OUT NOW:
DINGO BOLD
A book about dingoes, nature and family by Dr Rowena Lennox, award-winning writer, researcher, teacher and editor.
In 2015 Rowena Lennox met a dingo on the beach on K’gari/Fraser Island. Three months later he was killed by Queensland Parks rangers because he was deemed to pose a safety risk to people. This book is the story of his life, and of the lives of his family, the Eurong pack.
COMING SOON: Meet Rowena at Gleebooks in Sydney on Wednesday 16 April 2025, 6pm. Click here for details.
WRITING
Rowena Lennox is the author of numerous essays, stories and poems, as well as two books: Dingo Bold and Fighting Spirit of East Timor, which won a NSW Premier’s History Award. She teaches creative writing at the University of Technology Sydney. To read more click here.
BOOKS
My nonfiction books – Dingo Bold and Fighting Spirit – might appear to be about vastly different subjects but both are about islands – K’gari and Timor Leste; both are about conflict and highly fraught political situations; and both are about colonialism.
ESSAYS
Some of my essays are about learning how to talk, learning how to articulate what I think and feel, and navigating my path through literature, history, family and loss. Some are scholarly investigations into First Nations people’s relationships with dingoes; contact history including dingoes; and how dingoes have been used as pesticide. Others are about writing: using interviews as a collaborative art practice, and how narrative affects how humans imagine and know other animals.
FICTION & POEMS
Expressing myself and telling some stories.
