Fun, deadly designs and beautiful screenprinting and typography? Sign us up! Tahnee, who runs Gammin Threads as a side hustle, says that it's about "a love of typography, language and blak pride. It consists of deadly chillwear and accessories for people who believe in living colourfully, paying respect and empowering women".
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The Swan Book is author Alexis Wright's imagining of a climate change-altered post-Australia, written from the perspective of her Indigenous heritage and her connection to Country - she wonders what life might feel like when that connection to the land is severed by changes to the natural environment, and what a post-apocalypse adventure would look like if the heroine was a young Blak girl. It's weird, strange, sad, powerful and darkly funny all at the same time, and comes wholeheartedly recommended.
Thinking about Alexis Wright's powerful prose makes me think of this sonnet by Natalie Harkin, who name-drops some of the famous Indigenous authors, writers, and change-makers who have empowered and inspired her: