Bookstore
Author/Editor: Marion Molteno

Biography

Marion Molteno has written two novels, A Shield of Coolest Air, and If you can walk, you can dance. The latter won the Commonwealth Writers Prize Best Book for Africa in 1999. 

Her short stories in A Language in Common draw on her experiences as a teacher of English as a Second Language.

Awards
If you can walk, you can dance. 1999 Commonwealth Writers Prize. best book for Africa

Books published by, or available from, Spinifex
Language in Common, A

Out Now
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.

Today's...