False Claims of Colonial Thieves False Claims of Colonial Thieves:Default Title AKA Nell James

AKA Nell James

A gripping fictive account of Aboriginal life in the 1800s

Set in the Geraldton area of Western Australia

the Sacred Water Snake

Shiosaki looks to the stars and back to the earth to make sense of memory and the afterlife of imperial violence

False Claims of Colonial Thieves False Claims of Colonial Thieves:Default Title AKA Nell JamesSHORTLISTED, 2020 ADELAIDE FESTIVAL AWARDS FOR LITERATURE, JOHN BRAY POETRY AWARD SHORTLISTED, 2019 AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE SOCIETY (ALS) GOLD MEDAL From well known poets Charmaine Papertalk Green and John Kinsella comes a tete a tete that is powerful, thought provoking, challenging and unapologetic. Papertalk Green and Kinsella call into question what we think we know about our country, colonisation, land and identity. Each poem is part of a striking