Winner of the Matt Richell New Writer of the Year, ABIAs 2026A country town, a brutal murder, a shameful past, a reckoning to come... The injustices of the past and dangers of the present envelop Aboriginal policewoman Renee Taylor, when her unwilling return to the small outback town of her childhood plunges her into the investigation of a brutal murder.Renee Taylor is planning to stay the minimum amount of time in her remote hometown - only as long as her ...

This fearless collection is described by Mascara Literary Review as 'value for anyone whose own lives are inextricably bruised by others' fear, hate, and targeted bigotry'.Are we a nation of racists? Thirty-nine writers confront our darkest truths in this fearless collection of short stories, poems and essays from the margins of Australia. Featuring Tyree Barnette, Meyrnah Khodr, Adam Phillip Anderson, Guido Melo, Janette Chen, Riley Ingersole, Sydnye Allen, Chris Tupouniu...