Indigenous Women

Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in British Columbia. Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to find herself hospitalized and facing a dual diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder and bipolar II, Terese Mailhot is given a notebook and begins to write her way out of trauma.

I’m only in my mid-20s, and some might think that’s young to write a memoir. Who does that, right? But for me and my team it’s always been important to reflect on every part of the journey, especially the end. In that context, the timing is perfect to share my story, from the first time I picked up a racket as a five-year-old girl in Ipswich, to the night I packed up my tennis bag at Melbourne Park after winning the 2022 Australian Open.

Can a dog turn into a vampire if it bites a vampire? Loyal Rez dog Gertrude saves her human Doreen from becoming a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Woman statistic. Doreen starts to think her neighbor was more than a creep, when Gertrude develops an allergy to sunlight and starts to crave raw meat, the bloodier the better. Will she have to put her loyal companion down?

Born in 1804, Chaldean author Maria Theresa Asmar offers a captivating firsthand account of her travels through Mesopotamia, Syria, Lebanon, and Jerusalem in her acclaimed memoir. Asmar, known in Europe as a "Babylonian Princess," provides a rare perspective on the Ottoman Empire's harem system and her time with the Bedouin. She traveled to France, England, and Italy and met with prominent individuals, including Queen Victoria and the Pope. This new edition, rewritten by Weam Namou, includes Asmar's full work Prophecy and Lamentation, providing additional context and insight into the ...

Growing up, Miranda often looked for faces like hers on our screens. There weren't many. And too often there was a negative narrative around Indigenous lives, and Aboriginal women especially. Now an award-winning actor, she decided to change things herself. Combining her love of romantic comedies with her love of Darwin, the Tiwi Islands and the Top End, Miranda wrote, produced and starred in the box office hit Top End Wedding. But who the hell co-writes, produces and acts in a film about a wedding in the same year they're having their own? Miranda Tapsell does!

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