Summary
‘The gut-truths presented in Benevolence are tied to a larger reckoning needed in Australian society—one that involves a centring of First Nation voices, a willingness to address not just a violent history, but a hostile and violent present’
Mascara Literary Review
At the time of its original release in 2020, Benevolence was celebrated as a refreshing response to colonial narratives of the frontier. A welcome new tak…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922777348 |
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| ISBN-10: | 192277734X |
| Author: | Julie Janson |
| Publisher: | Magabala Books |
| Imprint: | Magabala Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 490g |
| Dimensions: | 34mm x 233mm x 203mm |
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About The Author
Julie Janson
Julie Janson is a Burruberongal woman of the Darug Aboriginal nation. She is a novelist, playwright, and poet. Her novels are: Madukka the River Serpent from UWA Publishing, an Indigenous crime novel published in 2022 and longlisted for the Miles Franklin Prize; Benevolence from Magabala Books, published in 2020 and acquired by Harper Collins in USA and UK August in 2022. Benevolence was shortlisted for the Barbara Jefferis Award in 2022; nominated for NIB Literary Award 2020, and the Voss Literary Award 2020. Julie is also the author of the Virtual Reality screenplay ‘There Exists’. Julie is co-recipient of the Oodgeroo Noonuccal Poetry Prize 2016 and the Judith Wright Poetry Prize 2019. She lives on the south coast of NSW with her husband Michael Fay.
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