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Etchings Indigenous

Ilura Press is an independent boutique publishing house founded in 2006. We specialise in high-quality publications and produce the creative journal Etchings. We hope you enjoy browsing through our website.

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Food, Culture, Community

:etchingsmelb. #10:
The Feminine

Featured in this issue, an interview with Kate Holden on the ways her womanhood has been publicly constructed and contested; fiction by A. S. Patric, Deborah Cass, Moya and Patricia Costello, Susan Bennett; a memoir by Silk Chen, questioning traditional notions of femininity in Chinese culture; art by Deborah Klein, unveiling the feminine archetype ‘Behind Beauty’s Masks’, a father-daughter perspective by George and Ruby Kannavas, and the eternal feminine portrayed in the work of 19th century artist Gustave Moreau.
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Lentil as Anything:
Food, Culture, Community

Ilura Press and Lentil as Anything, with assistance from the National Australia Bank and the Australia Council for the Arts, are pleased to present a coffee-table cookbook with a difference! Lentil as Anything: Food, Culture, Community is a publication celebrating food, writing, and cultural diversity. Read more

You can order a copy through our online bookshop, or become a Friend of Lentil as Anything, receiving this beautiful hard-cover collection as part of your membership.

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Etchings Indigenous: Treaty

:etchingsmelb. #9:
Love & Something

In this issue you will be taken on a date with Oscar-winning clay-animator Adam Elliot, strip off your skin, caress Bach on a cello, time-travel with a cowboy, dream the fantastic, lose your religion and break your heart.

The new-look :etchingsmelb. includes interviews, book reviews, and more of the wonderful stories and poetry you've come to love.
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Etchings Indigenous: Treaty

Etchings Indigenous: Treaty is the second volume of new work from emerging and established Aboriginal artists and writers, featuring stories, poetry, art, photography, and a range of reviews, interviews, and insights.

With contributions by Bruce Pascoe, Lionel Fogarty, Ali Cobby Eckermann, Maryanne Sam, Melissa McAllister, Patsy Smith, Tony Birch, Peter Waples-Crowe, Wayne Quilliam, James Henry, and many others.
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