Grants second book, talking to my country, was published in february 2016. He will be australias first aboriginal prime minister. Feb 06, 2018 reading walkley award winning journalist and wiradjuri man stan grants latest book talking to my country grant 2016a can be a sharply contradictory experience. Fishpond australia, talking to my country by stan grantbuy.
Talking to my country is eyeopening and informative. Stan grants new book, talking to my country has had a lot of publicity, so i. Many wiradjuri men, women and children died, their bodies left strewn along the banks rotting in the sun, a. Talking to my country, by stan grant early in talking to my country, stan grant writes. Peter carey an urgent and flowing narrative in a book that should be on the required reading list in every school. Australia day picks up where stan grants talking to my country left off. Smartselltm the new way to sell online we wont be beaten by anyone.
I admired stan grant before reading talking to my country, now im grateful to the man for this book and description of his family and aboriginal communitys history and hardships. New south wales, the son of stan grant sr, an elder of the wiradjuri people. In 20, controversy erupted when the sydney swans player called out a year. Feb 20, 2020 stan grant was born in griffith, nsw, and is a proud wiradjuri man. Talking to my country, stan grant shop online for books in. Exclusive extract from stan grants new book, talking to my country. The journalist and wiradjuri man speaks of a deep wound that comes from a time of dispossession. Stan grant has been a journalist since 1987 and has worked for the abc, sbs, the seven network and sky news australia.
Thats why stan grants talking to my country is so important. Watch the youtube video here stan grant discusses his latest book, talking to my country a very personal meditation on what it means to be australian, what it means to be indigenous, and what racism really means in this country. This article was first published in the print edition of the saturday paper on mar 12, 2016 as stan grant, talking to my country. Stan writes from his unique view point as a wiradjuri man who came of poverty to serve as a journalist abroad for over a decade before. Talking to my country opens with grant taking his youngest son, as a kind of initiation, to a waterway in narrandera, new south wales, where a casually marked sign reads poison waterholes creek. Exclusive extract from stan grants new book, talking to my. May 07, 2016 talking to my country is that rare and special book that talks to every australian about their country what it is, and what it could be. Feb 22, 2016 talking to my country 9781460751978 by stan grant.
Books best sellers new releases childrens books textbooks australian authors kindle books audiobooks 116 of 26 results for books. Stan grants nostalgia for injustice quadrant online. Talking to my country kindle edition by grant, stan. Stan grant was lucky enough to find an escape route, making his way through education. Ever prolific, he has published two new books this year. The answers do not yet exist, and to imply they do would feel disingenuous. His book is a personal and powerful response to racism in australia from one of its most successful journalists, and wiradjuri tribesman. Talking to my country stan grant, harpercollins books. Talking to my country is a beautifully, exquisitely written book. Talking to my country stan grant in july 2015, as the debate over adam goodes being booed at afl games raged and got ever more heated and ugly, stan grant wrote a short but powerful piece for the guardian that went viral, not only in australia but right around the world, shared over 100,000 times on social media. Through sharing the stories of his ancestors, grant shows that indigenous australian history is not a relic, but living and continuous. Dallas kilponen australia day picks up where talking to my country left off. Instead of leaving me with a sense of satisfaction, this book inspired me to read further, to ask questions and this feels like grants intention.
Talking to my country by stan grant state library of nsw. He always preferred to be known as an awardwinning journalist who worked for several. It emerged out of the electric response to an article grant wrote for guardian australia in july last year at the height of the adam goodes affair. Its stan grants personal and family history, placed in the context of australias. Indigenous rights campaigner stan grant appointed to national referendum council. As an aboriginal australian, stan grant has had to contend with his countrys. Or the manufacturer of one of the millions of products that we sell. Stan grant was born in griffith, nsw, and is a proud wiradjuri man. Jan 27, 2016 the politics of aboriginal identity cut to the bone of veteran journalist stan grants hybrid memoirsocial commentary talking to my country. In july 2015, as the debate over adam goodes being booed at afl games raged and got ever more heated and ugly, stan grant wrote a short but powerful piece for the guardian that went viral, not only in australia but right around the world, shared over 100,000 times on social media.
Reading walkley award winning journalist and wiradjuri man stan grants latest book talking to my country grant 2016a can be a sharply contradictory experience. Talking to my country is a profoundly readable insight into the indigenous australian experience, of living in a country that until the late 60s counted its original inhabitants among the flora and fauna of this country. Mar 31, 2016 talking to my country is a memoir and meditation that serves to empower a history. Stan grants text as inspiration for opinion writing, history study, writing essays, creative writing, or. Its exactly the kind of book that every australian should read, but it has wider appeal in showing what happens to people when they are treated differently because of the colour of their skin. Talking to my country is one of those rare books that has the potential to change the way people think. Talking to my country with stan grant posted at 06. Stan grant will be in conversation with mark kenny on stans new book australia day, the longawaited follow up to his walkley awardwinning and bestselling memoir talking to my country. It is not just about race, or about indigenous people but all of us, our shared identity. Talking to my country by stan grant 9781460751985 dymocks. An extraordinarily powerful and personal meditation on race, culture, and identity. It is not just about race, or about indigenous people but. Talking to my country is clear, concise and urgent to the last sentence.
