{"product_id":"when-words-fail-us","title":"When Words Fail Us","description":"\u003ch4\u003eStan Grant | Hard Cover | May 2026 \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eI am out of words at home. I have grown bored with my language, bored with my voice, bored with my writing. My words labour under the weight of Australia’s history. The land itself, as much as I love it, bears down hard.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eNow in another place, I am finding lighter words. At times, I may not need to speak at all. I smile; I nod. I seek permission to speak. Please, do you mind? Will you allow me?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn an important book for our times, Stan Grant – one of Australia’s most prominent writers on identity, nationhood and belonging – reflects on how we struggle to speak to one another today, and the importance of listening, silence and philosophy, from Plato to Simone Weil to Radiohead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e----------\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Info\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStan Grant is a Wiradjuri and Kamilaroi man. He is a public intellectual who has worked as a journalist, presenter, filmmaker and author. In his journalism he has reported from more than 80 countries, won three Walkley Awards, a Logie Award and four Asia TV Awards. As a writer he has published seven books including the bestselling \u003ci\u003eTalking to My Country\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Walkley Book Award. In 2016, he was appointed to the Referendum Council on Indigenous recognition. In 2018, he was appointed Professor of Global Affairs at Griffith University. The full-length documentary film \u003ci\u003eThe Australian Dream\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2019 AACTA Award for best feature documentary and the 2019 Walkley Documentary Award. In 2020, he became the International Affairs Analyst at the ABC and the Vice-Chancellor's Chair of Australian-Indigenous Belonging at Charles Sturt University. From 2022–23, Grant hosted the ABC’s current affairs panel program \u003ci\u003eQ+A\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booxies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49055884214439,"sku":null,"price":34.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/1523\/0375\/files\/whenwordsfailus.jpg?v=1777343006","url":"https:\/\/booxies.com\/en-nz\/products\/when-words-fail-us","provider":"booxies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}