Nita’s NAIDOC Reads

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Yiradhu marang!

Thank you to those who joined me on Facebook live to celebrate NAIDOC Week where I offered some of my favourite reads for 2020. Hosted by my publisher Simon & Schuster and Where the Wild Things Are.

As promised, here’s the list of titles I discussed:

I SAW, WE SAW – by Yolngu students and the Nhulunbuy Primary school with Ann James and Ann Haddon.

SHIRLEY PURDIE: MY STORY by Shirley Purdie.

I WANT TO BE A SUPERHERO by Breanna Humes illustrated beautifully by Ambelin Kwaymullina

GIRLS CAN FLY by Sally Morgan & Ambelin Kwaymullina

FIRE FRONT: First Nations poetry and power, edited by Alison Whittaker

MAAR BIDI: NEXT GENERATION BLACK WRITING – ddited by Elfie Shiosaki and Linda Martin 

THROAT by Ellen van Neerven

GHOST BIRD by Lisa Fuller

SONG OF THE CROCODILE by Nardi Simpson

TELL ME WHY: ARCHIE ROACH – THE STORY OF MY LIFE AND MY MUSIC

LOWITJA: The authorised autobiography by Stuart Rintoul

I also mentioned my novels Tiddas, Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms and my forthcoming novel River of Dreams. You can read about them here!

Please tell me what you’re reading this NAIDOC Week!