Taboo
Published on 3. September 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-61873-169-2 (ISBN)
Description
A century after a rural Western Australian massacre, a group of Noongar people are invited back to where it happened.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Northampton
United States
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
469 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61873-169-2 (9781618731692)
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Kim Scott is a multi-award winning novelist. Benang was the first novel by an Indigenous writer to win the Miles Franklin Award and That Deadman Dance also won Australia's premier literary prize, among many others. Proud to be one among those who call themselves Noongar, Kim is founder and chair of the Wirlomin Noongar Language and Story Project, which has published a number of bilingual picture books. A Companion to the Works of Kim Scott deals with aspects of his career in education and literature. He received an Australian Centenary Medal and was 2012 West Australian of the Year. Kim is currently Professor of Writing in the School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts at Curtin University.