Close to the Subject: Selected Works
Close to the Subject: Selected Works
Daniel Browning
Daniel Browning (he/him) is a Bundjalung and Kullilli journalist, radio broadcaster, documentary maker, sound artist and writer. Currently, he is Editor: Indigenous Radio with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and produces and presents The Art Show for ABC RN, the ABC’s specialist arts and journalism network. He also presented Awaye! for many years, an RN staple which surveys contemporary Indigenous cultural practice across the arts spectrum.
WINNER, 2024 PRIME MINISTER'S LITERARY AWARDS, NON FICTION
WINNER, 2024 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS, INDIGENOUS WRITING
SHORTLISTED, 2024 NSW PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS, INDIGENOUS WRITERS' PRIZE
This book is a collected works of one of Australia’s most accomplished media personalities. Chronicling his career since 2007, Close to the Subject presents a selection of pieces from Daniel Browning’s stellar career as a journalist, radio broadcaster, critic and interviewer. Alongside conversations with the likes of the late Archie Roach, Doris Pilkington, and Vernon Ah Kee, the book contains a series of critical essays displaying Browning’s talent as an Australian cultural critic and public intellectual. A range of previously unpublished poetry, memoir, art writing and play script is also presented, highlighting his vulnerable and passionate creative side in its own right.
Published by Magabala Books
Close to the Subject: Selected Works
Daniel Browning
Daniel Browning (he/him) is a Bundjalung and Kullilli journalist, radio broadcaster, documentary maker, sound artist and writer. Currently, he is Editor: Indigenous Radio with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and produces and presents The Art Show for ABC RN, the ABC’s specialist arts and journalism network. He also presented Awaye! for many years, an RN staple which surveys contemporary Indigenous cultural practice across the arts spectrum.
WINNER, 2024 PRIME MINISTER'S LITERARY AWARDS, NON FICTION
WINNER, 2024 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS, INDIGENOUS WRITING
SHORTLISTED, 2024 NSW PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS, INDIGENOUS WRITERS' PRIZE
This book is a collected works of one of Australia’s most accomplished media personalities. Chronicling his career since 2007, Close to the Subject presents a selection of pieces from Daniel Browning’s stellar career as a journalist, radio broadcaster, critic and interviewer. Alongside conversations with the likes of the late Archie Roach, Doris Pilkington, and Vernon Ah Kee, the book contains a series of critical essays displaying Browning’s talent as an Australian cultural critic and public intellectual. A range of previously unpublished poetry, memoir, art writing and play script is also presented, highlighting his vulnerable and passionate creative side in its own right.
Published by Magabala Books
Close to the Subject: Selected Works
Daniel Browning
Daniel Browning (he/him) is a Bundjalung and Kullilli journalist, radio broadcaster, documentary maker, sound artist and writer. Currently, he is Editor: Indigenous Radio with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and produces and presents The Art Show for ABC RN, the ABC’s specialist arts and journalism network. He also presented Awaye! for many years, an RN staple which surveys contemporary Indigenous cultural practice across the arts spectrum.
WINNER, 2024 PRIME MINISTER'S LITERARY AWARDS, NON FICTION
WINNER, 2024 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS, INDIGENOUS WRITING
SHORTLISTED, 2024 NSW PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS, INDIGENOUS WRITERS' PRIZE
This book is a collected works of one of Australia’s most accomplished media personalities. Chronicling his career since 2007, Close to the Subject presents a selection of pieces from Daniel Browning’s stellar career as a journalist, radio broadcaster, critic and interviewer. Alongside conversations with the likes of the late Archie Roach, Doris Pilkington, and Vernon Ah Kee, the book contains a series of critical essays displaying Browning’s talent as an Australian cultural critic and public intellectual. A range of previously unpublished poetry, memoir, art writing and play script is also presented, highlighting his vulnerable and passionate creative side in its own right.
Published by Magabala Books
