Debra Dank on We Come With This Place

I am Gudanji/Wakaja, and we are the people from the Barkly Tablelands in the Northern Territory. For almost 40 years I have worked in various roles in primary, secondary and tertiary education including class teacher (primary and secondary), special education teacher, senior teacher, regional consultant, regional manager, lecturer, senior lecturer and Head of School (tertiary). I have worked in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and the Northern Territory in urban and remote contexts. I am particularly interested in how narrative, in its broadest sense, is practiced in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities and why semiotics is critical to understanding the breadth of communicative mechanisms and functions in this practice. 

Suzy Wilson is the owner of Riverbend Books in Queensland. She is the recipient of the Dromkeen Award for her efforts in 'being a catalyst in changing children's lives through literature', and is the founder of the National Indigenous Literacy Foundation which aims to improve literacy for children living in remote Indigenous communities. She has also been honoured to receive the David Malouf Prize, an Australia Day award, and the Lloyd O'Neill Award for her outstanding contribution to the Australian Book Industry.