Nardi Simpson

WINNER OF THE 2018 BLACK&WRITE! FELLOWSHIP WINNER OF THE 2021 THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND FICTION BOOK AWARD WINNER OF THE 2021 ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE AWARDS (AUSTRALIAN LITERARY STUDIES GOLD MEDAL) SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD (INDIGENOUS WRITING) SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 INDIE BOOK AWARDS (DEBUT FICTION) SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 MUD LITERARY PRIZE...

From the award-winning author of Song of the Crocodile comes a lyrical and masterfully woven novel about women, creation, belonging, and the precious fragility of life. 'Mothers are experts at overflow . . . You may forget the words or kisses or gifts they give, but that doesn't mean they didn't happen . . . We don't need to remember...

'Song of the Crocodile is a moving, wise and deeply rewarding novel from an astonishing writer' - Emily Maguire, author of An Isolated Incident. Darnmoor, The Gateway to Happiness. The sign taunts a fool into feeling some sense of achievement, some kind of end - that you have reached a destination in the very least. Yet as the sign states,...

First published in 1988, a bestselling, seminal work of Indigenous memoir and a story of courage and humour in the face of poverty and tragedy. Ruby Langford Ginibi's remarkable talent for storytelling grabbed the attention of both black and white Australians when she released Don't Take Your Love to Town, which has gone on to become a bestseller and is...