Every Secret Thing

Winner of the 2008 David Unaipon Award for Indigenous Writing

'told with biting wit and riotous humour.'

Judges' comments, Queensland Premier's Literary Awards (2008)

In the mission era in the remote north of Australia, it was a battle between saving souls and saving traditional culture. Every Secret Thing offers a rough, tough and uncompromising portrayal of the Bush Mob and the Mission Mob, and the hapless clergy who were attempting to convert them. Woven through these engaging fictional stories are the more serious themes of social and cultural dominance, religious and not-so-religious agendas.

Every Secret Thing will challenge established views of the mission era and surprise with its irreverent wit. When culture and faith collide, sometimes humour is the only refuge.