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Jamie Oliver’s novel really missed the mark. There are plenty of fantastic First Nations’ books if schools look for them

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s new fantasy novel for primary students, Billy and the Epic Escape, features a First Nations character. As The Guardian reports, it features a “young First Nations girl ...
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The ABC’s Top 100 books poll lacks diversity. Here are my 10 First Nations ‘books of the 21st century’

More than 280,000 people have voted for the Top 100 Books of the 21st Century in a Radio National poll, with Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe taking the top spot. The vote considered books by ...
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Jamie Oliver wrote First Nations characters the wrong way. Non‑Indigenous writers need to listen to Indigenous writers first

First Nations authored literature continues to excite and educate Australian readers. Non-Indigenous writers are grappling with how to craft inclusive fiction that does not impinge on Indigenous ...