Heather Gordon

Heather Gordon writes fiction that doesn’t shy away from difficult ground. Some of her work engages with potentially controversial subjects, including the eradication of noxious plants and the tensions that sit beneath land use and care, as well as grief and loss.

Her writing is shaped slowly, over time. At times it moves in verse, deliberately resisting convention and inviting the reader to set aside the red pen. At others, it settles into a more traditional narrative form.

Many of Heather’s earlier children’s books began as concertina creations made from recycled papers, foils and old photographs. These works are now available as eBooks in the Andamooka series, the Barossa Nanna series and the Tui Cavoodle series.

Other eBooks explore outback lifestyles and the mosaics at her home. The external walls of her ordinary cream brick house have been transformed through mosaic into an extraordinary, glittering haven.

Heather’s mosaics and collage can be viewed at Rhagodia Mosaics, Collage and Stories.

See Heather’s photography, art and ‘rage rhymes’ on Instagram

Heather pays respect to First Nations people past and present and acknowledges she lives and works on Ngadjuri, Peramangk, Kaurna Country in the Barossa Valley of South Australia

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