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Dr Anita Heiss

Professor of Communications
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit
a.heiss@uq.edu.au
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Publications

Books (28)
Book Chapters (8)
Journal Articles (5)
Newspaper Articles (2)
Creative Works (2)

Books

Heiss, Anita (2024). Dirrayawadha (Rise up). Sydney, NSW, Australia: Simon & Schuster Australia.
Heiss, Anita (Researcher, writer) (2023). Red dust running. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Audible Australia.
Heiss, Anita and Campbell, Samantha (2023). Bidhi Galing (Big Rain). Cammeray, NSW, Australia: Simon & Schuster.
Heiss, Anita (2023). Avoiding Mr Right. Cammeray, NSW, Australia: Simon & Schuster.
Heiss, Anita (2023). Not meeting Mr Right. Cammeray, NSW, Australia: Simon & Schuster.
Heiss, Anita (2022). Koori Princess. Broome, WA, Australia: Magabala Books.
Heiss, Anita (2022). Tiddas. 2nd edn. ed. Cammeray, NSW, Australia: Simon & Schuster.
Heiss, Anita (2022). Tiddas. Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia: PlayLab.
Heiss, Anita (2022). Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (River of Dreams). Cammeray, NSW, Australia: Simon & Schuster.
Heiss, Anita (2022). Am I Black Enough for You? 10 years on. Docklands, VIC Australia: Penguin Random House.
Heiss, Anita (2017). Barbed wire and cherry blossoms. Cammeray, NSW, Australia: Simon & Schuster.
Heiss, Anita (2016). Kicking Goals with Goodesy and Magic. Melbourne, Australia: Black Ink.
Heiss, Anita (2016). Matty's Comeback. Sydney, NSW: Scholastic.
Heiss, Anita (2015). Harry's Secret. Lindfield, NSW, Australia: Scholastic.
Heiss, Anita (2014). Am I Black Enough for You?. Honolulu, HI USA: University of Hawaii Press.
Heiss, Anita (2012). Am I Black Enough for You?. North Sydney, NSW Australia: Bantam.
Heiss, Anita (2011). Paris Dreaming. North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Random House.
Heiss, Anita and Students of La Perouse Public School (2011). Demon Guards the School Yard. Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press.
Heiss, Anita (2010). Manhattan Dreaming. North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Random House.
Anita Heiss (2008). Avoiding Mr Right. North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Random House.
Heiss, Anita (2007). I'm Not Racist, But. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Salt Publishing.
Anita Heiss (2007). Not Meeting Mr Right. Milsons Point, NSW, Australia: Bantam Australia.
Heiss, Anita and Students at La Perouse Public School (2007). Yirra and her deadly dog, Demon. Sydney, Australia: ABC Books.
Heiss, Anita (2003). Dhuuluu Yala: publishing Aboriginal Literature. Canberra, Australia: Aboriginal Studies Press.
Heiss, Anita (2003). Me and My Mum. North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Indij Readers.
Heiss, Anita (2001). Who Am I? The diary of Mary Talence: Sydney, 1937. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Scholastic Press.
Heiss, Anita (1998). Token Koori. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Curringa Communications.
Heiss, Anita (1996). Sacred Cows. Broome, WA, Australia: Magabala Books.

Book Chapters

Heiss, Anita (2019). Introduction to Charmaine Papertalk Green’s Nganajungu Yagu. Nganajungu Yagu. (pp. 1-2) Melbourne, VIC Australia: Cordite.
Heiss, Anita (2015). Not all writers began as readers. The simple act of reading. (pp. 99-109) edited by Debra Adelaide. North Sydney, NSW Australia: Random House.
Heiss, Anita (2014). In the Arms of Another. Only connect: short fiction about technology and us from Australia and the Indian subcontinent. (pp. 207-217) edited by Meenakshi Bharat and Sharon Rundle. Sandy Bay: Brass Monkey Books.
Heiss, Anita (2013). Am I Black Enough for You? (excerpt). Ora Nui: A collection of Maori and Aboriginal Literature. (pp. 61-67) edited by Anton Blank and Kerry Reed-Gilbert. Auckland, New Zealand: Anton\Blank#Limited.
Heiss, Anita (2008). Aboriginal Children's Literature: More than pretty pictures. Just Words? Australian authors writing for justice. (pp. 102-117) edited by Bernadette Brennan. St Lucia, QLD Australia: UQP.
Heiss, Anita (2007). Indigenous book publishing. Making Books: Contemporary Australian Publishing. (pp. 255-265) edited by David Carter and Anne Galligan. St Lucia, QLD Australia: UQP.
Heiss, Anita (2005). O is for o-literature. The Ideas Book. (pp. 170-178) edited by Dale Spender and Phillip Adams. Brisbane, QLD Australia: UQP.
Heiss, Anita (2001). Aboriginal Identity and Its Effects on Writing. (Ad)ressing Our Words: Aboriginal Perspectives on Aboriginal Literatures. (pp. 205-232) edited by Armand Garnet Ruffi. Penticton, BC Canada: Theytus Books.

Journal Articles

Heiss, Anita (2020). Ngumambinya: trust for help. Griffith Review, 67.
Heiss, Anita (2016). Australia in three books. Meanjin, 75 (2), 14-17.
Heiss, Anita (2011). Media Release: Statement on Eatock vs HWT. Southerly, 71 (2), 25-26.
Heiss, Anita (2007). On Being Invisible. Griffith Review, 15 (Autumn), 256-264.
Heiss, Anita (2006). Black poetics. Meanjin, 65 (1), 180-191.

Newspaper Articles

Heiss, Anita (2020, 01 01). The surge in sales of Indigenous books Is heartening but education takes many forms The Guardian
Heiss, Anita (2020, 01 01). I watched Cathy Freeman win gold at the Sydney Olympics. That moment still inspires me today The Guardian

Creative Works

Heiss, Anita (2015). Tiddas. Cammeray, NSW, Australia: Simon & Schuster.
Heiss, Anita (2015). Deadly sins. South Melbourne, Australia: Affirm Press.
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