Suggested readings - Booktober 2023

First Nations Books

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That Deadman Dance, By Kim Scott 

“It is a great book because it makes from an impossible situation a possible way forward. This is a moral achievement as much as it is an aesthetic or literary one. It’s what we demand from our greatest writers. It’s what history has demanded of Kim Scott.”

Winner for Miles Franklin Literary Award 2011.

Winner for ALS Gold Medal 2011.

Winner for Western Australian Premier's Book Award Western Australian Premier's Prize 2010.

Winner for Western Australian Premier's Book Award Award for Fiction 2010.

Winner for Victorian Premier's Literary Award Victorian Prize for Literature 2011.

Winner for Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction 2011.

Winner for Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature...

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