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Waarda Series for Young Readers: Bush Secrets
by Tjalaminu Mia & Jessica Lister with illustrations by Sally Morgan & Tracey Gibbs edited by Sally Morgan
Debbie has two special secrets, and she definitely doesn’t want to share them with her brother Billy. When her grandfather comes to visit though, Debbie knows she can trust him with her treasures. And Grandpa has another secret, just for her. It’s his special place and Debbie is charged with taking care of it, too.
A beautiful tale of family…Read more »
Price $9.95
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Waarda Series for Young Readers: The Great Cold
by Gladys Milroy with illustrations by Sally Morgan & Tracey Gibbs edited by Sally Morgan
The great cold is coming. It’s tickling the toes of the animals and chasing the tail feathers of the birds. It’s creeping into their hideaway and making even the strongest shiver. Alone, the blind goanna and the flightless crow are weak, but when they work together the power of their friendship will save the day.
An exciting story told in the…Read more »
Price $9.95
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Caterpillar and Butterfly
by Ambelin Kwaymullina
‘With its rich, vibrant colours and clear, thoughtful text, this picture book will appeal to the very young in particular, and yet, like many good books for children, the message it contains is universal…It is a beautifully written story, the use of alliteration and the careful choice of verbs adding depth and movement to the visual joy of each…Read more »
Price $26.95
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The Last of the Nomads
by W J Peasley
‘Peasley’s description of the events…is informative, compassionate, exciting and at times deeply moving.’ —Don Grant, Australian Book Review
‘The intriguing story of [the rescue of an elderly couple believed to be the last Australian nomads] and how they survived alone for the previous 30 years or so in the unrelenting western Gibson Desert…Read more »
Price $22.95
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Mowanjum: 50 years community history
Mowanjum will always be in my memories especially the people, the culture and the beautiful country the Mowanjum mob came from.
Mary-Lou DivilliThis is a lively and richly illustrated book produced to mark the 50th anniversary of the Mowanjum Aboriginal Community.
Mowanjum shares the Wandjina traditions in songs, myth, stories and poems alongside…Read more »
Price $55.00
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Someone Else's Country
by Peter Docker
‘Written in hotel rooms while working as a professional actor in various indigenous film, television and theatre productions, Peter Docker’s Someone Else’s Country is a deeply sensitive and at times intensely visceral engagement with contemporary indigenous culture…it is also a powerful historical document, which has at its heart the struggle…Read more »
Price $24.95
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True Country
by Kim Scott
Kim Scott captures the ambiguities, the troubles and the rewards which accompany the brutal and delicate nuances of relations when particles of one culture pass, as if through a fine sieve, into the heart of another culture.
Elizabeth Jolley‘True Country, Kim Scott’s first novel, is superb’ — Sydney Morning Herald
‘This vital, often…Read more »
Price $22.95
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Two-Hearted Numbat, The
by Ambelin Kwaymullina & Ezekiel Kwaymullina with illustrations by Ambelin Kwaymullina
Numbat has two hearts, one of stone and one of feather. His stone heart makes him strong and powerful while his feather heart makes him soft and gentle. When having more than one heart becomes troublesome, Numbat must choose which one to keep… Read more »
Price $26.95
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Bawoo Stories
by May O'Brien with illustrations by Sue Wyatt & Angela Leaney
Four wonderful traditional teaching stories of the Wongutha people are collected together here for the first time: Barn Barn Barlala, The Kangaroos Who Wanted to be People, How Crows Became Black, Why the Emu Can’t Fly.
First published as individual titles in 1992, these stories were ground-breaking publications, presenting traditional…Read more »
Price $26.95
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Heartsick for Country
by Sally Morgan, Tjalaminu Mia & Blaze Kwaymullina
The stories in this anthology speak of the love between Aboriginal peoples and their countriesRead more »
Price $27.95
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Book Launch
Fremantle Press and All Saints Literature Festival invite you to the launch of Beach Sports Car by Darlene Oxenham and Lilli and her Shadow by Laura and Pat Dudgeon.
noon, Friday 19 March 2010 at the Ampitheatre, Entry car park gate 3, All Saints College, Ewing Avenue, Bull Creek, WA 6149
RSVP: admin@fremantlepress.com.au or 08 9430 6331
