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That Deadman Dance: Winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2011 by Kim Scott
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Bobby Wabalanginy never learned fear, not until he was pretty well a grown man. Sure, he grew up doing the Dead Man Dance - those stiff movements, those jerking limbs - as if he'd learned it from their very own selves; but with him it was a dance of life, a lively dance for people to do together... Told ...Show more
That Deadman Dance: Winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2011 by Kim Scott
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
This is a pre-read / used book. Fair condition. Well read. Yellowing and foxing to pages. Big-hearted, moving and richly rewarding, That Deadman Dance is set in the first decades of the 19th century in the area around what is now Albany, Western Australia. In playful, musical prose, the book explore ...Show more
That Deadman Dance: Winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award 2011 - Picador 40th by Kim Scott
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
"Bobby Wabalanginy never learned fear, not until he was pretty well a grown man. Sure, he grew up doing the Dead Man Dance, but with him it was a dance of life, a lively dance for people to do together..." Told through the eyes of black and white, young and old, this is a story about a fledgling Western ...Show more
The Best Australian Stories 2013 by Kim Scott
$29.99 AUD
Category: Anthologies, Essays & Journals
'A story can lure us into gaps and spaces that feel sacred in their silence.' Kim Scott In The Best Australian Stories 2013, Kim Scott assembles the most exceptional short fiction of the last year and invites readers to build 'a rare and intimate relationship' with these talented writers, one that is 'e ...Show more
True Country by Kim Scott
$22.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
Examining ideas of belonging and being an outsider, this story follows Billy, a young school teacher and drifter who arrives in Australia's remote far north in search of his past, his Aboriginal roots, and his future. Through masterful language and metaphor, as well as a sophisticated tone that is both ...Show more
True Country by Kim Scott
$27.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Examining ideas of belonging and being an outsider, this story follows Billy, a young school teacher and drifter who arrives in Australia's remote far north in search of his past, his Aboriginal roots, and his future. Through masterful language and metaphor, as well as a sophisticated tone that is both ...Show more
Yira Boornak Nyininy (Noongar & English) by Kim Scott, Hazel Brown
$24.99 AUD
Category: Children's & YA | Series: Wirlomin Noongar Language and Stories Project
Left stranded in a tree by his wife, a Noongar man has to rely on his Wadjela friend to help him back down. Yira Boornak Nyininy is a story of forgiveness and friendship. This story comes from the wise and ancient language of the First People of the Western Australian south coast, the Noongar people. In ...Show more