Kimberley Stories

There are a thousand ways to connect to country. Kimberley Stories is one of them. Once known, never forgotten, the Kimberley gets under your skin.Kimberley Stories tunes readers into one of Australia’s most intriguing and exotic regions via the work of talented authors and artists. Interweaving fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, lyrics and artworks, the book is a must-have for anyone travelling north in mind, body or spirit. Contributors include Kate Auty, Jimmy Chi (Bran Nue Dae), Lesley Corbett, Steve Hawke (Jandamarra), Pat Lowe, Kim Mahood, Donna Bing-Ying Mak, Marminjiya Joy Nuggett and Stephen Scourfield along with newcomers Jacqueline Wright (T.A.G. Hungerford award winner for Red Dirt Talking) and 13-year-old Luisa Mitchell who lives and writes in Broome.
212 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm. #140122
Short stories, Australian. | Aboriginal Australians — Literary collections. | Australian literature — Aboriginal Australian authors — 21st century. | Aboriginal Australians in literature. | History – Oral history. | Language – Personal names. | Bunuba / Punuba language (K5) (WA SE 51-08) | History – Biographies – Indigenous – Autobiographies. | Literature and stories – Plays. | Literature and stories – Poetry. | Kimberley District (W.A.) — Description and travel. | Noonkanbah / Yungngora (WA West Kimberley SE51-12) | Fitzroy Crossing (WA West Kimberley SE51-12) | Wupipi / Broome (WA West Kimberley SE51-06) | Australian