Flock: First Nations Stories Then and Now [Paperback]

This wide-ranging and captivating anthology showcases both the power of First Nations writing and the satisfaction of a good short story. Curated by award-winning author Ellen van Neerven,Flockroams the landscape of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander storytelling, bringing together voices from across the generations. Featuring established authors such as Tony Birch, Melissa Lucashenko, and Tara June Winch, and rising stars such as Adam Thompson and Mykaela Saunders,Flockconfirms the ongoing resonance and originality of First Nations stories.‘Flockis broad in scope and touches on all manner of life's beauty and messiness. Ultimately, it's the quality of the writing that impresses as much as the themes explored.’ —Books + Publishing

 ‘Flockis a library of First Nations writing inside a single book. It's not so much about what you go looking for - van Neerven's done that work already - but what eloquent things you stumble upon. This way, or that, the collection traces the lineaments of First nations short story writing, in content and form.’ —The Saturday Paper

 ‘First Nations were subjected to what the African political theorist Achille Mbeube calls necropolitics: both the prospect of literal murder and the assumption that as a people we would either die out or be forcibly assimilated.Flockis a fiction collection whose existence highlights the failure of those fictions which, however briefly, once threatened its telling.’ —Sydney Morning HeraldEllen van Neervenis an award-winning writer of Mununjali Yugambeh (South East Queensland) and Dutch heritage. They write fiction, poetry, plays, and non-fiction. Ellen’s first book,Heat and Light, was the recipient of the David Unaipon Award, the Dobbie Literary Award, and the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards Indigenous Writers Prize. Ellen has publ