The Journey of Us
Anita Heiss
Mar 2027 · Simon and Schuster
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Set on timeless Wiradyuri country and inspired by remarkable true events, Birrang ngiyanhigin.gu (The Journey of Us) connects a sweeping story of love and the unbreakable bonds of family, with a story of resistance and Country.
Stolen from her miyagan as a child, Amy Tompkins has spent years in institutions and domestic service, longing for the family she was forced to forget. A chance meeting in 1923 leads her home to Brungle and to James Williams, who captures her heart. But Amy cannot stay. Separated once more, Amy and James entrust their hopes to letters that breach the distance that separates them. Can their love endure years apart and laws designed to control their futures?
Meanwhile, respected Wiradyuri men Nangar and Ooloogan set out on an extraordinary journey from Brungle to Kamberra for the opening of Parliament House in May 1927. Uninvited but undeterred they traverse unforgiving terrain determined their message will be heard, that Wiradyuri sovereignty was never surrendered.
Stolen from her miyagan as a child, Amy Tompkins has spent years in institutions and domestic service, longing for the family she was forced to forget. A chance meeting in 1923 leads her home to Brungle and to James Williams, who captures her heart. But Amy cannot stay. Separated once more, Amy and James entrust their hopes to letters that breach the distance that separates them. Can their love endure years apart and laws designed to control their futures?
Meanwhile, respected Wiradyuri men Nangar and Ooloogan set out on an extraordinary journey from Brungle to Kamberra for the opening of Parliament House in May 1927. Uninvited but undeterred they traverse unforgiving terrain determined their message will be heard, that Wiradyuri sovereignty was never surrendered.
Set on timeless Wiradyuri country and inspired by remarkable true events, Birrang ngiyanhigin.gu (The Journey of Us) connects a sweeping story of love and the unbreakable bonds of family, with a story of resistance and Country.
Stolen from her miyagan as a child, Amy Tompkins has spent years in ...
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About the author
Dr Anita Heiss is an internationally published, award-winning author of over 20 books; non-fiction, historical fiction, commercial women’s fiction and children’s novels. She is a proud member of the Wiradyuri Nation of central New South Wales and an Ambassador for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation and the GO Foundation. Anita is also the Publisher at Large of Bundyi, an imprint of Simon & Schuster cultivating First Nations talent. As an artist in residence at La Boite Theatre, she adapted her novel Tiddas for the stage. It premiered at the 2022 Brisbane Festival and was produced by Belvoir St for the Sydney Festival in 2024. Her novel, Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray, about the Great Flood of Gundagai, won the 2022 NSW Premier’s Indigenous Writers' Prize and was shortlisted for the 2021 ARA Historical Novel Prize and the 2022 ABIA Awards. Anita’s first children’s picture book is Bidhi Galing (Big Rain), also about the Great Flood of Gundagai. Anita released Dirrayawadha (Rise Up) in about the frontier war in Bathurst in 2024. Her most recent novel is The Paradise Pact.
Dr Anita Heiss is an internationally published, award-winning author of over 20 books; non-fiction, historical fiction, commercial women’s fiction and children’s novels. She is a proud member of the Wiradyuri Nation of central New South Wales and an Ambassador for the Indigenous Literacy Foundati...
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