Homecoming 2006 QUEENSLAND PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS

2006 QUEENSLAND PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS

escaping the dreaded Aboriginal Welfare Board – a journey from the heartbreak and crushing loneliness of childhood to the mean streets of Sydney's Redfern

2022 ALS GOLD MEDAL

a Ritharrŋu and Madarrpa artist who lives in Ngukurr in South-East Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory

Homecoming 2006 QUEENSLAND PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDSWINNER, 2022 WESTERN AUSTRALIAN BOOK AWARDS, THE PREMIER'S PRIZE FOR AN EMERGING WRITER SHORTLISTED, 2022 PRIME MINISTER'S LITERARY AWARDS, POETRY SHORTLISTED, 2022 ALS GOLD MEDAL SHORTLISTED, 2022 STELLA PRIZE SHORTLISTED, 2022 ADELAIDE FESTIVAL AWARDS FOR LITERATURE, JOHN BRAY POETRY AWARD SHORTLISTED, 2021 QUEENSLAND LITERARY AWARDS, JUDITH WRIGHT CALANTHE AWARD FOR POETRY COLLECTION HIGHLY COMMENDED, 2022 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS,