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My colleague & friend Anita Heiss has been shortlisted in the 2025 Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award, as part of the QLD Literary Awards for her book DIRRAYAWADHA (RISE UP). I voted for Anita at: www.slq.qld.gov.au/queensland-l....

❇️ Vote by 16 September! 👈🏽
September 14, 2025 at 12:23 AM
dranitaheiss.bsky.social
Captivating, devastating, and richly layered; an impactful tribute to the Frontier Wars. - a review of DIRRAYAWADHA by Rebecca Wu @glamadelaide.com.au

glamadelaide.com.au/book-review-...

@austlit.bsky.social @simonschusteranz.bsky.social
Book Review: Dirrayawadha, by Anita Heiss
HISTORICAL FICTION: From the bestselling author of Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (River of Dreams) comes another groundbreaking historical novel about resistance, resilience and love during the frontier...
glamadelaide.com.au
January 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
dranitaheiss.bsky.social
For #Audible lovers...

I'm thrilled that DIRRAYAWADHA (RISE UP) is today's AUDIBLE DAILY DEAL.

You can listen for $6.99.

With many, many thanks to Tamala Shelton for her beautiful narration of the story story set in Bathurst c1820s.

www.audible.com.au/pd/Dirrayawa...

#Wiradyuri #Windradyne
January 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
ellenforsyth.bsky.social
For #LibFaves24 I am suggesting DIRRAYAWADHA by @dranitaheiss.bsky.social It is an historical novel which speaks of events 200 years ago. It is powerful, bringing First Nations voices to the fore. Make sure you read other books by this author.
December 11, 2024 at 9:14 AM
laurajeanmckay.bsky.social
I wrote about some of my favourite books of the year in The Age this weekend, including including Woven edited by Anne-Marie Te Whiu, Dirrayawadha by Anita Heiss and Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood. 📚
Clipping from a newspaper called The Age describing some of Laura Jean McKay's favourite books of the year.
December 8, 2024 at 11:14 PM
danthesaurus.bsky.social
Reading spread for Dirrayawadha by Anita Heiss. An amazing historical novel everyone should read, set in the Wiradyuri wars.

#foutainpen #fountainpenink #inksamples #inkbottles #journaling #BookJournal #Bookstagram #Reading #Books #Shelfie #fountainpensaustralia
October 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
briar.bsky.social
I just finished the book club text. I finally got accepted into a book club- the text was Anita Heiss's ##Dirrayawadha -
turned out to be much more of a love than a war story (but it is a really important war story).
Where it all began.
#BathurstWars
January 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM
ploddinghistorian.bsky.social
#Dirrayawadha by the fabulous, Prof Anita. I’m just getting to the bit where I’ll become an enraged, emotional mess of empathy, despair and sadness. I can sense it. @dranitaheiss.bsky.social
January 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
dranitaheiss.bsky.social
Excited and grateful to see that #Dirrayawadha made the list of Amazon’s Fave Australian Books of 2024.

www.amazon.com.au/b?node=20323...

#amazon #lists #literature #historicalfiction #books #firstnations #austlit
December 9, 2024 at 7:51 PM
dranitaheiss.bsky.social
I hope DIRRAYAWADHA speaks to your heart!
January 7, 2025 at 8:38 AM
dranitaheiss.bsky.social
Thank you to all the beautiful peoples who came out to Melville Library on Monday night to share in the conversation with Sara Foster and yours truly.

Sara spoke about WHEN SHE WAS GONE. I spoke about DIRRAYAWADHA.

What a wonderful start to the week. I’m grateful 🙏🏽🩵
May 7, 2025 at 12:24 AM
anna-madeleine.bsky.social
A brutally relevant book for today - and every other day
A photo of the book Dirrayawadha by Anita Heiss
January 26, 2025 at 4:45 AM
dranitaheiss.bsky.social
There's 20 signed copies of DIRRAYAWADHA (RISE UP) available from QBD Books online. On sale for $14.99: www.qbd.com.au/dirrayawadha...

#dirrayawadha #frontierwars #Wiradjuri #Wiradyuri #BathurstWars
Dirrayawadha by Anita Heiss - 9781761105272 - QBD Books
From the bestselling author of Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (River of Dreams) comes another groundbreaking historical novel about resistance, resilience and love during the frontier wars. Miinaa was a...
www.qbd.com.au
March 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
dranitaheiss.bsky.social
With many, many thanks to education consultant Shelley Ware, we now have a teacher's resource for DIRRAYAWADHA (RISE UP).

The notes are downloadable freely from the @simonschusteranz.bsky.social website, via the link below.

www.simonandschuster.com.au/p/Dirrayawad...

@austlit.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
dranitaheiss.bsky.social
Had a ball yarning w/ Anjanette Fennell on the Writers Talking podcast. We covered a lot of ground from writing DIRRAYAWADHA to publishing in general, & the important literary agent plays. If you're on a writing or publishing journey, our chat may be of interest.
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...
December 19, 2024 at 9:32 PM
nomadpenguin.bsky.social
Dirrayawadha — the Wiradjuri word for ‘rise up’ — neatly captures the storyline of the frontier wars that took place around Bathurst through the lives of Miinaa’s Wiradjuri family and the Irish settlers they live with. A powerful reclaiming of language and of history. #read2025
iPad showing a book cover: “Diarrayawadha” by Anita Heiss
June 15, 2025 at 7:22 AM
dranitaheiss.bsky.social
Congratulations to all those longlisted for the 2025 Mark and Evette Moran Nib Literary Award. It's very special to be on the list alongside so many extraordinary authors, including my own Bundyi author, Tasma Walton.

@austlit.bsky.social

#dirrayawadha #riseup #nibliteraryaward #longlist
August 6, 2025 at 5:50 AM
watchinwonder.bsky.social
We’re big fans of @dranitaheiss.bsky.social in this household. Dirrayawadha is currently on the bedside table, loved Tiddas and Growing up Aboriginal; and my daughter loved Manhattan Dreaming and Avoiding Mr Right ❤️🖤💛
December 11, 2024 at 11:06 AM
dranitaheiss.bsky.social
I'm the #author of over 25 books (it's been a big few years) across genres. My most recent work is DIRRAYAWADHA (RISE UP) about Wiradyuri resistance, resiliance & love during the frontier wars. The research/writing was challenging but so important.
www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/Dirray...
November 26, 2024 at 7:37 PM
nib-ink-art.bsky.social
Reading spread for Dirrayawadha by Anita Heiss. An amazing historical novel everyone should read, set in the Wiradyuri wars.

October 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
knowledgelost.bsky.social
Book 33 of 2024: Dirrayawadha by Anita Heiss. This was an interesting historical fiction, part Romeo and Juliet but the relationship here is between a Wiradjuri woman and an Irish convict. I found it interesting how they explored their similarities, but they were so different. 📚💙
Dirrayawadha by Anita Heiss
September 29, 2024 at 7:53 AM
kayorchison.bsky.social
Tell you what though there is some truly great writing by Aboriginal authors. I was privileged to make cover art for a book of Ali Cobby Eckermann's poetry. My old mate Peter Minter co-edited the Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature with Anita Heiss, who wrote the excellent Dirrayawadha.
January 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
austlit.bsky.social
New for NAIDOC Week: a BlackWords information trail exploring strength (and sharing culture), vision (in looking forward), and legacy (when looking back). This trail was compiled by current winter scholar Clare Glassock, who also created these lovely slides.
www.austlit.edu.au/naidoc2025
On a brown background, the cover images for Everywhen: Australia and the Language of Deep History, Ceremony, and This All Come Back Now, as well as the logo for ABC's Little Yarns, and a small screencap from Big J and Little Cuz. The text reads '50 Years of NAIDOC. Strength and sharing culture.' On a green background, the cover images for Edenglassie, Weaving Country, Moonlight and Dust, Our Flag, Our Story, and part of Drop Bear. The text reads, '50 Years of NAIDOC. Vision in Looking Forward'. On a blue blackground, the covers of Yarn Quest, Dirrayawadha, and Words to Sing the World Alive, as well as small images from two theatrical performances, and a banner image of the First Nations Classics from UQP. Text reads, '50 Years of NAIDOC. Legacy when looking back'.
July 8, 2025 at 1:54 AM
dranitaheiss.bsky.social
I'm looking forward to speaking to Nicole Abadee about my historical novel, Dirrayawadha, a tribute to the courage of the Wiradyuri nation and the enduring power of love. The is a FREE in person event but can be streamed at home for a fee.

www.adelaidefestival.com.au/events/2025-...
Dirrayawadha: Resistance, Resilience and Love During the Frontier Wars - Adelaide Festival Instagram iconInstagram icon
Australia's International Festival
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February 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
tathra.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!

Day 18

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
#Dirrayawadha
#AnitaHeiss
Book cover of Dirrayawadha by Anita Heiss (my signed copy) Me and author Anita Heiss with my signed copy of her book Dirrayawadha. Big smiles on our faces. Banner of the book cover on the right and shelves of pottery and awards on the left.
January 8, 2025 at 7:06 AM