AustLit

'From a tent home outside Beaudesert in the 1920s to the corridors of Buckingham Palace in 2017 - it has been a long walk for this year's Queensland Great award recipient, Aboriginal Elder Patricia O'Connor.'

'Elaine Crombie is no stranger to show business or the limelight. She comes from Port Pirie in South Australia and is a Pitjantjatjara, Yunkunytjatjara, Warrimul and South Sea Islander woman, with a stellar career in television, film and theatre. She also works for the Media and Entertainment Alliance (MEAA) as a First Nations representative and may be about to take over the world.'

'While Dallas Woods and Baker Boy come from two very different remote Aboriginal communities, when the two hip hop artists hit the stage together they're totally in synch. I had the pleasure of talking with the two young hip-hop artists at this year's Boomerang at Blues Festival, held at Tyagarah, on Arakwal Country in North-East NSW.' 

'There were sandflies and mudcrabs but no sting of racism on Joyce Summers' island home.' 

'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.'