Winner of the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction,The Age Book of the Year Award for Non-fiction, The Dobbie Prize for Best First Book.

A lyrical memoir from a first-time author that has won critical acclaim Australia-wide. In the tradition of Drusilla Modjeska’s Poppy, Mahood offers an intense and sensitive exploration of identity, familial ties and black/white relations in Australia.

Craft For A Dry Lake is a memoir that will touch the hearts and souls of every Australian. In Craft For A Dry Lake Kim Mahood takes us on a lyrical journey to her heartland – travelling with her beloved cattle dog back into the Outback of her youth, seeking to lay to rest her father’s ghost but finding herself faced with many of her own
266 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm. #120222 / 300322 (prev. ownership name)
Mahood, Kim — Childhood and youth. | Artists — Australia — Journeys. | Occupations – Pastoral industry workers. | History – Biographies – Non-Indigenous – Autobiographies. | Alice Springs (N.T.) — Biography. | Billiluna / Kururrungku (Central WA Tanami Desert SE52-14) | Lake Ruth (Central NT Tanami Desert SF52-03) | Balgo / Wirrimanu (Central WA Tanami Desert SF52-02) | Tanami Downs (Central NT Tanami Desert SF52-03)