“Born Into This represents the emergence of a fresh and vital voice on the Australian literary scene. Indigenous writer Adam Thompson expertly combines wit and pathos in his debut short story collection. With stories from a diversity of perspectives, but bound by its Tasmanian setting, Thompson’s mastery over his characters and sensibility for contemporary issues makes this a special collection.”

—Happy Mag, Best New Books of 2021

“Piercing. At times funny. Real. Raw. Straight up truth. Stories that urge the reader to reflect, to look inward… This book is a gift.”

—Blackfulla Bookclub (Instagram)

“It’s beautiful to read such intimate and familiar representations of lutruwita — a place too often rendered as haunting and gothic in the history of Australian literature. These stories cover themes of family, activism, intimacy and identity. I know it’s going to be one of those books that is read really widely for years to come.”

—Evelyn Araluen, author of Dropbear

“It’s not often a new literary voice seems to spring full formed from a world so unique and yet so achingly recognisable, and it’s a voice with its own gravitas and unique vision. A debut collection that leaps from the starter’s gate.”

—Cate Kennedy, author of The World Beneath

“I knew from the first page that Born Into This was going to be something special. Adam Thompson is a world-class writer whose stories strike like lightning.”

—Ellen van Neerven, author of Heat and Light

“The lives of the characters within these pages provide an honest, humorous and occasionally raw insight into the experiences of living in a country, and on Country, both shared and in contest. Thompson is a writer who knows that the way to our hearts and heads is through powerful storytelling. He delivers on every page, with each word.”

—Tony Birch, author of The White Girl

“A compelling new voice, tough yet tender, from the heart of Aboriginal Tasmania.”

—Melissa Lucashenko, author of Too Much Lip

“Adam Thompson’s stories from Aboriginal Tasmania are as beautifully written as they are evocative. Here is an outstanding new talent. Born Into This is compelling reading.”

—Bob Brown, author of Memo for a Saner World

“Born Into This is drenched in swagger and originality, the blows are head-on, but the comfort is swiftly delivered in the wit and delicacy of Thompson’s phrasing. He has the reader in the boat, on the shore and drowning in the sea at once.”

—Tara June Winch, author of The Yield

Born into this

Adam Thompson

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COPYRIGHT © 2021 by Adam Thompson

ISBN PRINT: 9781953387042

ISBN EBOOK: 9781953387059

Library of Congress Control Number available upon request.

AUTHOR PHOTO: Ness Vanderburgh.