Australia Day

By: Stan Grant

Narrated by: Stan Grant

"As uncomfortable as it is, we need to reckon with our history. On January 26, no Australian can really look away."

Since publishing his critically acclaimed, Walkley Award-winning, best-selling memoir Talking to My Country in early 2016, Stan Grant has been crossing the country, talking to huge crowds everywhere about how racism is at the heart of our history and the Australian dream. But Stan knows this is not where the story ends.

In this book, Australia Day, his long-awaited follow up to Talking to My Country, Stan talks about our country, about who we are as a nation, about the indigenous struggle for belonging and identity in Australia, and what it means to be Australian. A sad, wise, beautiful, reflective and troubled book, Australia Day asks the questions that have to be asked, that no else seems to be asking. Who are we? What is our country? How do we move forward from here?

©2019 Stan Grant (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic reviews

"Australia Day is a disturbing book, but it is incredibly even-handed, as any decent argument should be. Here is a chance to reflect, maybe even to formulate. We still have that chance to consider our nation without the bluster of bullies." (Bruce Pascoe, ABR)

"This is wise, compassionate, and generous truth-telling from Stan, and this book is essential reading for all Australians looking for the right questions to ask in the search for a middle ground." (The Booktopian)

A powerful work

This book is a powerful reminder of the terrible disparity that existed for Indigenous Australians and how far the nation has come but also how much more is required. There is the need for all who call Australia home to celebrate the first nation peoples and the unique dimension that they bring to the tapestry of Australian life.