Anita Heiss

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About The Author

Dr Anita Heiss is an internationally published, award-winning author of over 20 books; non-fiction, historical fiction, commercial women’s fiction and children’s novels. She is a proud member of the Wiradyuri Nation of central New South Wales, an Ambassador for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation and the GO Foundation, and Professor of Communications at the University of Queensland. Anita is also the Publisher at Large of Bundyi, an imprint of Simon & Schuster cultivating First Nations talent. As an artist in residence at La Boite Theatre, she adapted her novel Tiddas for the stage. It premiered at the 2022 Brisbane Festival and was produced by Belvoir St for the Sydney Festival in 2024. Her novel, Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray, about the Great Flood of Gundagai, won the 2022 NSW Premier’s Indigenous Writers' Prize and was shortlisted for the 2021 ARA Historical Novel Prize and the 2022 ABIA Awards. Anita’s first children’s picture book is Bidhi Galing (Big Rain), also about the Great Flood of Gundagai. Anita released Dirrayawadha (Rise Up) in about the frontier war in Bathurst in 2024. Her most recent novel is The Paradise Pact.


 

Appearances

JUL 6
6:00PM
In Person

Author talk: Anita Heiss

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Goulburn Mulwaree Library
184 - 195 Bourke Street
Goulburn , New South Wales 2000
JUL 7
7:00PM
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GINSIGHTS: Anita Heiss

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Olims Bistro
Corner Of Ainslie &, Limestone Ave, Braddon ACT
Canberra, ACT 2000
JUL 11
11:00AM
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Riverina Readers Festival

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CSU Riverina Playhouse
8 Cross St,
Wagga Wagga, NSW 2000
SEP 29
6:30PM
In Person

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Riverbend Books
Shop 4/77 Oxford St
Bulimba, Queensland 4171

Books by Anita Heiss

Your Next Read Gold: Harry's Secret
Illustrated by Jade Goodwin
Your Next Read is the series that will help kids fall in love with reading and reach for the next book – and the next, and the next!

The series removes reading roadblocks and grows with kids as their reading confidence and reading interests develop. The engaging stories, car...

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