Set within the explosive cultural shifts of the 1960s and 1980s, Becoming Kirrali Lewis chronicles the journey of a young Aboriginal teenager as she leaves her home town in rural Victoria to take on a law degree in Melbourne in 1985. Adopted at birth by a white family, Kirrali doesn't question her cultural roots until a series of life-changing events force her to face up to her true identity.
Magabala Books
Jane Harrison is descended from the Muruwari people and is an award-winning playwright and author. Her play Stolen played across Australia and internationally for seven years. Rainbow’s End has had numerous productions and won the 2012 Drover Award. The Visitors premiered at Sydney Festival in 2020. Her novel Becoming Kirrali Lewis won the 2014 Black & Write! Prize, and was shortlisted for the Prime Minster’s Literary Awards and the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. Jane directed the Blak & Bright First Nations Literary Festival in 2016 and 2019.
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