Anita Heiss – Gumboootspearlz

Wonder a Day 22: Aboriginal Women’s Writing – Fighting for Literacy and Literary Freedom

Extract — AWW’s first guest blog: “Aboriginal Women Writers – The fight for Literacy and Literary Freedom and a true name calling” by Dr June Perkins My search to understand and identify Aboriginal women’s literature began naively and in earnest with a letter to Oodgeroo (Noonuccal).* I was probably twenty and had heard a lotContinue reading “Wonder a Day 22: Aboriginal Women’s Writing – Fighting for Literacy and Literary Freedom”

GUINEA PIG, CHOOK HOUSES & DRAGON FLIES

The Guinea Pig Mansion ‘Calico likes to eat his way out of everything,’ my daughter is giggling her story out to a fellow guinea pig lover. The girls haven’t seen each other for a few months. We haven’t been venturing too far since the cyclone and not necessarily visiting too many people. However it’s aboutContinue reading “GUINEA PIG, CHOOK HOUSES & DRAGON FLIES”