The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this fifth conversation of Series Thirteen, we talk with Anita Heiss, a proud member of the Wiradyuri nation of central New South Wales, and is one of Australia’s most prolific and well-known authors and engaging public speakers, weaving stories, politics and social justice for different audiences. As an advocate for Indigenous literacy, Anita has worked in remote communities as a role model and encouraging young Indigenous Australians to write their own stories and has spoken in schools and at festivals in every state and territory. On an international level she has been an invited keynote speaker, performed her own work and lectured on Aboriginal literature across the globe at universities and conferences, Anita’s fiction includes Not Meeting Mr Right, Avoiding Mr Right, Manhattan Dreaming, Paris Dreaming and Tiddas. Her most recent books include Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms which was longlisted for the Dublin International Literary Prize and was named the University of Canberra’s 2020 Book of the Year.
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