Ambelin Kwaymullina

Ambelin Kwaymullina is a First Nations writer and illustrator who comes from the Palyku people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Ambelin tells stories across a range of forms, including poetry, short stories, essays, young adult novels, and picture books (but please note that this website is only for her works of creative fiction). Ambelin is a previous winner of the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards and the Aurealis Award. Much of her work concerns Indigenous Futurisms, which she has written about as:

… stories
grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing
being and doing
and in our deep knowledge
of injustice
Like all our stories
our futurist narratives
are informed by the tales of our Ancestors
which tell of realities
that are holistic
non-linear