#DegrowthLitMonth: Dark Emu

Posted on by Erin Remblance

Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe Published by Magabala books Pages: 278 ISBN: 9781921248016 Release date: March 1, 2014 Dark Emu is an incredibly well-researched book which uses the diaries and notes of British colonizers to paint a very different picture of pre-colonial Australia than that which we are often told. Far from being "primitive hunter-gatherers", … Continue reading #DegrowthLitMonth: Dark Emu

#TasmanianLitMonth – The Flanagan Brothers

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Arguably the most famous Australian export, Tasmanian native Richard Flanagan has set the literary world on fire with his often bruising, yet always lyrical and evocative novels. Almost every book he has written has been both a best seller and literary award winner. Many of his novels fall under the genre of Tasmanian Gothic, centering … Continue reading #TasmanianLitMonth – The Flanagan Brothers