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Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

  • The Storm Keeper’s Island – Catherine Doyle

    Bloomsbury Australia August 2018 ISBN: 9781408896884 Imprint: Bloomsbury Children’s Books RRP :$14.99 What a simply sparkling debut novel! It did take me two nights rather than my usual one (but I confess a little tiredness even after a week of holidays) but it was simply page-turning and thoroughly engrossing. Fionn Boyle and his older sister Read more

  • Brontide – Sue McPherson

    Magabala Books June 2018 ISBN:9781925360929 RRP: $14.99   I often think that if a book leaves you feeling slightly unsettled it must have achieved its goal.  This was a quick read so it was done and dusted in one sitting but the reflection afterwards probably took equally as long as the actual reading. This is Read more

  • Nganga: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Words and Phrases – Aunty Fay Muir & Sue Lawson

    Walker Books ISBN: 9781921977015 Imprint: Black Dog Books Release Date: June 1, 2018 Australian RRP: $16.99 New Zealand RRP: $18.99 For many of us, especially those of us who have First Australian family connections, there are certain words and phrases with which we are already familiar: “Aunty, Uncle, sorry business, deadly, women’s business, marngrook, dreamtime, Elders, songlines. “ Also for many Read more

  • Our Birds: Ŋilimurruŋgu Wäyin Malanynha – Siena Stubbs  

    Magabala Books       Published:Apr 2018       ISBN:9781925360981 RRP: $17.99 Young Yolgnu woman Siena Stubbs was just twelve years old when her interest in photography began. At first taking pictures with her iPad she later began more serious photography after the gift of a camera.   It wasn’t long at all before her beautiful work found Read more

  • Alfred’s War – Rachel Bin Salleh/Samantha Fry

    Magabala Books April 2018 ISBN: 9781925360608 RRP $19.99 The Australian War Memorial archives suggest that between 1 000 and 1 300 Indigenous men and women served during World War 1 (just as an unknown number had volunteered for the Boer War earlier in the century) despite not even being accorded as citizens of their own Read more

  • Benny Bungarra’s Big Bush Clean-up – Sally Morgan/Ambelin Kwaymullina

    Magabala Books Author:Sally Morgan Illustrator:Ambelin Kwaymullina Published:Jun 2018 ISBN:9781925360882 RRP: $16.99 What a great way to kick off NAIDOC week! This is a terrific new book which mixes animals and vivid colours into a powerful message for little people about caring for our environment and our animals’ habitats. Benny Bungarra is very busy as one Read more

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