Desert Tracks (2025) by Linda Wells and Marly Wells
Millie, a Warlpiri teenager, is sucked up by a willy willy and transported to Alice Springs in 1924. Here she meets a crew of oddly familiar young people, Sonny, Beryl and Spike…
Read MorePosted by QAIHC | Jan 7, 2026 | Deadly Entertainment, Deadly Reading
Millie, a Warlpiri teenager, is sucked up by a willy willy and transported to Alice Springs in 1924. Here she meets a crew of oddly familiar young people, Sonny, Beryl and Spike…
Read MorePosted by QAIHC | Aug 28, 2025 | Deadly Entertainment, Deadly Reading
WINNER OF THE DAISY UTEMORRAH AWARD Getting Dusty is the much-anticipated sequel to Jared Thomas’...
Read MorePosted by QAIHC | Dec 20, 2024 | Deadly Entertainment, Deadly Reading
Tarah’s dad has gone away, and she doesn’t know where. She imagines he is doing all the things he...
Read MorePosted by QAIHC | Dec 20, 2024 | Deadly Entertainment, Deadly Reading
A fearless and honest exploration of queer First Nations identity, and a vibrant celebration of imperfection and personal growth, if this is the end is a stunning exploration of what it means to work through childhood trauma and love yourself in the present. In a state of postpandemic recovery, the author travels back to his hometown and grapples with all that comes with it, experiences the thrills of relationship drama and serious queer romance, works through his mental health issues and writes a love letter to Narrm from the perspective of a Kimberley man.
Read MorePosted by QAIHC | Jul 17, 2024 | Deadly Entertainment, Deadly Reading, Uncategorized
From the acclaimed author Julie Janson, Compassion continues the emotional and intense literary exploration of the complex and dangerous lives of Aboriginal women during the 1800s in colonial New South Wales, which Julie began in Benevolence as a counter
narrative to colonial history in Australian literature.

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