Edited by Samantha Faulkner, Growing Up Torres Strait Islander in Australia brings together twenty-two stories exploring the experiences of growing up Torres Strait Islander in the Torres Strait and on mainland Australia.

Featuring authors both established and emerging – including an excerpt from the memoir of Eddie Koiki Mabo, whose activism overturned the lie of terra nullius – Growing Up Torres Strait Islander in Australia offers up a rich and diverse celebration of family, identity and representation, unique to the Torres Strait Islands.

Samantha Faulkner says: ‘The Torres Strait is a beautiful place, an island paradise, one of Australia’s hidden treasures. In these pages, there is wisdom, lessons to learn, encouragement, love, culture and the connection with other cultures.’

Growing Up Torres Strait in Australia will be released in April 2024.

The contributors to Growing Up Torres Strait Islander in Australia are: 

Aaliyah Bradbury
Aaron Fa’Aoso
Adam Lees
Catherine Titasey
Daniella Williams
Donisha Duff
Edward Koiki Mabo 
Ellen Armstrong
Ellie Gaffney
Jaqui Hughes
Jillian Bowie
Jimi Bani
John Doolah
Leilani Bin-Juda
Lenora Thaker
Lockeah Wapau
Rhett Loban
Sorren Thomas
Tahlia Bowie
Tetei Bakic
Thomas Mayo
Velma Gara