Leni Shilton

A dark verse novel full of the humanity of its author who also works in violence prevention programs and has a keen ear for the complexities of living without safety nets and certainty. Set in Melbourne's underbelly, Shilton uses her expert grasp on the verse novel format to tell the story of Malcolm - a seventeen-year-old boy - whose mother...

Winner of the 2020 Chief Minister's NT Book Award for Best Fiction Book Leni Shilton offers us a woman's exploration of loss and survival in the unforgiving and beautiful landscape of central Australia. Bertha Strehlow, overshadowed by her anthropologist husband's achievements, was a woman of integrity and a brilliant observer and connector of people in settings such as the Great...