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Maxine Beneba Clarke
In this collection of award-winning stories, Melbourne writer Maxine Beneba Clarke has given a voice to the disenfranchised, the lost, the downtrodden and the mistreated.
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It's the Sound of the Thing is an exuberant and evocative collection of poetry for young people from Maxine Beneba Clarke, one of Australia's most innovative and celebrated poets.
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A vibrant, thought-provoking collection from the ABIA and Indie award-winning author of The Hate Race and Carrying the World.
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A joyous illustrated tribute to bookshops everywhere, and the special place they hold in children's hearts and minds, from of one Australia's most beloved writers.
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‘Maxine Beneba Clarke is a powerful and fearless storyteller…Clarke is the read deal, and will, if we’re lucky, be an essential voice in world literature for years to come’ -…
Welcome to African Australia. Compiled by award-winning author Maxine Beneba Clarke, with curatorial assistance from writers Ahmed Yussuf and Magan Magan, this anthology brings together the regions of Africa, and…
A beautiful children’s picture book about diversity from award-winning author Maxine Beneba Clarke and illustrator Isobel Knowles.
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Winner of the Victorian Premier’s Unpublished Manuscript Award 2013. In Melbourne’s western suburbs, in a dilapidated block of flats overhanging the rattling Footscray train lines, a young black mother is…
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In The Best Australian Stories, acclaimed writer Maxine Beneba Clarke brings together our country’s leading literary talents. An award-winning short-story writer herself, Clarke selects exceptional stories that resonate with…
Crackling with energy and flair, this stylish book from Maxine Beneba Clarke-author of The Patchwork Bike and creator of When We Say Black Lives Matter-is all about the power of…
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A collection of stunning biographical portraits from Maxine Beneba Clarke, bestselling and prize-winning author of The Hate Race and Foreign Soil.
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A haunting visit to the International Museum of Slavery, in Liverpool England. A feisty young black girl pushing back against authority. The joy and despair of single parenthood. A love-hate…
Randa Abdel-Fattah & Maxine Beneba Clarke
A moving and joyful book for children from all backgrounds about the many ways we love, from award-winning author Randa Abdel-Fattah and acclaimed illustrator Maxine Beneba Clarke.
Hi! I’m Taj. This is my favourite T-shirt.
I was born in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe.
The year is 2014, editor Erik Jensen contacts short fiction writer Maxine Beneba Clarke, and convinces her to write creative portraits for a new national newspaper, THE SATURDAY PAPER. The…
In this collection of award-winning stories, Melbourne writer Maxine Beneba Clarke has given a voice to the disenfranchised, the lost, the downtrodden and the mistreated. It will challenge you, it…
Originally published in 2014 by Hachette Australia.
This extraordinary collection celebrates the joy of language and features enticing and relatable poems about everyday life - the sounds of the block, the boredom of detention and the happenings…
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A timely, powerful and much-needed picture book exploring the background to the Black Lives Matter movement for young children.
First published by Hachette Australia 2020 –Colophon.
A timely, powerful and much-needed picture book exploring the background to the Black Lives Matter movement for young children, perfect for Black History Month.
Against anything I had ever been told was possible, I was turning white. On the surface of my skin, a miracle was quietly brewing …‘Suburban Australia. Sweltering heat. Three bedroom…
Maxine Beneba Clarke, Van T Rudd (illus.)
First published in Australia and New Zealand in 2016 by Hachette Australia –Copyright page.
Set in an African village at the edge of a desert, this joyous story by multi-award winner Clarke, about children who build a bike from scratch using such everyday items…
What’s the best fun in the whole village? Riding the patchwork bike we made! A joyous picture book for children by award-winning author Maxine Beneba Clarke.
Randa Abdel-fattah
A lyrical narrative of a Palestinian family in exile explores universal bonds of family, loyalty, and friendship through the lens of eleven Arabic expressions for love.
A family has fled…