📙🧡Hooking First Nations readers🧡📙 At the core of our work, we were inspired by the opportunity to hook First Nations readers. Readers who traditionally haven’t seen or read their stories told with diversity, complexity and nuance like some readers from... More
Did you know that National Children’s Week is coming up on 19th-27th October 2024? If you are a parent or a teacher or a librarian- you might like to celebrate it with your young people. This year the theme is... More
Book Week is coming up: 17-23 August… are you ready? Now is the time to be thinking about what your little people might be going to their book parade as. Or if you are a teacher… what your little people... More
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day falls on a Sunday (Sunday 4th August) so day cares, early childhood centres and schools are encouraged to celebrate this Friday August 2nd. Now would be a great time to think how... More
Love sports? Maybe you play it, or watch it, or love reading about it- like I do? Maybe you have a young reader in your life who loves watching and playing and reading about sports too? This week I wanted... More
NAIDOC Week ‘Keep the Fire Burning: Blak, loud and proud’ is 7-14th July 2024. Keep the Fire Burning: Blak, Loud & Proud shows “the enduring strength and vitality of First Nations culture – with fire a symbol of connection to... More
I’m Carl Merrison. A Jaru and Gija author from Halls Creek in the Kimberley WA. I am also an experienced Aboriginal Education Officer (AEO) and sports coach. Growing up in an isolated, remote outback town shaped my life- from my... More
Carl Merrison is an award-winning Jaru/Gija childrens, middle reader and YA author from Halls Creek in the Kimberley WA. But did you know he has worked in many different roles across his life? Let’s find out more! Hi you mob, what... More
On 27 May 1967, Australians voted ‘yes’ change the Constitution so that, like all other Australians, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples would be counted as part of the population and the Commonwealth would be able to make laws ‘for’... More
We take the time on this post to acknowledge and commemorate the upcoming National Sorry Day on 26th May each year. This is a day to remember the removal of Aboriginal children from their families and communities. A chance to... More