In the 1600s, a Yolŋu girl was kidnapped from an Australian beach. Centuries later her story is a novel Based on a story from pre-colonial Australia, A Piece of Red Cloth is a pioneering, ‘real collaboration’ between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal storytellers

When she was a girl, one of Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs’ grandmothers was kidnapped from the coast of #ArnhemLand by foreign traders.

#APieceOfRedCloth

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...