{"title":"Alison Whittaker","description":"\u003cp\u003eWelcome to our Alison Whittaker collection, a celebrated author whose eloquent works shine a light on the rich tapestry of Aboriginal life and culture in Australia. Known for her evocative and powerful prose, Whittaker is not only a writer but also an academic and proud Gomeroi woman, bringing an authentic voice to her compelling narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWithin this collection, you'll find \u003cem\u003eBlakwork\u003c\/em\u003e, a thought-provoking exploration of contemporary Aboriginal identity and resilience. This transformative read combines poetry and essay to pose challenging questions and inspire introspection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFire Front\u003c\/em\u003e is a remarkable anthology that Whittaker has edited, showcasing Australia's most outstanding First Nations poets. Through this compilation, readers gain insight into the diverse experiences and powerful storytelling of Aboriginal poets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDive into \u003cem\u003eHeat and Light\u003c\/em\u003e, a curated selection of stories that juxtapose the complexities of modern Aboriginal life with Australia’s convoluted history. Alison Whittaker's contribution to this collection highlights her gift for capturing intimate moments with honesty and empathy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer debut collection, \u003cem\u003eLemons in the Chicken Wire\u003c\/em\u003e, artfully conveys the struggles and triumphs of Aboriginal women in rural Australia. Whittaker's poignant and deeply personal poems in this book resonate with themes of identity, belonging, and resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBrowse through our selection to experience the unique perspectives and eloquent voice of Alison Whittaker, an essential figure in contemporary Australian literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"heat-and-light-by-ellen-van-neerven-9780702265990","title":"Heat and Light","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEllen van Neerven's award-winning collection of stories was inspired by the elements and is exceptionally imaginative and varied.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this award-winning work of fiction, Ellen van Neerven leads readers on a journey that is mythical, mystical, and still achingly real.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver three parts, van Neerven takes traditional storytelling and gives it a unique, contemporary twist. In \u003cem\u003eHeat\u003c\/em\u003e, we meet several generations of the Kresinger family and the legacy left by the mysterious Pearl. In \u003cem\u003eWater\u003c\/em\u003e, a futuristic world is imagined and the fate of a people threatened. 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Alison Whittaker's \u003cem\u003eBlakwork\u003c\/em\u003e is an original and unapologetic collection from which two things emerge: an incomprehensible loss, and the poet's fearless examination of the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhittaker is unsparing in the interrogation of familiar ideas, identifying and dissolving them with idiosyncratic imagery, layering them to form new connections, and reinterpreting what we know.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlison Whittaker's second book, \u003cem\u003eBlakwork\u003c\/em\u003e is a bold mix of poetry, micro-fiction, memoir, and critique, and a follow-up to her award-wining debut poetry collection, \u003cem\u003eLemons in the Chicken Wire\u003c\/em\u003e... Whittaker has drawn on the strength of past generations to become a strong blak woman in contemporary Australia, and readers are gifted her insights into growing up blak. With a unique style of writing, she bravely unpacks themes such as colonisation and Aboriginal rights in Australia. - Karen Wyld, \u003cem\u003eBooks+Publishing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe way Gomeroi words are always bursting through the English in \u003cem\u003eBlakwork\u003c\/em\u003e feels more like the future than the past. It's surely one of the key books in our current Aboriginal literary and linguistic renaissance. - Gregory Day, \u003cem\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, Books of the Year 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhittaker literally and figuratively demonstrates the subtle yet radical ways in which poetry may influence perceptions. - Autumn Royal, Overland Literary Journal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlakwork\u003c\/em\u003e expands horizons of possibility beyond instrumentalised domains, and, in its own brilliant ways, this book is an act of war, its sounds and shapes acting as both chthonic echoes and epistemological landmarks. - Dan Disney, \u003cem\u003eWorld Literature Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47288379474156,"sku":"9781925360851","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/13933843482873.jpg?v=1770546706"},{"product_id":"fire-front-by-alison-whittaker-9780702262722","title":"Fire Front","description":"Curated and introduced by Alison Whittaker, Fire Front is a ground-breaking anthology of First Nations poetry showcasing some of the brightest new stars, as well as leading Aboriginal writers and poets including Bruce Pascoe, Ali Cobby Eckermann and Tony Birch.\n\nThis important anthology, curated by Gomeroi poet and academic Alison Whittaker, showcases Australia's most-respected First Nations poets alongside some of the rising stars. Featured poets include Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Ruby Langford Ginibi, Ellen van Neerven, Tony Birch, Claire G. Coleman, Evelyn Araluen, Jack Davis, Kevin Gilbert, Lionel Fogarty, Sam Wagan Watson, Ali Cobby Eckermann, Archie Roach and Alexis Wright. \n \nDivided into five thematic sections, each one is introduced by an essay from a leading Aboriginal writer and thinker - Bruce Pascoe, Ali Cobby Eckermann, Chelsea Bond, Evelyn Araluen and Steven Oliver - who reflects on the power of First Nations poetry with their own original contribution. This incredible book is a testament to the renaissance of First Nations poetry happening in Australia right now.","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47288454381804,"sku":"9780702262722","price":37.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/271203482438.jpg?v=1770554276"},{"product_id":"lemons-in-the-chicken-wire-by-alison-whittaker-9781925936896","title":"Lemons in the Chicken Wire","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2015 black\u0026amp;write! Indigenous Writing Fellowship: a partnership between the State Library of Queensland's black\u0026amp;write! Indigenous Writing and Editing Project and Magabala Books.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom a remarkable new voice in Indigenous writing comes this highly original collection of poems bristling with stunning imagery and gritty textures. At times sensual, always potent, \u003ci\u003eLemons in the Chicken Wire\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a collage of work that reflects rural identity through a rich medley of techniques and forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is an audacious, lyrical, and linguistically lemon-flavoured poetry debut that possesses a rare edginess and seeks to challenge our imagination beyond the ordinary. Alison Whittaker demonstrates that borders, whether physical or imagined, are no match for our capacity for love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTeachers' notes available here.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Whittaker's poems play with vernaculars in a way that renders her poems—in combination with unexpected and fun internal rhythms and rhymes—a wonderful intervention into poetry that bends linguistic family colour colony lines. 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