'Snake Talk', a new book by Tyson Yunkaporta and Megan Kellehe, invites readers to see the world through the eye of the snake.

The Serpent in Aboriginal stories is both creator and destroyer, dwelling between physical and spiritual worlds, between story and history, weaving across earth and sky. The Great Dividing Range is the body of the Serpent, but he does not separate us, he brings us together.

In Snake Talk, Yunkaporta and Kelleher follow these stories around the world from Kathmandu to Aotearoa, from Mesoamerica to China to northern Europe. They ask how we can align our human gifts with the patterns of creation, seeking answers from makers who pay homage to the Serpent in images and objects.

Similar to Sand Talk and Right Story, Wrong Story, this new book strives to shine an Indigenous light on contemporary society in a modern yet culturally relevant way. Due to be released and available for purchase from September 2, Snake Talk has already received glowing reviews.

Indigenous writer Melissa Lucashenko said the book was "an extraordinary invitation into the world of the Dreaming".

Aboriginal artist, administrator and book illustrator, Bronwyn Bancroft AM, said: "I love this book. Every page is an illumination."

Tyson Yunkaporta is an Aboriginal scholar, founder of the Indigenous Knowledge Systems Lab at Deakin University in Melbourne, and author of Sand Talk. His work focuses on applying Indigenous methods of inquiry to resolve complex issues and explore global crises.

Megan Kelleher belongs to the Barada and Kapalbara peoples of Central Queensland and the branch of the Kelleher clan living in regional Victoria. She is currently undertaking her PhD at RMIT University in the School of Media and Communication and was honoured to be awarded one of RMIT's Vice Chancellor's Indigenous Pre‐Doctoral Fellowships in 2018.

SNAKE TALK will be published on the 2nd of September 2025.

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