Peter RileyMar 6

“Not quite white in the head” https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-07/melissa-lucashenko-on-new-book-not-quite-white-in-the-head/106425310

#BooksOfMastodon #melissaLucashenko

How Melissa Lucashenko's new book Not Quite White in the Head came about

Melissa Lucashenko is one of Australia's most-acclaimed authors. But when it became clear to the Miles Franklin Literary Award winner that a self-professed fan had only read her non-fiction work, she decided it was time to put together a collection of essays called Not Quite White in the Head.

Outside NewsJan 10

Adelaide Writers Week in disarray as almost 100 writers boycott over Board’s ‘censorship’ of Randa Abdel-Fattah

Helen Garner, Melissa Lucashenko and Zadie Smith are among the more than 40 writers to have withdrawn from Adelaide Writers Week in the last 24 hours.

Some 90 participants, including key national and international guests such as Helen Garner, Toni Jordan, Trent Dalton, Melissa Lucashenko and Zadie Smith, have withdrawn in protest from Adelaide Writers Week, a core program of the 2026 Adelaide Festival, after the Festival Board’s decision yesterday [8 January] to remove award-winning Palestinian-Australian author and academic Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah from the Writers Week program.

Adelaide Writers Week in disarray as almost 100 writers boycott over Board’s ‘censorship’ of Randa Abdel-Fattah, artshub.com.au #2026AdelaideFestival #AdelaideWritersWeek #HelenGarner #international #MelissaLucashenko #politics #RandaAbdelFattah #ToniJordan #TrentDalton #ZadieSmith
Show threadPeter RileyJan 2, 2025

Edenglassie, the colonists’ renamed #Meanjin, but Edenglassie was then renamed #Brisbane.

https://www.melissa-lucashenko.com/

Interviewed about Edenglassie book and First Nations freedom fighters of the 1850s era like Dundalli
https://thegarretpodcast.com/melissa-lucashenko-on-past-present-edenglassie/

nConversation on Colonialism

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/conversations/melissa-lucashenko-edenglassie-writing-brisbane-colonialism/102959946

#MelissaLucashenko #Edenglassie #Dundalli #firstnations #freedomfighters

Melissa Lucashenko – Acclaimed Australian writer of Goorie and European heritage

Tjb51Nov 27, 2024
Melissa Lucashenko reveals she is giving away her prize money after winning another $40,000 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/27/melissa-lucashenko-reveals-she-is-giving-away-her-prize-money-after-winning-another-40000?CMP=share_btn_url Great book by a great writer #bookstodon #melissalucashenko #WhatImReading Set in my local area
Melissa Lucashenko reveals she is giving away her prize money after winning another $40,000

Author of sweeping historical novel Edenglassie continues run of wins with Mark and Evette Moran Nib award

The Guardian
Sylvain MAILLERJan 20, 2024

J'ai acheté ce livre #TooMuchLip de #MelissaLucashenko et je l'ai reçu en double je ne sais pas pourquoi. Donc j'ai un exemplaire à donner. Vous pouvez passer le prendre ou je peux l'envoyer.

J'ai commencé le mien, ça a l'air super, une histoire de famille Aborigènes en Australie, hyper intéressant, un anglais pas facile avec un peu de parler local dedans mais on finit par deviner les mots, une plongée dans une culture totalement différente. #Mastolivre

(EDIT j'ai trouvé preneur merci)

Peter RileyOct 8, 2023

Looking forward to reading #MelissaLucashenko new book #Edenglassie loaned from local #MerriBek library. Enjoyed the previous Too Much Lip & #Mullumbimby novels.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/08/melissa-lucashenko-edenglassie-novel-book-interview

Melissa Lucashenko on turning herself inside out: ‘I have no idea how the hell I managed to write that book’

A new novel by the Miles Franklin winner is always an event and her latest arrives at a tumultuous time in history

The Guardian