Hear author Melanie Saward (Bigambul, Wakka Wakka) present a new story written in response to our current exhibition, Rainbow Serpent (Version). Saward’s debut novel Burn was published to critical acclaim in 2023, and her second novel Love Unleashed will be published by Penguin Random House in 2024. Her writing has been published in Griffith Review, Meanjin, and Flock: First Nations Stories Then and Now.
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Melanie Saward (Bigambul, Wakka Wakka) is a writer, editor, and academic based in Tulmur/Ipswich. Her debut novel Burn (2023) was published by Affirm Press and her she has been published in Griffith Review, Meanjin, Overland, Kill Your Darlings, Flock: First Nations Stories Then and Now, and New Australian Fiction. In 2024, her first romantic comedy novel, Love Unleashed, will be published by Penguin Random House.