Dr Anita Heiss
Professor of Communications
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit
Affiliate Professor
School of Communication and Arts
+61 7 336 56712
Publications
Books
Heiss, Anita (2017). Barbed wire and cherry blossoms. Cammeray, NSW, Australia: Simon & Schuster.
Heiss, Anita (2016). Kicking Goals with Goodesy and Magic. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Black Ink.
Heiss, Anita (2016). Matty's Comeback. NSW: Scholastic.
Heiss, Anita (2015). Harry's Secret. NSW: Scholastic.
Heiss, Anita (2014). Am I Black Enough for You?. Honolulu, HI USA: University of Hawaii Press.
Heiss, Anita (2012). Am I Black Enough for You?. North Sydney, NSW Australia: Bantam.
Heiss, Anita and Students of La Perouse Public School (2011). Demon Guards the School Yard. NSW: Oxford University Press.
Heiss, Anita (2011). Paris Dreaming. North Sydney, NSW, Australia: Random House.
Anita Heiss (2010). Manhattan Dreaming. North Sydney: Random House.
Anita Heiss (2008). Avoiding Mr Right. North Sydney: Random House.
Anita Heiss (2007). Not Meeting Mr Right. Milsons Point: Bantam.
Heiss, Anita and Students at La Perouse Public School (2007). Yirra and her deadly dog, Demon. Sydney, NSW, Australia: ABC Books.
Heiss, Anita (2007). I'm Not Racist, But. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Salt Publishing.
Heiss, Anita (2003). Dhuuluu Yala: publishing Aboriginal Literature. Canberra, Australia: Aboriginal Studies Press.
Heiss, Anita (2003). Me and My Mum. NSW: Indij Readers.
Heiss, Anita (2001). Who Am I? The diary of Mary Talence: Sydney, 1937. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Scholastic Press.
Heiss, Anita (1998). Token Koori. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Curringa Communications.
Heiss, Anita (1996). Sacred Cows. Broome, WA, Australia: Magabala Books.
Book Chapters
Heiss, Anita (2019). Introduction to Charmaine Papertalk Green’s Nganajungu Yagu. Nganajungu Yagu. (pp. 1-2) Melbourne, VIC Australia: Cordite.
Heiss, Anita (2015). Not all writers began as readers. The simple act of reading. (pp. 99-109) edited by Debra Adelaide. North Sydney, NSW Australia: Random House.
Heiss, Anita (2014). In the Arms of Another. Only connect: short fiction about technology and us from Australia and the Indian subcontinent. (pp. 207-217) edited by Sharon Rundle and Meenakshi Bharat. Sandy Bay: Brass Monkey Books.
Heiss, Anita (2013). Am I Black Enough for You? (excerpt). Ora Nui: A collection of Maori and Aboriginal Literature. (pp. 61-67) edited by Anton Blank and Kerry Reed-Gilbert. Auckland, New Zealand: Anton\Blank#Limited.
Heiss, Anita (2008). Aboriginal Children's Literature: More than pretty pictures. Just Words? Australian authors writing for justice. (pp. 102-117) edited by Bernadette Brennan. St Lucia, QLD Australia: UQP.
Heiss, Anita (2007). Indigenous book publishing. Making Books: Contemporary Australian Publishing. (pp. 255-265) edited by David Carter and Anne Galligan. St Lucia, QLD Australia: UQP.
Heiss, Anita (2005). O is for o-literature. The Ideas Book. (pp. 170-178) edited by Dale Spender and Phillip Adams. Brisbane, QLD Australia: UQP.
Heiss, Anita (2001). Aboriginal Identity and Its Effects on Writing. (Ad)ressing Our Words: Aboriginal Perspectives on Aboriginal Literatures. (pp. 205-232) edited by Armand Garnet Ruffi. Penticton, BC Canada: Theytus Books.
Journal Articles
Heiss, Anita (2020). Ngumambinya: trust for help. Griffith Review, 67.
Heiss, Anita (2016). Australia in three books. Meanjin, 75 (2), 14-17.
Heiss, Anita (2011). Media Release: Statement on Eatock vs HWT. Southerly, 71 (2), 25-26.
Heiss, Anita (2007). On Being Invisible. Griffith Review, 15 (Autumn), 256-264.
Heiss, Anita (2006). Black poetics. Meanjin, 65 (1), 180-191.
Creative Work
Heiss, Anita (2015). Tiddas. Cammeray, NSW, Australia: Simon & Schuster.
Newspaper Articles
Heiss, Anita (2020, 01 01). I watched Cathy Freeman win gold at the Sydney Olympics. That moment still inspires me today The Guardian
Heiss, Anita (2020, 01 01). The surge in sales of Indigenous books Is heartening but education takes many forms The Guardian