Ali Cobby Eckermann

Written when the author was in prison, this collection remains a poignant historical plea for Aboriginal justice—from Black deaths in custody to Land Rights—and bears witness to contemporary Indigenous issues. Holocaust Island was the inaugural winner of the David Unaipon Award in 1989. Graeme Dixon's poems address contemporary and controversial issues—from Black deaths in custody to the struggles of single...

“…an outstanding achievement that will, with its skill and elegance, deeply enrich Australian poetry and whoever reads it.” Judges' citation, 2013 NSW Premier's Literary Award for Poetry Ali Cobby Eckermann, a Yankunytjatjara/Kokatha poet, is at the forefront of Australian Indigenous poetry. Inside My Mother is both a political and personal collection, angry and tender, propelled by the need to remember...

Ruby Moonlight is a novel exploring the impact of colonisation in mid-north South Australia around 1880. The main character, Ruby, a refugee of a massacre, seeks refuge in the woods where she befriends an Irishman trapper. The poems convey how Ruby's fear of discovery is overcome by the need for human contact, which, in a tense unravelling of events, is...

Winner, NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2024, Book of the Year Winner, NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2024, Indigenous Writer's Prize She is the Earth is the luminous new verse novel from celebrated poet Ali Cobby Eckermann. It charts a journey through grief and celebrates the healing power of Country. We follow Eckermann's soft footfalls in the open (but far from empty)...