It has given me a new perspective and appreciation on many things to do with Aboriginal culture. It was emotional and raw at times, hilarious and very knowledgeable. Bruce Pascoe, the author of Dark Emu, which has been enormously successful in reshaping perceptions of Indigenous life pre-colonisation. I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn more and expand their knowledge on Aboriginal culture and history. Country by Bruce Pascoe and Bill Gammage is a dialogue between experts on First Nations ways of farming and agriculture. My favourite aspect of the book was the way it was written, many short stories made it really interesting, engaging and easy to keep up with. I definitely learnt new things and it was fantastic to read stories from a first person perspective. ' It has been great getting to learn about all the different aspects of the Indigenous Australian culture. It’s time all Australians know the range and depth of this most marvellous of our writers. This volume of Bruce Pascoe’s best and most celebrated stories and essays, collected here for the first time, traverses his long career and explores his enduring fascination with Australia’s landscape, culture and history.įeaturing new fiction alongside Pascoe’s most revered and thought-provoking nonfiction – including from his modern classic Dark Emu – Salt distils the intellect, passion and virtuosity of his work. Pascoe puts forward a compelling argument for a. Sky News host Andrew Bolt says it’s finally happened Bruce Pascoe has been confronted on television about claims he’s a fake.SBS filmed a program on f. Since August 2020, he has been Enterprise Professor in Indigenous Agriculture at the University of Melbourne. As well as his own name, Pascoe has written under the pen names Murray Gray and Leopold Glass. A collection of stories and essays by the award-winning author of Dark Emu, showcasing his shimmering genius across a lifetime of work. Published by Magabala Books - June 2018 - Paperback - 278 pp - 14cm x 21cm. Bruce Pascoe (born 1947) is an Aboriginal Australian writer of literary fiction, non-fiction, poetry, essays and children's literature.

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