'This volume is extremely significant from an Indigenous cultural perspective, containing many works that afford the reader a treasured insight into the Indigenous cultural world of Australia.'

- From the foreword by Mick Dodson (Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature )

 

 

 

 

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Edited by Anita Heiss and Peter Minter

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An authoritative survey of Australian Aboriginal writing over two centuries, across a wide range of fiction and non-fiction genres. Including some of the most distinctive writing produced in Australia, it offers rich insights into Aboriginal culture and experience.

Find out more about Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature.

The Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature Project

The Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature is a project of national importance. With a major literary anthology as its main focus, it aims to make some of the best Australian creative writing available to readers around the world.

Professor Nicholas Jose is General Editor of the project, and of the main literary anthology, the Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature. It is due for publication in August 2009.

The first work to be produced from the project is the Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature. The most comprehensive anthology of Australian Aboriginal writing ever published, it is edited by Anita Heiss and Peter Minter. It is accompanied by an online Teaching Guide with resources for teachers and students.

These anthologies are produced under the auspices of the Centre for the Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature at Macquarie University, and Sydney Centre of International PEN, a worldwide association of writers promoting literature and freedom of expression.