Words to Sing the World Alive: Celebrating First Nations Languages

An exquisite celebration of First Nations languages from a selection of Australia’s finest Indigenous writers, all wrapped up in a handsome hardback that’s perfect for Christmas gift giving.Words to Sing the World Alive celebrates First Nations languages from across the continent. Forty First Nation writers and thinkers, journalists and lawyers, artists and astronomers come together to reveal their favourite and significant words. Words that evoke the power of childhood and the wonder of Country; that explore the essence of mother, of fire, of time. Words that are imbued with family and belonging, and that surprise with their connections. Join contributors including Kim Scott, Tara June Winch, Daniel Browning, Terri Janke, Jeanine Leane, Nardi Simpson, Dan Bourchier, Ellen van Neerven, Alice Skye, Bruce Pascoe, Anita Heiss, Thomas Mayo, Evelyn Araluen, Claire G Coleman and Mykaela Saunders as they share their words to sing the world alive.

Jasmin McGaughey is a Torres Strait Islander and African American author and editor. She has completed a Master of Writing, Editing and Publishing at the University of Queensland and a Master of Philosophy (in creative writing). She has spent time as a black&write! editor intern, was a winner of a 2019 Next Chapter Fellowship with The Wheeler Centre and won the 2021 Nakata Brophy Short Fiction and Poetry Prize. She has written for Overland, Kill Your Darlings, SBS Voices, Griffith Review and was highly commended for the ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize in 2020. Jasmin’s passions have always been writing and reading and she is the proud author of Ash Barty’s Little Ash series. The Poet’s Voice believes in the power of collective listening. Working in partnership with festivals and cultural organisations, founder Ellen Koshland and associate Nikki Anderson have curated large-scale events in beautiful venues to gather together people to listen to poetry and prose on themes and topics both political and poetic.