First Nations Writing
Meanjin 1977 to Today
Will be published approx. on 11. November 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-522-88200-1 (ISBN)
Description
"This is writing about us, by us", as selected by Jeanine Leane and Dan Bourchier.
First Nations Writing: Meanjin 1977 to today captures the powerful Aboriginal and Torres Strait writers who have shaped the national conversation across peoples, place and time, showcasing the richness of First Nations writing and ideas that reflect on the past even as it imagines a future built on respect, fairness and truth.
It includes work by poets, public intellectuals, writers, philosophers, critics and social commentators that altogether show what it is to be an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person in Australia then, and now.
First Nations Writing: Meanjin 1977 to today captures the powerful Aboriginal and Torres Strait writers who have shaped the national conversation across peoples, place and time, showcasing the richness of First Nations writing and ideas that reflect on the past even as it imagines a future built on respect, fairness and truth.
It includes work by poets, public intellectuals, writers, philosophers, critics and social commentators that altogether show what it is to be an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person in Australia then, and now.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Carlton
Australia
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
399 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-522-88200-1 (9780522882001)
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E-Book
11/2025
Simon + Schuster LLC
€17.79
Available for download
Persons
Jeanine Leane is a Wiradjuri writer, poet, and academic from New South Wales. Her poetry collection Dark Secrets After Dreaming won the Scanlon Prize, and her novel Purple Threads won the David Unaipon Award. Jeanine has won multiple poetry awards, including the Oodgeroo Noonuccal Prize and the David Harold Tribe Poetry Award. She teaches at the University of Melbourne.
Dan Bourchier is a senior newsreader at the ABC and a passionate advocate for equity, especially for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and the LGBTQIA community. Born on Warumungu Country, he has worked for various media outlets over a thirty-year career.
Dan Bourchier is a senior newsreader at the ABC and a passionate advocate for equity, especially for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and the LGBTQIA community. Born on Warumungu Country, he has worked for various media outlets over a thirty-year career.