Tiddas: Heiss takes novel from the page to centre stage

Anita Heiss says the lack of representation of First Nations authors inspired her to write herself. (HANDOUT/KABUKU PUBLIC RELATIONS)

When Anita Heiss was studying history at UNSW in the early 1990s, she was frustrated that all the books on the curriculum were written by non-Indigenous people.

During her honours year, Dr Heiss, a Wiradjuri woman who went on to earn her PhD, even had to read a book about Aboriginal people written by someone who had never visited this country.