Böcker utgivna av First Nations Writers Festival International

From First Nations Writers Festival 2023 - the Short Story Award winners with their magnificent contributions to literature in the Greater Pacific. Start at the beginning and read through. Start at the final story, and move to the first. Dip into the middle. You will laugh and cry. You will return again and again to re-read some parts because the stories reverberate in the heart and mind. Keep it close because your fingers keep reaching for the book to check a memory. The whole arc of life, from the hidden villages to the townships, to the magic of butterflies and the enchantment of the singing dogs, and the exploration of love, friendship, family and cultural challenges. Stories so true, so real, they could only be written from the Greater Pacific. Congratulations to each author, and thank you for sharing. It is an Honour for First Nations Writers Festival to curate this Anthology.

In the second book of the Porugl Trilogy, Porugl has returned to Gandia from the Underworld. This is unheard of and his return sparks joy amongst the people. He learns his father has been murdered in his absence.However, he wishes to start a normal life in Gandia with Maie, a beautiful young woman. He assimilates back into village life, passes his initiation and along the way meets Waine, who crafts an everlasting bow for him. But the Underworld is not done with him yet. Kerwanba's pride has been shattered. She will do anything to end Porugl's life. She sends her minions out to see if there is any man in Kondaland brave enough to carry out her wishes.But there is no man just a certain young woman.Everything begins to work out for Kerwanba and the whole of Gandia village is destroyed.Kerwanba releases her most secret weapon yet.

Bernard Maneboko, was born in a village in rural Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. He had a bright future, attended a prestigious school, and had dreams of becoming a police officer.But his dreams were disrupted on the cold December night in 1999, when the brigands broke into his family's home and burnt it to the ground. An ethnic crisis erupted on the Island of Guadalcanal.Both parents gone and as the only child and survivor, he had to face life on his own. But that is not all - a logging company is heading for his village without his tribe's consent.Teamed up with his peers, the BANDITS, he must fight the logging-mongers. In doing so, he dices with death - facing the ferocious mountain rebels, trading with the crooked Chinese merchants and eventually pleading his case with the Police.In his search for answers, he exposes an horrific past, which positions him as the next potential target in the series of murders. Bernard must get to the root of it to stop the brutal killings.