Ryan Butta

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About The Author

Ryan Butta is an Australian author of narrative nonfiction that blends original research, history and literary storytelling. He is the author of The Ballad of Abdul Wade, shortlisted for the South Australian Premier’s Awards Non-fiction Book of the Year 2024, and The Bravest Scout at Gallipoli. His books focus on overlooked lives and the hidden histories that shape Australia. He lives and works on Dharawal country on the New South Wales south coast.

Books by Ryan Butta

Blackbirding

A reckoning with the Australian slave trade

By Ryan Butta

An important reckoning with Australia’s unspoken history of slave trade.

From the author of the bestselling books The Ballad of Abdul Wade and The Bravest Scout at Gallipoli

As Australia becomes more willing to confront the violence and trauma of its colonial ...

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