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    It’s the Sound of the Thing

    Maxine Beneba Clarke

    It's the Sound of the Thing is an exuberant and evocative collection of poetry for young people from Maxine Beneba Clarke, one of Australia's most innovative and celebrated poets.

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    How Decent Folk Behave

    Maxine Beneba Clarke

    A vibrant, thought-provoking collection from the ABIA and Indie award-winning author of The Hate Race and Carrying the World.

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    Foreign Soil

    Maxine Beneba Clarke

    In this collection of award-winning stories, Melbourne writer Maxine Beneba Clarke has given a voice to the disenfranchised, the lost, the downtrodden and the mistreated.

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    Carrying the World

    Maxine Beneba Clarke

    A haunting visit to the International Museum of Slavery, in Liverpool England. A feisty young black girl pushing back against authority. The joy and despair of single parenthood. A love-hate…

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    The Hate Race

    Maxine Beneba Clarke

    ‘Maxine Beneba Clarke is a powerful and fearless storyteller…Clarke is the read deal, and will, if we’re lucky, be an essential voice in world literature for years to come’ -…

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    We Know a Place

    Maxine Beneba Clarke

    A joyous illustrated tribute to bookshops everywhere, and the special place they hold in children's hearts and minds, from of one Australia's most beloved writers.

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    Foreign Soil

    Maxine Beneba Clarke

    Winner of the Victorian Premier’s Unpublished Manuscript Award 2013. In Melbourne’s western suburbs, in a dilapidated block of flats overhanging the rattling Footscray train lines, a young black mother is…

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    Growing Up African in Australia

    Maxine Beneba Clarke

    Welcome to African Australia. Compiled by award-winning author Maxine Beneba Clarke, with curatorial assistance from writers Ahmed Yussuf and Magan Magan, this anthology brings together the regions of Africa, and…

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    Aussie Kids: Meet Taj at the Lighthouse

    Maxine Beneba Clarke

    Hi! I’m Taj. This is my favourite T-shirt.

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    Fashionista: Fashion Your Feelings

    Maxine Beneba Clarke

    Crackling with energy and flair, this stylish book from Maxine Beneba Clarke-author of The Patchwork Bike and creator of When We Say Black Lives Matter-is all about the power of…

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    The Best Australian Stories 2017

    Maxine Beneba Clarke

    In The Best Australian Stories, acclaimed writer Maxine Beneba Clarke brings together our country’s leading literary talents. An award-winning short-story writer herself, Clarke selects exceptional stories that resonate with…

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    The Saturday Portraits

    Maxine Beneba Clarke

    A collection of stunning biographical portraits from Maxine Beneba Clarke, bestselling and prize-winning author of The Hate Race and Foreign Soil.   

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    Wide Big World

    Maxine Beneba Clarke, Isobel Knowles (illus.)

    A beautiful children’s picture book about diversity from award-winning author Maxine Beneba Clarke and illustrator Isobel Knowles.

    $16.99

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    It’s the Sound of the Thing

    Maxine Beneba Clarke

    This extraordinary collection celebrates the joy of language and features enticing and relatable poems about everyday life - the sounds of the block, the boredom of detention and the happenings…

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    It’s the Sound of the Thing

    Maxine Beneba Clarke

    This extraordinary collection celebrates the joy of language and features enticing and relatable poems about everyday life - the sounds of the block, the boredom of detention and the happenings…

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    How Decent Folk Behave

    Maxine Beneba Clarke

    A vibrant, thought-provoking collection from the ABIA and Indie award-winning author of The Hate Race and Carrying the World.

    $36.99

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    The Saturday Portraits

    Maxine Beneba Clarke

    The year is 2014, editor Erik Jensen contacts short fiction writer Maxine Beneba Clarke, and convinces her to write creative portraits for a new national newspaper, THE SATURDAY PAPER. The…

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    Growing Up African in Australia

    Maxine Beneba Clarke

    I was born in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe.

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    When We Say Black Lives Matter

    Maxine Beneba Clarke

    A timely, powerful and much-needed picture book exploring the background to the Black Lives Matter movement for young children.

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    Foreign Soil

    Maxine Beneba Clarke

    In this collection of award-winning stories, Melbourne writer Maxine Beneba Clarke has given a voice to the disenfranchised, the lost, the downtrodden and the mistreated. It will challenge you, it…

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    Foreign Soil: And Other Stories

    Maxine Beneba Clarke

    Originally published in 2014 by Hachette Australia.

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    The Hate Race

    Maxine Beneba Clarke

    ‘Maxine Beneba Clarke is a powerful and fearless storyteller…Clarke is the read deal, and will, if we’re lucky, be an essential voice in world literature for years to come’ -…

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    When We Say Black Lives Matter

    Maxine Beneba Clarke

    A timely, powerful and much-needed picture book exploring the background to the Black Lives Matter movement for young children, perfect for Black History Month.

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    When We Say Black Lives Matter

    Maxine Beneba Clarke

    First published by Hachette Australia 2020 –Colophon.

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    11 Words for Love

    Randa Abdel-Fattah & Maxine Beneba Clarke

    A moving and joyful book for children from all backgrounds about the many ways we love, from award-winning author Randa Abdel-Fattah and acclaimed illustrator Maxine Beneba Clarke.

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    The Hate Race: A Memoir

    Maxine Beneba Clarke

    Against anything I had ever been told was possible, I was turning white. On the surface of my skin, a miracle was quietly brewing …‘Suburban Australia. Sweltering heat. Three bedroom…

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    The Patchwork Bike

    Maxine Beneba Clarke, Van T Rudd (illus.)

    First published in Australia and New Zealand in 2016 by Hachette Australia –Copyright page.

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    The Patchwork Bike

    Maxine Beneba Clarke

    What’s the best fun in the whole village? Riding the patchwork bike we made! A joyous picture book for children by award-winning author Maxine Beneba Clarke.

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    The Patchwork Bike

    Maxine Beneba Clarke

    Set in an African village at the edge of a desert, this joyous story by multi-award winner Clarke, about children who build a bike from scratch using such everyday items…

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    Eleven Words for Love: A Journey Through Arabic Expressions of Love

    Randa Abdel-fattah

    A lyrical narrative of a Palestinian family in exile explores universal bonds of family, loyalty, and friendship through the lens of eleven Arabic expressions for love.

    A family has fled…

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