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Bruce Pascoe is a Bunurong, Yuin and Tasmanian Aboriginal writer of literary fiction, non-fiction, poetry, essays and children's literature. He is the enterprise professor in Indigenous Agriculture at the University of Melbourne. He is best known for his work Dark Emu: Aboriginal Australia and the Birth of Agriculture (Magabala Books 2014). Lyn Harwood has been reading stories for over sixty years. For many of those years she co-edited Australian Short Stories with Bruce Pascoe. Now she paints, takes photographs and wanders through the bush searching for orchids.
This is a deeply philosophical book. It is the story of a man and the woman he loves deeply, their growth as individuals, as a couple, and parents and grandparents, deeply respectful of Country and the need to live humbly with it. At its heart, Black Duck is a story of watching, listening, re?ecting and hopefully, growing. * Spectrum, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald * A love story of both people and Country * Spectrum, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald * A quiet, funny, warm and insistent call to return to and care for Country * The Conversation * A healing and necessary book * The Conversation * On one hand, it's a deeply pragmatic book asking important questions about Indigenous disempowerment and food sovereignty. On the other it's a beautifully meandering reflection on a year of work and living. In both cases, Country is the beating heart of Pascoe's writing * Readings * A true storyteller * The Conversation * A welcome contribution to Australian nonfiction. * The Conversation *
