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y separately published work icon Young Dark Emu single work   prose   children's fiction   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 Young Dark Emu
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'Bruce Pascoe has collected a swathe of literary awards for Dark Emu and now he has brought together the research and compelling first person accounts in a book for younger readers. Using the accounts of early European explorers, colonists and farmers, Bruce Pascoe compellingly argues for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer label for pre-colonial Aboriginal Australians. He allows the reader to see Australia as it was before Europeans arrived – a land of cultivated farming areas, productive fisheries, permanent homes, and an understanding of the environment and its natural resources that supported thriving villages across the continent. Young Dark Emu - A Truer History asks young readers to consider a different version of Australia’s history pre-European colonisation.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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Notes

  • This book has been selected for Guardian Australia’s series The Unmissables, highlighting the most notable Australian books of the year.

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  • Sound recording.
  • Dyslexic edition.

Works about this Work

y separately published work icon At Home with Bruce Pascoe Astrid Edwards (interviewer), Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2020 23454242 2020 single work podcast interview

'Bruce Pascoe, a Yuin, Bunarong and Tasmanian writer, has turned his craft to picture books. Found, illustrated by Charmaine Ledden-Lewis, is the story of a lost calf finding his family. It is also an allegory for the Stolen Generations.

'In this interview, Bruce introduces the stunning illustrator Charmaine Ledden-Lewis, explores the real life impetus behind Found, reflects on Dark Emu and looks forward to his forthcoming novel, Imperial Harvest.

'Note, this interview was recorded via Zoom and in parts you can hear Bruce's dog in the room with him.' (Production introduction)

y separately published work icon Leanne Hall and Angela Crocombe Talk All Things Kids Publishing Leanne Hall (presenter), Angela Crocombe (presenter), Melbourne : Readings , 2019 18763240 2019 single work podcast

'Children's bookseller and author Leanne Hall sits down with Readings Kids shop manager Angela Crocombe, to give us an insight into the wonderful world of kids' publishing and bookselling. They touch on representation and diversity in children's publishing, the success of Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu, and give us some of their personal children's books recommendations.'

Source: Soundcloud.

Dark Emu for Younger Readers 2019 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 17 July no. 705 2019; (p. 45)
'Bruce Pascoe has collected a swathe of literary awards for Dark Emu and now he has brought together the research and compelling first person accounts in a book for younger readers.'
Dark Emu for Younger Readers 2019 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 17 July no. 705 2019; (p. 45)
'Bruce Pascoe has collected a swathe of literary awards for Dark Emu and now he has brought together the research and compelling first person accounts in a book for younger readers.'
y separately published work icon Leanne Hall and Angela Crocombe Talk All Things Kids Publishing Leanne Hall (presenter), Angela Crocombe (presenter), Melbourne : Readings , 2019 18763240 2019 single work podcast

'Children's bookseller and author Leanne Hall sits down with Readings Kids shop manager Angela Crocombe, to give us an insight into the wonderful world of kids' publishing and bookselling. They touch on representation and diversity in children's publishing, the success of Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu, and give us some of their personal children's books recommendations.'

Source: Soundcloud.

y separately published work icon At Home with Bruce Pascoe Astrid Edwards (interviewer), Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2020 23454242 2020 single work podcast interview

'Bruce Pascoe, a Yuin, Bunarong and Tasmanian writer, has turned his craft to picture books. Found, illustrated by Charmaine Ledden-Lewis, is the story of a lost calf finding his family. It is also an allegory for the Stolen Generations.

'In this interview, Bruce introduces the stunning illustrator Charmaine Ledden-Lewis, explores the real life impetus behind Found, reflects on Dark Emu and looks forward to his forthcoming novel, Imperial Harvest.

'Note, this interview was recorded via Zoom and in parts you can hear Bruce's dog in the room with him.' (Production introduction)

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