{"product_id":"bidhi-galing","title":"Bidhi Galing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWagadhaany grew up near the Marrambidya Bila. She loved dancing in the rain and listening to her father, Yarri, tell her stories about life on Wiradyuri ngurambang.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen white people started building on the floodplains, Yarri was worried. He knew the power of the bila and tried to warn the strangers, but they would not listen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYears later, the big rains came ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the story of the Great Flood of Gundagai in 1852 and the Wiradyuri heroes, Yarri and Jacky Jacky, who paddled bark canoes through raging floodwaters, risking their lives to save countless others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr Anita Heiss\u003c\/strong\u003e is an internationally published, award-winning author of over 20 books; non-fiction, historical fiction, commercial women’s fiction and children’s novels. She is a proud member of the Wiradyuri Nation of central New South Wales and an Ambassador for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation and the GO Foundation. Anita is also the Publisher at Large of Bundyi, an imprint of Simon \u0026amp; Schuster cultivating First Nations talent. As an artist in residence at La Boite Theatre, she adapted her novel \u003cem\u003eTiddas \u003c\/em\u003efor the stage. It premiered at the 2022 Brisbane Festival and was produced by Belvoir St for the Sydney Festival in 2024. Her novel, \u003cem\u003eBila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray, \u003c\/em\u003eabout the Great Flood of Gundagai, won the 2022 NSW Premier’s Indigenous Writers' Prize and was shortlisted for the 2021 ARA Historical Novel Prize and the 2022 ABIA Awards. Anita’s first children’s picture book is \u003cem\u003eBidhi Galing \u003c\/em\u003e(\u003cem\u003eBig Rain\u003c\/em\u003e), also about the Great Flood of Gundagai. Anita released \u003cem\u003eDirrayawadha (Rise Up) \u003c\/em\u003ein about the frontier war in Bathurst in 2024. Her most recent novel is \u003cem\u003eThe Paradise Pact.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-style-tgrox\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 detail-label mui-style-tgrox\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e7th June 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-style-tgrox\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 detail-label mui-style-tgrox\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eHardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-style-tgrox\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 detail-label mui-style-tgrox\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e32\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FISH - Foundation for Indigenous Sustainable Health","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44948568178849,"sku":"","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0413\/0353\/9873\/files\/bidhi-galing-9781761105265_xlg.jpg?v=1789013327","url":"https:\/\/shop.fish.asn.au\/products\/bidhi-galing","provider":"FISH - Foundation for Indigenous Sustainable Health","version":"1.0","type":"link"}