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Author/Editor: Penny Johnson

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Penny Johnson
Penny Johnson is an independent researcher who works closely with the Institute of Women’s Studies at Birzeit University where she edits the Review of Women’s Studies. Recent writing and research on Palestine has focused on weddings and wars, wives of political prisoners, and young Palestinians’ talk about proper and improper marriages She is an Associate Editor of the Jerusalem Quarterly.

Book Awards
Seeking Palestine: 2013 MEMO Palestine Book Award for the best book on Palestine in 2012
Seeking Palestine:

Books published by, or available from, Spinifex
Seeking Palestine

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Making Trouble - Tongued with Fire

Making Trouble - Tongued with Fire


Sue Ingleton

In the cold winter of 1875, two rebellious spirits travel from the pale sunlight of England to the raw heat of Australia....

Karu

Karu


Biddy Wavehill Yamawurr, Felicity Meakins, Topsy Dodd Ngarnjal, Violet Wadrill

Beautifully written by First Nations women on Gurindji country where the fight for equal wages began. This book...

Portrait of the Artist's Mother

Portrait of the Artist's Mother


Fiona Place

I am seen by many as a danger. As having failed to understand the new rules, the new paradigm of successful motherhood.

Defiant Birth

Defiant Birth


Melinda Tankard Reist

NEW EDITION

The women in this book may be among the last to have babies without the medical stamp of approval.

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