The Book Show

From the recent Melbourne Writers' Festival, Anita Heiss speaks about the books that have made a lasting impression on her and the authors who've inspired her.

Anita Heiss is a novelist, poet, activist and social commentator who describes herself as 'a concrete Koori with a Westfield dreaming - a city chick whose idea of Survivor is a night in a caravan'.

Her published works include the poetry collection Token Koori, Sacred Cows, a work of satirical social commentary, and the chick lit novel Not Meeting Mr Right.

In 2003 she received an Australian Society of Authors medal for under 35s for her contribution to the Australian community and public life and in 2007 she won a National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Deadly Award for outstanding achievement in literature.

Guests

Anita Heiss
Australian novelist and social commentator.

Publications

Title: Avoiding Mr Right
Author: Anita Heiss
Publisher: Random House
ISBN-13 9781863256049

Title: Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature
Author: Edited by Anita Heiss and Peter Minter
Publisher: Allen and Unwin
ISBN-13 9781741754384

Presenter

Anita Heiss

Producer

Liz Gray

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