytelling, working lives and people.
A powerful and lyrical collection of poetry by the winner of the 2020 David Unaipon Award.
Akeyulerre Healing Centre
After selling out its first three print runs and having poems selected for Best of Australian Poems 2021 by Australian Poetry, a second edition of this beautiful anthology was released!
more than these bones is an epic and intercontinental poetry work detailing the author’s journey through heartbreak and self-discovery.
Alf Taylor
Alf Taylor’s stories and poems offer a vivid picture of the care, kindness and gentleness of Aboriginal families and communities and their enduring strength, resourcefulness and power.
Lisa Bellear, Kirli Saunders
Now included in UQP's First Nations Classics series with an introduction from Kirli Saunders, Dreaming in the Urban Areas is an unforgettable work of Indigenous poetry.
Alison Whittaker, Steven Lindsay Ross (eds)
A ground-breaking collection of First Nations Australia LGBTQIA+ poets, writers and storytellers.
Alison Whittaker
Curated and introduced by Alison Whittaker, Fire Front is a ground-breaking anthology of First Nations poetry showcasing some of the brightest new stars, as well as leading Aboriginal writers and…
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Alison Whittaker’s Blakwork is an original and unapologetic collection from which two things emerge; an incomprehensible loss, and the poet’s fearless examination of the present.
Tony Birch
In this stunning collection Tony Birch invites the reader into a tender conversation with those he loves - and has loved - the most
Evelyn Araluen
This fierce debut from award-winning writer Evelyn Araluen confronts the tropes and iconography of an unreconciled nation with biting satire and lyrical fury.
Graeme Dixon, Ali Cobby Eckermann
Written when the author was in prison, this collection remains a poignant historical plea for Aboriginal justice - from Black deaths in custody to Land Rights - and bears witness…
Ambelin Kwaymullina
Living on Stolen Land is a prose-styled look at our colonial-settler ‘present’. This book is the first of its kind to address and educate a broad audience about the colonial…
Jeanine Leane, Red Room Poetry
Guwayu, For All Times is a collection of First Nations poems commissioned by Red Room Poetry over the past 16 years, and is a radical literary intervention for its breadth…
Desert Pea Media
A new generation of deadly, young poets has emerged in Australia.
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Ellen van Neerven
Throat is the explosive second poetry collection from award-winning Mununjali Yugambeh writer Ellen van Neerven.
Following on from the success of their award-winning fiction debut, Heat and Light, Ellen van Neerven announces themself as a talented poet with this intoxicating collection. Moving between places…
Kindred, Kirli Saunders debut poetry collection, is a pleasure to lose yourself in.
From well-known poets John Kinsella and Charmaine Papertalk-Green comes a tête-à-tête that is powerful, thought provoking, and challenges what we think we know about our country, colonisation, and how we…
In her new poetry collection, Inside My Mother, Indigenous poet Ali Cobby Eckermann explores the trauma created by family separation, felt as an interminable void in its darkest aspects, but…
In Love dreaming & other poems Cobby Eckermann bears witness to a deep commitment to her traditional kin, culture and language as she tells the story of her search for…
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Yvette Holt
Yvette Holt’s startling and fresh poems treat us to an energetic and unconventional journey from love, sex, empowerment and travel, to motherhood and family, activism and grief. Her voice is…
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Samuel Wagan Watson
Love Poems and Death Threats breaks new ground for Indigenous Australian writing and adds to Samuel Wagan Watson’s reputation as one of our most exciting poets.
From a remarkable new voice in Indigenous writing comes this highly original collection of poems bristling with stunning imagery and gritty textures. At times sensual, always potent, Lemons in the…
Contains poems from Watson’s publications. Road poems, urban songlines, and ancestral ties are the hallmarks of this popular young poet.
Charmaine Papertalk Green
An award-winning work of poetry from Charmaine Papertalk Green.
Bill Neidjie
Provides insights into aspects of traditional Aboriginal lore, and the feelings of the people who belong to Kakadu and how they read their country. The text includes reproductions of bark…
