Homecoming

Peta's Review

Short-listed for the 2022 Stella Prize, this is a unique rendering of the Noongar people's fight and struggle for respect and recognition. Multi-genred, Shiosaki captures the voices of her family powerfully.

Shiosaki is a Noongar/Yawuru writer and teaches at UWA.

Publisher Reviews

"This sublime debut highlights the tenacity of family as well as First Nation’s agency to resist, survive and renew."
– Readings.com

"…there’s power in Shiosaki’s words...a challenging reminder of our past and a challenge to the behaviours and attitudes of today." 
– Rod Lewis, GLAM Adelaide

"'Homecoming' is a stellar constellation."
– Dr Jeanine Leanne, Australian Book Review

"Verging on the hypnotic in its effect, ‘Homecoming’ is at once a lullaby, and a lament."
– Gregory Dobbs, Good Reading

"...elegant and extraordinary..."
– Australian Arts Review