Just So Stories

Random Reviews and Ramblings from Redcliffe

Our Flag, Our Story: The Torres Strait Island Flag – Bernard Namok Jnr/Thomas Mayo. Illustrated by Tori-Jay Mordey.

Magabala Books May 2024 ISBN: 9781922613509 RRP: AUD$27.99, NZD$32.99 A few of my mob had commented earlier this year that we needed more First Nations titles about the Torres Strait Islands, and the Ancestors must have heard us because it was shortly afterward that this new title was announced. I was fortunate to create the…

August 8, 2024
Listen – Nicole Godwin & Duncan Smith. Illustrated by Jandamarra Cadd.

Wild Dog Books August 2023 ISBN: 9781742036731 RRP; $24.99 With a very timely arrival given the upcoming opportunity to make a momentous national decision, this is the new brilliant and beautiful offering from the team who gave us the sensational We Are Australians [CBCA Award for New Illustrator 2023]. Duncan Smith, proud Wiradjuri man, and…

August 28, 2023
Our Mob – Jacinta Daniher & Taylor Hampton/Seantelle Walsh

Ford St Publishing May 2023 ISBN: 9781922696236 RRP: $17.99 This is a stunning new picture book for your younger readers that will take them around Australia to visit various mobs on Country and find out a little more about each. Authors, Jacinta and Taylor, are the co-founders of Birrang Cultural Connections, based in Victoria [check…

May 26, 2023
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…

July 12, 2018