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What is Australia’s best book? Our experts pick their favourites

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By Jo Case Verified, Suzy Freeman-Greene, Alexander Howard, Andrew Pippos, Bronwyn Carlson, Danielle Clode, Darryl Jones, Debra Adelaide, Edwina Preston, Emma Shortis, Euan Ritchie, Frank Bongiorno, Graham Akhurst, Intifar Sadiq Chowdhury, Jen Webb, Joanna Mendelssohn, John Long, Joshua Black, Kevin Brophy, Liz Evans, Lynda Ng, Maggie Nolan, Nicholas Jose, Nick Haslam, Peter C. Doherty, Robert Manne, Sarah Holland-Batt, Sue Turnbull, Tim Flannery, Tom Griffiths, Yves Rees
| The Conversation Verified
This weekend, Radio National will count down its Top 100 Australian books poll, in which voters picked their favourite work of any genre. The winner will be crowned on Sunday. It’s an ambitious enterprise – around 200 years of Australian writing subject to a popular vote. And yet, if such polls get people talking and thinking about literature, what’s not to like?
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Borderland by Graham Akhurst

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By Graham Akhurst
| Female.com.au
A heart-pounding eco-horror gothic specfic by GRAHAM AKHURST, the brilliant mind behind BORDERLAND (UWA Publishing, October),a coming-of-age YA-fiction gem. Brace yourself for a fresh, mind-bending tale exploring Indigenous identity, the impact of colonization, and what happens when you take a stand. Graham Akhurst is a Kokomini writer who grew up in Meanjin. He is a Lecturer of Australian Indigenous Studies and Creative Writing at UTS. Graham began his writing journey in a hospital bed in 2011.
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Bibliophile | 'Borderland' tells coming-of-age tale seeking Country and connection - OUTInPerth | LGBTQIA+ News and Culture

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By Graham Akhurst, Leigh Hill Verified
| OUTinPerth Verified
Filed under Culture,Literature | Borderland By Graham Akhurst UWA Publishing Jonathan (Jono) Lane and Jenny Pohatu had just graduated from Brisbane’s St Lucia private high school, and were honoured as the first Aboriginal students to graduate after being supported by the school’s Great Change Scholarship in this Young Adult (13+) coming-of-age fiction. Jenny had more of her father’s Māori features but she was proud of her Ngarabal heritage that came from her mother.
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Sunlight / Dear Mum - by Graham Akhurst

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By Graham Akhurst
| ISLAND
Dr Bentley let me take you out today. If you’re careful not to overexert your poor mother. We plodded along the C ward halls passing open doors to other people’s sickness. It was slow going and we stopped often to untangle the drip line attached to wheels that spun with a mind of their own. We eventually caught the elevator from level three to the ground floor with a young woman and her two children off home after seeing their grandfather. Outside, tall silver buildings flanked the garden.
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