These non-English titles range from children’s stories, school texts to dictionaries and academic texts, through to the work of local Aboriginal prose and poetry writers. While Australia is largely thought of as a monolingual, English speaking, country, this is certainly not the case for Red Kangaroo, with its extensive collections of work in a variety of Aboriginal languages: Arrernte, Pitjantjatjara, Pintupi-Luritja, Warlpiri, Kaytetj, Anmatyerre-the list goes on. Have never read anything like it in my life.” This week, it was Victoria’s turn -with Australia’s richest literary prize – with some great announcements for the work of Australian writers.ĭebut novel The Animals in That Country by Victorian writer Laura Jean McKay won the major prize as well as the Fiction Award! In the words of one of our customers, “So well deserved. Whatever disadvantages we might have with a federal system in Australia, at least it does mean that we have a series of state and territory prizes for literature through each year-a worthy boost to the work of our writers, as well as bringing public attention to their work. Love of nature, love of cooking, love of literature, love of art … all of these are at the heart of reading books, and sharing those experiences with your nearest friends and family.
Valentine’s Day is coming up so you might be thinking about giving your dearest something special next Sunday … and of course we would recommend a book or two! Tradition has it that St Valentine represents “courtly love”, but there are other ways love can express itself.
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