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WHAT CAN WE DO TO CHANGE OUR COUNTRY’S STORY?

Since publishing Talking to My Country in early 2016, Stan Grant has been crossing the country, talking to huge crowds everywhere about how racism is at the heart of our history and the Australian dream. But Stan knows this is not where the story ends. Everywhere he goes, he is asked the same questions: What can we do? How can we change the story? In The Urgency of Now , Stan continues the conversation he started with Talking to My Country . Expressing a cautious optimism, he wants to show us that there is something we can all do, that there is an opportunity facing Australia — an opportunity to fix past wrongs and set an optimistic path for the future, towards true reconciliation. It’s the right thing to do. But we have to do it now. ‘Grant is a natural storyteller … at his best when recounting his experiences and observations of Indigenous Australian life with devastating simplicity and acuity. This highly readable book … has the potential to spark empathy and generate important discussion, and deserves to be read widely’ Books + Publishings ‘It is a story so essential and salutary to this place that it should be given out free at the ballot box’ Sydney Morning Herald ‘… an urgent and flowing narrative in a book that should be on the required reading list in every school’ The Australian Praise for Talking to My Country :

The Urgency of Now S TA N G R A N T ISBN: 9781460753187 eISBN: 9781460707807 AUS PRICE: $29.99 NZ PRICE: $34.99 ePRICE: $23.99 Hardback PAGE EXTENT: 240pp

PUBLICITY CONTACT: Lara Wallace EMAIL: lara.wallace@harpercollins.com.au RELEASED: 19/02/18

Sydney, NSW

Stan Grant is a Wiradjuri man. A journalist since 1987, he has worked for the ABC, SBS and the Seven Network and, since 2013, as the International Editor for SKY News. From 2001 to 2012, he worked for CNN as an anchor in Hong Kong, before relocating to Beijing as a correspondent. As a journalist, he has received a string of prestigious international and Australian awards. In 2016, he published his bestselling and award-winning book, Talking to My Country , and also won a Walkley Award for his coverage of indigenous affairs. He is currently the Editor of Indigenous Affairs Coverage at the ABC and Indigenous Affairs Editor at The Guardian (Australia) .

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