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Gary Lonesborough

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Gary Lonesborough is a Yuin man, who grew up on the Far South Coast of NSW as part of a large and proud Aboriginal family. Growing up a massive Kylie Minogue and North Queensland Cowboys fan, Gary was always writing as a child, and continued his creative journey when he moved to Sydney to study at film school. Gary has experience working in Aboriginal health, the disability sector (including experience working in the Youth Justice System), and the film industry. He was Bega Valley Shire Council Young Citizen of the Year, won the Patrick White Young Indigenous Writers' Award, and has received a Copyright Agency First Nations Fellowship. The Boy from the Mish is Gary's debut YA novel. ...more

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I WON AN AWARD!

It’s been a while since my last blog – one year and one day, actually!

I was thrilled to travel to Canberra in August to attend the CBCA Awards 2025, where I’M NOT REALLY HERE won the Book of the Year Award for Older Readers. A highlight for me from the event was when students and young people who represented the youth shadow-judging each provided reviews of the shortlisted books. It was a real th

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Average rating: 4.16 · 3,722 ratings · 720 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Ready When You Are 4.19 avg rating — 3,172 ratings — published 2021 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	We Didn't Think It Through 4.27 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 2023 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everything Under the Moon: Fairy tales in a queerer light by Michael Earp (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Helena Fox, Alison Evans (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2023 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boy from the Mish: Ready When You Are by Gary Lonesborough (Goodreads Author), Meyne Wyatt (Narrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Gary Lonesborough wrote a new blog post I WON AN AWARD! It’s been a while since my last blog – one year and one day, actually! I was thrilled to travel to Canberra in August to attend the CBCA Awards 2025, Read more of this blog post »
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As the author of this book, I can confirm it’s pretty good!
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“If we don’t let ourselves be who we are, love who we are, where we come from, it’ll strangle ya until you can’t fight it no longer.”
― Gary Lonesborough, Ready When You Are

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“Go to your elders. You should ask them about your country and your totem. Because that is your identity. A blackfella with no identity is a lost blackfella. He don't know where he belongs.”
― Gary Lonesborough, The Boy from the Mish

tags: aboriginal-australians, aboriginal-culture, first-nations, indigenous-australians

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