A NEW FIRST NATIONS IMPRINT FROM DR ANITA HEISS AND SIMON & SCHUSTER

WHAT IS THE BUNDYI IMPRINT?

Bundyi, a Wiradyuri word meaning ‘to share with me’, will focus on cultivating First Nations talent in the industry by publishing First Nations authors, edited and designed by First Nations people. In her role as Publisher at Large, Anita Heiss will commission across fiction and non-fiction.

Bundyi publications will be written, edited and designed by First Nations people.

WHAT WILL BE PUBLISHED UNDER THE BUNDYI IMPRINT:

Titles published under the Bundyi imprint.

 

  • Non-fiction: memoir, autobiography, biography, essays
  • Commercial fiction: Romance / chick lit, historical fiction, contemporary fiction.

 

The publisher is currently not accepting unsolicited manuscripts.

 

Keep reading to view titles on the Bundyi list.

 

You can read more about the story behind Bundyi and the logo here.

 

 

Contact:

Email: [email protected]

Postal: PO Box 3047, Willoughby North, NSW, 2068 

More About Anita Heiss

                                                                                   

Dr Anita Heiss is an internationally published, award-winning author of 23 books; non-fiction, historical fiction, commercial women’s fiction and children’s novels. She is a proud member of the Wiradyuri Nation of central New South Wales, an Ambassador for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation and the GO Foundation, and Professor of Communications at the University of Queensland. Anita is a board member of the National Justice Project and Circa Contemporary Circus. As an artist in residence at La Boite Theatre, she adapted her novel Tiddas for the stage and it premiered at the 2022 Brisbane Festival.

Her novel, Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray about the Great Flood of Gundagai, won the 2022 NSW Premier’s Indigenous Writer’s Prize and was shortlisted for the 2022 HNSA Prize and the ABIA Awards. Anita’s first children’s picture book is Bidhi Galing (Big Rain) about the Great Flood of Gundagai. Anita enjoys running, eating chocolate and being a creative disruptor.

BUNDYI TITLES

Secrets
Guardian Top 25 Best Australian Books for 2025A gripping family saga about three generations fractured by secrets, and the three strong women who must bring them into the light. Ruth, the widowed matriarch of a grown family, has only months to live, and a secret she’s kept for sixty years. Now sh...
I Am Nannertgarrook
Shortlisted for the 2026 Stella PrizeWinner of the 2025 ARA Historical Novel PrizeShortlisted for the 2025 NiB Literary AwardBased on the true story of Tasma Walton’s ancestor, a powerful, heart-wrenching novel about maternal love that endures against pitiless odds. Kidnapped by sealers and ensla...
Murriyang

Song of Time

Shortlisted for the 2025 Queensland Literary Awards, The University of Queensland Non-Fiction Book AwardShortlisted for the 2025 ABIA Awards, Social Impact Book of the YearStan Grant is talking to his country in a new way. In his most poetic and inspiring work yet, he offers a means of moving bey...

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