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Everything is Water by Simon Cleary (University of Queensland Press) 

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Black Witness by Amy McQuire (University of Queensland Press) 

Red Dirt Blue Lights by Tess Merlin (AndAlso Books) 

First Name Second Name by Steve MinOn (University of Queensland Press)

Bina: First Nations Languages, Old and New by Gari Tudor-Smith, Paul Williams, Felicity Meakins (La Trobe University Press in conjunction with Black Inc.) 