Bruce Pascoe

Bruce Pascoe is of Bunurong, Yuin, Tasmanian heritage. He is a board member of First Languages Australia. Past Secretary Bidwell-Maap Aboriginal Nation. published and edited Australian Short Stories magazine1982-1999, was winner Australian Literature Award (Shark) 1999, Radio National Short Story 1998, FAW Short Story 2010, Prime Minister’s Award for Literature (Yong Adult) 2013, NSW Premier’s Book of the Year, Dark Emu, 2016. His books include Night Animals, Fox, Ruby Eyed Coucal, Shark, Ocean, Earth, Bloke, Cape Otway, Convincing Ground, Little Red Yellow and Black Book, Fog a dox and Dark Emu. Dark Emu the history of Aboriginal agriculture was published in 2014 and was shortlisted in the Victorian and Queensland Literature awards and won the NSW Premier’s book of the Year, 2016. Sea Horse, young adult novel, Magabala 2015, Mrs Whitlam, YA, 2016. He lives in Gipsy Point, Far East Gippsland with, Lyn Harwood. Two children, three grandchildren.