Dirrayawadha: Resistance, Resilience and Love During the Frontier Wars

Anita Heiss is an internationally published, award-winning author of 23 books ranging across 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. Her latest historical novel is Dirrayawadha. 

Nicole Abadee is the books writer for Good Weekend Magazine (out in Saturday’s Sydney Morning Herald and The Age)and a regular contributor to its Two of Us articles. Following her first career as a barrister, Nicole moved into the world of books, and she has for many years been a regular interviewer at writers’ festivals including Sydney Writers’ Festival, Adelaide Writers’ Week and Canberra Writers’ Festival, and other literary events. Nicole has been a literary judge, a podcaster, and a regular guest on ABC Radio to discuss books, She is a board member of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.