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Author Professor Anita Heiss on writing great romances & devoted love | ABC Conversations
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48:07Now PlayingAnita Heiss is a Wiradjuri woman and a prolific author. Her latest novel, Dirrayawadha, brings together Indigenous and colonial history, as well as Wiradjuri language, into a 19th century love story between an Irish convict and a brave Wiradjuri woman.
Anita Heiss is a Wiradjuri woman, an author of many books and a Professor of Communications at The University of Queensland.
Many of Anita's books focus on great love stories, and the inspiration for these romances came from the enduring, devoted love she saw between her parents – the very Austrian “Joe-the-carpenter”, and Elsie, a proud Wiradjuri woman.
Anita’s latest book goes back to the 1800s, bringing to life the brutal frontier wars in Bathurst, when martial law was declared.
Her book is called Dirrayawadha - which is a Wiradjuri command meaning 'rise up'.
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