He enjoys reading, writing and sleeping, though finds it difficult to do them all at once. Inspired by seminal African-American writers like James Baldwin, Alice Walker and Te-Nahasi Coates, Grant uses the Adam Goodes saga, along with his own experiences as a proud Wiradjuri man, to shine a light on the dark corners of racial intolerance in Australian society. Such a decision is always a risk for a writer, yet here this lack of resolution is understandable, even necessary. With every point made he encourages the reader to counter. REVIEW: Talking to My Country by Stan Grant, Hannah Kent to release new novel, The Good People, in 2016. With this work, Grant allows himself space to dwell on hard questions – the kind without answers. My children and their children will always be Wiradjuri people." Andrew Cattanach is a regular contributor to The Booktopia Blog and was shortlisted for The Age Short Story Prize. In Talking To My Country, Grant (2016) illustrates how country is the heart of Aboriginal spirituality. Grant opens with a declaration – ‘These are the things I want to say to you’ – before admitting that what he has to say won’t be easy. And it is, without a doubt, the book that every Australian should read in 2016. Direct, honest and forthright, Stan is talking to us all. Talking to My Country is one of those rare books that has the potential to change the way people think. Stan Grant grew up in country NSW in Aboriginal missions, under the cloud of simmering racial tensions. Some sought to deny this, others to excuse it, but when thousands of voices booed Adam Goodes, my people knew where that came from.” My country: Australia 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. This is his very personal meditation on what it means to be Australian, what it means to be indigenous, and what racism really means in this country. History is, in a way, the main subject of my reading group's October book, Stan Grant's Talking to my country. The early days of oppression, what they’ve led to, and where we go from here. It is not just about race, or about indigenous people but all of us, our shared identity. Read a Q&A with Ted Prior, the creator of Grug! All prices are in AUD$ and include GST — Readings Pty Ltd, ABN: 45 005 153 533, Illustrations by Oslo Davis — Website by Icelab, I love books but please don't show me this pop-up again, Stocking self-published and small press books at Readings, The Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. With passion, poetry and a measured fury, Stan Grant has delivered a watershed moment in Australian cultural understanding with Talking to My Country. You can follow his ramblings on twitter at @andrew__cat, Grab your copy of Talking to My Country here, [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/247612074″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]. From 2001 to 2012 he worked for CNN as an anchor in Hong Kong, before relocating to Beijing as correspondent. Instead of leaving me with a sense of satisfaction, this book inspired me to read further, to ask questions – and this feels like Grant’s intention. Required fields are marked *. Warning: This Article Contains Graphic….Novels, Amy in Romancelandia #8: Bookshops and Bollywood. Read a Q&A with Mary Li, author of Mary’s Last Dance. He might not have all the answers but he wants us to keep on asking the question: how can we be better? What it is like to feel you are different. She is also the prize manager of the Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. It’s this direct, unadorned manner of enquiry that sustains his writing. Part memoir, part missive, Stan Grant writes openly and passionately about what it was like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia. It is not just about race, or about indigenous people but all of us, our shared identity. What it is like to feel you do not belong. His was a personal, passionate and powerful response to racism in Australian and the sorrow, shame, anger and hardship of being an indigenous man. Talking to My Country isn’t a memoir or a seething rant. Sign up to our emails and be the first to know about new releases, special offers and more. Direct, honest and forthright, Stan is talking to us all. Within these pages he shares tales of his life and those of his ancestors with great gentleness, even while discussing some of our history’s darkest moments. It’s significant that these events are often left out of the common Australian narratives. He has received a string of prestigious international awards. Stan Grant : Talking to My Country Kathy Gollan, 2016 single work review — Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books, March 2016; — Review of Talking to My Country : The Book That Every Australian Should Read Stan Grant, 2016 single work criticism Goodes Cause to Look Back with Anger Stephen Fitzpatrick, 2016 single work review — Appears in: The Weekend Australian, 2-3 April 2016; (p. 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. He also spent many years outside Australia, working in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Africa, a time that liberated him and gave him a unique perspective on Australia. He is a passionate writer, talking to us, but never lecturing. Bronte Coates is the digital content coordinator. Direct, honest and forthright, Stan is talking to us all. An extraordinarily powerful and personal meditation on race, culture and national identity. Hard statistics pepper his yarns and attest to the reality of life for First Australians today. ‘We are the detritus of the brutality of the Australian frontier’, he wrote, ‘We remained a reminder of what was lost, what was taken, what was destroyed to scaffold the building of this nation’s prosperity.’. Talking to My Country is a memoir and meditation that serves to empower a history. I'm consequently somewhat nervous about writing this post, because discussions of history in Australia are apt to generate more emotion than rational discussion. Stan Grant is the International Editor at SKY NEWS. As a journalist, he has covered some of the world’s biggest news events. I will, though, discuss it - through my interested lay historian's eyes.… Grant’s greatest achievement, however, is the space he creates for the reader to engage with his writing. Stan Grant was lucky enough to find an escape route, making his way through education to become one of our leading journalists. It is not just about race, or about indigenous people but all of us, our shared identity. Tell us your fave Wes Anderson character for your chance to win! Blog » Australian Author » REVIEW: Talking to My Country by Stan Grant. It begins with Stan Grant taking his son back to his ancestral homelands; a place now named Poison Waterholes Creek. "I will always sit by a river or stand on my land and hear the voices and see the faces of my people. He might not have all the 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 Australia/Invasion Day. He is the author of The Tears of Strangers. Now, Grant is set to do the same all over again. The answers do not yet exist, and to imply they do would feel disingenuous. With passion, poetry and a measured fury, Stan Grant has delivered a watershed moment in Australian cultural understanding with Talking to My Country. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. It is a frank, powerful discussion about the greatest challenge Australia faces today. Talking to My Country is a beautifully, exquisitely written book. He writes of hiding from the welfare man, of being subjected to special ‘inspections’ from members of the school board, of being bullied as a child in the playground with books and sport his only means to escape, and of a father who still shakes at the sound of a police siren. What it is like to feel you don't have a country.
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