Lonesborough has said that he wanted to write a book that didn’t exist for him when he was young – a YA story featuring an Aboriginal LGBQTI+ character. There are plenty of tough issues brought up in the novel: racism, bullying, homophobia, victimisation by police, and alcohol abuse, but the strengths of the Aboriginal community, the family, camaraderie of friends, and the care and spiritual guidance offered by elders shines through it all.īut most moving of all is the love story – there are moments that will bring tears to your eyes. Jackson and Tomas are thrown together, when Pam's family comes to stay over Christmas, but the wariness slowly gives way to a tentative friendship and collaboration on Tomas's writing project, and then the beginnings of a deeper relationship. (Age: 15+) Highly recommended.īeautifully written, this is a gentle romantic story about Jackson, a young Aboriginal boy gradually coming to terms with his sexuality and his attraction to the new guy just out from juvenile detention, taken under the wing of his Aunty Pam. Without your belief and encouragement, this book would never have been written.The boy from the Mish by Gary Lonesborough Allen & Unwin, 2021. And he said: 'I just wanted to present this to you, Mrs Scott'.Īnd in it was a little forward that said: 'For Mrs Scott, who was my first fan. He walked up with a book that he had published himself called Caterpillars and Butterflies.
But then about five years later, when he was in year 12, he arrived at school one day. We didn't actually stay connected after primary school.
I thought it had some potential, so I published it in our school magazine, and that was his first published work.
he wrote this little story called Shark Siren. was doing a writing course and was going to publish a book, so I asked her to take Gary on and tutor him at lunchtime. We'd always make sure we encouraged if we could see it. Gary was such a quiet, gentle little soul, and he just loved writing. Mrs Scott in her early years of teaching.
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