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Words to Sing the World Alive

Words to Sing the World Alive

By Jasmin McGaughey
$31.99 CAD
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Title
Words to Sing the World Alive celebrates First Nations languages from across the continent. Forty First Nation writers and thinkers, journalists and lawyers, artists and astronomers come together to reveal their favourite and significant words. Words that evoke the power of childhood and the wonder of Country; that explore the essence of mother, of fire, of time. Words that are imbued with family and belonging, and that surprise with their connections. Join contributors including Kim Scott, Tara June Winch, Daniel Browning, Terri Janke, Jeanine Leane, Nardi Simpson, Dan Bourchier, Ellen van Neerven, Alice Skye, Bruce Pascoe, Anita Heiss, Thomas Mayo, Evelyn Araluen, Claire G Coleman and Mykaela Saunders as they share their words to sing the world alive.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jasmin McGaughey is a Torres Strait Islander and African American author and editor. She has completed a Master of Writing, Editing and Publishing at the University of Queensland and a Master of Philosophy (in creative writing). She has spent time as a black&write! editor intern, was a winner of a 2019 Next Chapter Fellowship with The Wheeler Centre and won the 2021 Nakata Brophy Short Fiction and Poetry Prize. Jasmin’ s passions have always been writing and reading and she is the proud author of Ash Barty’ s Little Ash series.

PRODUCT DETAILS

ISBN: 9780702268397
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Format: Hardback Cloth over boards
Pub Date: 20250129
Height: 7.75 inches
Width: 5 inches
No. of Pages: 288
Category: LITERARY COLLECTIONS/Indigenous
Category: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES/Linguistics/Semantics

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