Sunday, March 04, 2012

SOON TO BE LAUNCHED: Kimberley Stories, edited by Sandy Toussaint | Penguin Books Australia



Published by Fremantle Press, distributed by Penguin Australia
There are a thousand ways to connect to country. Kimberley Stories is one of them. Once known, never forgotten, the Kimberley gets under your skin.
Kimberley Stories tunes readers into one of Australia's most intriguing and exotic regions via the work of talented authors and artists. Interweaving fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, lyrics and artworks, the book is a must-have for anyone travelling north in mind, body or spirit.
Contributors include Kate Auty, Jimmy Chi (Bran Nue Dae), Lesley Corbett, Steve Hawke (Jandamarra), Pat Lowe, Kim Mahood, Donna Bing-Ying Mak, Marminjiya Joy Nuggett and Stephen Scourfield along with newcomers Jacqueline Wright (T.A.G. Hungerford award winner for Red Dirt Talking) and 13-year-old Luisa Mitchell who lives and writes in Broome.

ED: It also includes stories from their time in the Kimberley by Murray Jennings and Andrew Burke.


Kimberley Stories by Sandy Toussaint | Penguin Books Australia

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