Award Winning
Literature
Listed below are a series of award winning books written by Indigenous authors. Of course only a selection of award winning literature is presented below, however these can act as a good starting point when deciding what you want to read!
"I like to think that by inspiring Australians of different cultures and races, with my work, I'm helping to make tomorrow better" - Kim Scott Miles Franklin Award 2011: That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott 2007: Carpentaria by Alexis Wright 1999: Benang by Kim Scott (See below for a video clip of Kim Scott talking about his writings and their importance.) black&write: Indigenous Writing Fellowships award winners 2013: Calypso Summer by Jared Thomas 2013: Rift Breaker by Tristan Savage 2013: Deadly D and Justice Jones: Making the Team by Scott Prince and Dave Hartley 2012: Rise of the Fallen by Teagan Chilcott 2012: Bakir and Bi by Jillian Boyd (Writer) and Tori-Jay Mordey (Illustrator) 2011: Ruby Moonlight by Ali Cobby-Eckermann 2011: Grace Beside Me by Sue McPherson The David Unaipon Award: for unpublished Indigenous authors 2013: Heat and Light by Ellen van Neerven 2011: Mazin’ Grace by Dylan Coleman 2010: Purple Threads by Jeanine Leane 2009: The Boundary by Nicole Watson 2008: Every Secret Thing by Marie Munkara 2007: Skin Painting by Elizabeth Eileen Hodgson 2006: Me, Antman and Fleabag by Gayle Kennedy 2005: Anonymous Premonition by Yvette Holt 2004: Dust on Waterglass by Tara June Winch (published as Swallow the Air) 2003: Whispers of This Wik Woman by Fiona Doyle 2002: Home by Larissa Behrendt 2001: The Mish by Robert Lowe 2000: Bitin’ Back by Vivienne Cleven Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Indigenous Writing 2014: Mullumbimby by Melissa Lucashenko 2012: Am I Black Enough For You? by Anita Heiss |
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