Indigenous themes – secondary
These books will help secondary students better understand Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and history.
A range of titles for students of years 7–12.
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In The Yield, Tara June Winch explores how every word is embedded with stories.
Winner of the 2020 Miles Franklin Award. Winner, Book of the Year, People's Choice, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction at NSW Premier's Literary Award. Shortlisted for the Stella Prize. Shortlisted for the VPLA. Just tell the truth and someone will hear it eventually.
Add the profoundly moving and exquisitely written book, The Yield, to your book club's reading list.
It’s the middle of the night and I’m huddled over, dragging my dilly bag, which is chock-full with all sorts of goods – jewellery, frozen food, wallets and the like.
Treat your book club to Leah Purcell's harrowing and timely retelling of Henry Lawson's The Drover's Wife.
We sat down with Leah Purcell to chat about her new book The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson.
This gutsy novel, set in a small coastal town in South Australia is a rites-of-passage story about two boys confronting the depth of racism that exists all around them.
