Blacklight
Ten Years of First Nations Storytelling
An anthology of writing produced by Indigenous creatives from Western Sydney that has been praised by ArtsHub as 'a light shone on First Nations writers'.
Blacklight: Ten Years of First Nations Storytelling is a definitive anthology of writing produced entirely by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander creatives from Western Sydney and beyond. This powerful collection showcases forty-eight short stories, vignettes, poems, essays and artworks which have been developed over the past ten years as part of the nationally renowned literacy movement known as Sweatshop. Featuring original works by Jasmine Seymour, Steven Lindsay Ross, Jazz Money, Ali Murphy-Oates, Travis De Vries, Dr Jo Anne Rey, Yuin Mumbulla, Maxine Edwards and many more!
Hannah Donnelly is a Wiradjuri writer and producer interested in Indigenous futures, speculative fiction and responses to climate trauma. Winner of the National Indigenous Story Award in 2018, her recent publications include essays and poetry in After Australia (Affirm Press, 2020), Sovereign Words, Artlink, Acclaim Magazine, Writers Victoria and Cordite Poetry Review. Her writing and sound work have been included in exhibitions such as Long Water (Yirramboi Festival, 2017), The Public Body .03 (Artspace, 2018), The Future Leaks Out (Liveworks, 2017) and Future Eaters (Monash University Museum of Art, 2017).
