Season 3, Episode 5 – Julie Janson
In Season 3, Episode 5 of History Through Fiction: The Podcast, host Colin Mustful chats with Julie Janson about her newly republished novel Benevolence. In this conversation, Janson talks about a lot of important topics related to Indigenous land rights and history in Australia. As a Burruberongal woman of the Darug Aboriginal Nation she talks about growing up in the Australian Bush and learning about her family history. Finally, she provides readers a list of other Indigenous Australian writers she recommends. Don’t miss it!
About the Author
Julie Janson is a playwright, novelist, and award-winning poet. Janson, who is a Burruberongal woman of the Darug Aboriginal Nation, is co-recipient of the 2016 Oodgeroo Noonuccal Poetry Prize, and winner of the 2019 Judith Wright Poetry Prize. Janson self-published two novels before the debut of her critically acclaimed book Benevolence (Magabala Books 2020). Janson has written ten produced plays, including two at Belvoir St Theatre – Black Mary & Gunjies: Two Plays, published by Aboriginal Studies Press in 1996. Her novel, Benevolence, was re-published by HarperCollins in August, 2022.