Talking to my country is stan grants very personal meditation on race, identity and history. Feb 22, 2016 walkley award winner stan grant is today launching his new book, talking to my country, at the national press club in canberra. Dec 10, 2016 talking to my country is eyeopening and informative. Grants talking to my country talks to every australian about their country. Apr 21, 2016 indigenous rights campaigner stan grant appointed to national referendum council. Talking to my country, by stan grant anz litlovers litblog. On the one hand, the books short, brisk sentences and emphatic, conversational style you can almost hear him talking might tempt you to read it in a single sitting. Part memoir, part missive, stan grant writes openly and passionately about what it was like to grow up aboriginal in australia. In talking to my country, grant responds to the ongoing racism that he sees. However, he has never promoted himself in that way. Mar 01, 2016 talking to my country is that rare and special book that talks to every australian about their country what it is, and what it could be.
The june book of the month is talking to my country by stan grant. Stan grant discusses his latest book, talking to my country a very personal meditation on what it means to be australian, what it means to be indigenous, and what racism really means in this country. Talking to my country is that rare and special book that talks to every australian. What does he want readers to do once they have read this book. Talking to my country, stan grant shop online for books. Talking to my country is a memoir and meditation that serves to empower a history. Walkley award winner stan grant is today launching his new book, talking to my country, at the national press club in canberra. In this book, stan grant writes about the history of his people and about the settling of australia by the british. It is that rare and special book that talks to every australian about their country what it is, and what it could be. Junes burns bay bookery book club taking to my country. Stan grants new book, talking to my country has had a lot of publicity, so i bought a copy to see what the noise was about. Its also a frank examination of black and white relations, and australia s failure to reconcile its shared and troubled history.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading talking to my country. Buy a discounted paperback of talking to my country online from australias leading. Awardwinning foreign correspondent and wiradjuri, stan grant shares stories from his childhood, family memories and school experiences. Talking to my country by stan grant 9781460751985 booktopia. The journalist and wiradjuri man speaks of a deep wound that comes from a time of dispossession, saying it is at the heart of indigenous australians low life expectancy and high levels of incarceration. Her great grandfather was one of the stolen children. The strongest impression created by grants underwhelming book has been to make me recall my. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Talking to my country is that rare and special book that talks to every. The politics of aboriginal identity cut to the bone of veteran journalist stan grants hybrid memoirsocial commentary talking to my country. Book cover for talking to my country by stan grant. Australia day asks the questions that have to be asked, that no else seems to be asking. If, as grant argues, australia is a great country, it should also step up to the mark and be held to great account. We have come to discuss grants new book, talking to my country, published in march.
Talking to my country by stan grant paperback, 2017 for. Stan grant addresses questions of race, identity and history from the perspective of his. Abebooks, an amazon company, offers millions of new, used, and outofprint. Nitv looks back at the life of one of australias most. A wiradjuri man, as of 2020 he is the australian broadcasting corporations indigenous and international affairs analyst, occasional presenter on abc tv and al jazeera, and professor of global affairs at griffith university in. Mar 01, 2016 earlier this year, he got the country talking again when his speech on racism at the iq2 debate was released online a few days before australiainvasion day. It begins with stan grant taking his son back to his ancestral homelands. Guardian australias indigenous affairs editor, stan grant, speaks at the national press club to launch his new book, talking to my country. Stan writes from his unique view point as a wiradjuri man who came of poverty to serve as a journalist abroad for over a decade before returning to his indifferent and unchanging world.
Its straight talking to australians, about what it means to be aboriginal in this country. In this book, australia day, his longawaited follow up to. Stan grant discusses his latest book, talking to my country a very personal meditation on what it means to be australian, what it means to be indigenous, and what racism really means in this. Direct, honest and forthright, stan is talking to us all. Talking to my country with stan grant child magazines. It cuts out the bullshit, and it just tells it like it is. Inside the front cover of australia day grant is described as. Talking to my country by stan grant harpercollins publishers judges comments.
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Stan grant born 30 september 1963 is a television news and political journalist, television presenter, author of several bestselling nonfiction books and filmmaker. Apr 25, 2016 stan grant discusses his latest book, talking to my country a very personal meditation on what it means to be australian, what it means to be indigenous, and what racism really means in this. Feb 29, 2016 on the eve of launching nitvs fresh news and current affairs program, managing editor and host of the point, stan grant shares an extract from his new book talking to my country. Of the beginning of original inhabitants and new white settlers inter marriage and social pressures. Talking to my country by stan grant reading matters. On the eve of launching nitvs fresh news and current affairs program, managing editor and host of the point, stan grant shares an extract from his new book talking to my country. In conversation with stan grant by experience anu free. In the 1830s local settlers had laced the water with poison. Grant tells us what our country was, and what it has. More than anything, talking to my country is a calltoaction, and an extremely effective one. Australia day, stan grants searing followup to his memoir and meditation talking to my country, is a highwire balancing act at one moment grant can be raging justifiably against the evils of the australian genocide of indigenous people, and in the next he is meditating on enlightenment philosophy and how liberalism can deliver peace and reconciliation. Stan grant addresses national press club to launch talking.
Stan grant addresses the national press club to launch his new book, talking to my country. Part memoir, part missive, stan grant writes openly and passionately about what it. Talking to my country is that rare and special book that talks to every australian about their country what it is, and what it could be. Since publishing his critically acclaimed, walkley awardwinning, bestselling memoir talking to my country in early 2016, stan grant has been crossing the country, talking to huge crowds everywhere about how racism is at the heart of our history and the australian dream. Exclusive extract from stan grants new book, talking to. Stan grant is in conversation with mark kenny on stans new book australia day, the longawaited follow up to his walkley awardwinning and bestselling memoir.
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