We’ve invited writers, from fields as diverse as wildlife ecology, politics and literature, to nominate their best books of 2024. And this year, the Books & Ideas team share their own picks, too.
- Associate Professor, The Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
We were dismayed to see no Australians on the New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century – so, with the help of 50 experts, we created our own, all-Australian list. You can have your say, too!
Reading First Nations poetry, we come to feel Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s lived experiences. Might we see this poetry as a work of makarrata?
State archives hold precious Noongar letters pleading for the return of Stolen Generations children. Among them, I find my grandmother’s grandfather: historical records of love.
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