{"product_id":"sam-wagan-watson-hotel-bone","title":"Sam Wagan Watson, Hotel Bone","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSamuel Wagan Watson\u003c\/strong\u003e (born 1972) is a contemporary Indigenous Australian poet. He was born in Brisbane, his family is Irish, German, Bundjalung and Birri Gubba. His poetry ranges from observation of everyday experience to the effects of colonisation in a vividly direct, almost tactile, language. His first collection of poetry was called \u003cem\u003eOf muse, meandering and midnight\u003c\/em\u003e and it won the David Unaipon Award for emerging Indigenous writers. It also received a Highly Commended in both the Anne Elder Awards and the 2000 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Australian Culture. Wagan Watson then released the collections \u003cem\u003eItinerant Blues\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHotel Bone\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eSmoke-Encrypted Whispers\u003c\/em\u003e has just won the NSW Premier's Literary Award for Book of the Year and Best fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eRare Object Number 34.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n8 pages. Published 2001.\u003cbr\u003e\r\nCover image by Kay Orchison.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n","brand":"Vagabond Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":240998857,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0182\/8349\/products\/sam_wagan_watson___hotel_bone.jpg?v=1347963902","url":"https:\/\/vagabondpress.net\/ja\/products\/sam-wagan-watson-hotel-bone","provider":"Vagabond Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}