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Indigenous authors, illustrators and publishers star at Australian Book Industry Awards
Indigenous authors and publishers are prominent among those who were honoured on...
Giovanni Torre 22 May 2026
Mangarri Man: Magabala, the bush banana
When you google "magabala" it's highly likely your search engine directs you to...
Phil Docherty 25 Mar 2026
Aboriginal Studies Press launch new art and cultural knowledge book
Gija Trees and Grasses, a major new work by senior Gija artist and cultural lead...
Phoebe Blogg 18 Mar 2026
Yuin Elder Aunty Ruth Simms publishes debut book 'Muttonfish Magic'
Yuin Elder and lifelong educator Aunty Ruth Simms has added another chapter to h...
Jackson Clark 2 Mar 2026
New anthology 'Love' brings together First Nations and multicultural writers
Sweatshop Literacy Movement has released a new anthology, 'Love', showcasing sto...
Joseph Guenzler 2 Dec 2025
New children’s book aims to boost maths skills in PNG’s Gulf Province

In Papua New Guinea's Gulf Province, where traditional counting systems differ from the standard one-to-ten sequence, academics have launched a new children's book aimed at helping students engage mor...

November 6, 2025
First Nations artist Lakkari Pitt launches new colouring book

Proud Gamilaroi Ularoi yinarr from Walgett, Lakkari Pitt, has announced the launch of her new colouring book. Titled Yuluwirri (meaning rainbow in the Gamilaroi Ularoi Language, also recognised as a s...

August 19, 2025
Tyson Yunkaporta and Megan Kelleher connect with Elders from across the globe in 'Snake Talk'

'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...

July 25, 2025
Aunty Jill sharing Birri language through children's books

Aunty Jill Dodd holds a unique place in Australian publishing; with two box collections of children's books and a full set of educational tools produced in an Aboriginal language.

July 10, 2025
Façon Magazine announces nine finalists for The Indigenous Storytellers Scholarship

Proudly presented by Façon Magazine and generously supported by Greater Bank, The Indigenous Storytellers Scholarship is set take place once again this year.

June 18, 2025
Stories of culture and conflict win at 2025 First Nations Writers Festival

Winners of the 2025 First Nations Writers Festival have been announced, celebrating authors from Papua New Guinea, Bougainville, and the broader Pacific who are using literature to share vital cultura...

June 18, 2025
Pasifika anthology in development as 14 writers win scholarships

Sweatshop Literacy Movement and NewSouth Publishing have announced the recipients of Fresh Off The Books: The Pasifika Australian Literary Initiative.

May 6, 2025
New book 'Yawulyu, Art and song in Warlpiri women's ceremony' explores culture in Central Australia

'Yawulyu, Art and song in Warlpiri women's ceremony', a new book published by Aboriginal Studies Press, aims to make a major contribution to the understanding of Aboriginal women's visual art and wome...

April 30, 2025
First Nations author's tears of joy at her work's impact on children

Tylissa Elisara has shed tears of joy at children's reactions to her middle-grade novel about a reclusive hairy-nosed wombat from the 55th burrow of Bushland Avenue, Kangaroo Island.

April 15, 2025
Co-designed picture book celebrates Indigenous language and culture

Dozens of students from Queensland's Western Downs have been joined by Elders, as well as an author and illustrator, to help create a children's book.

April 1, 2025
Poet’s “immersive and compelling” works earn Aboriginal Writer’s Fellowship nod

"Immersive and compelling" poems by Nunami Sculthorpe-Green has seen the Palawa and Warlpiri woman awarded this year's Aboriginal Writer's Fellowship.

March 31, 2025
Magabala Books speaks out on the reported theft of thousands of books by Meta to train AI

Indigenous publishing house Magabala Books has issued a call for First Nations storytellers to be paid for their work and their rights upheld.

March 29, 2025
Sharing the joy of science inspires an interesting life

From posting boxes of books off to remote classrooms to writing his own, a love of science is at the heart of everything social entrepreneur Corey Tutt does.

February 24, 2025
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