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TONY BIRCH talks to LUKE CARMAN about his Miles Franklin shortlisted book "THE WHITE GIRL" In The White Girl, Miles-Franklin-shortlisted author Tony Birch shines a spotlight on the 1960s and the devastating government policy of taking Indigenous children from their families. Odette Brown has lived her whole life on the fringes of a small country town. After her daughter disappeared and left her with her granddaughter Sissy to raise on her own, Odette has managed to stay under the radar of the welfare authorities who are removing fair-skinned Aboriginal children from their families. When a new policeman arrives in town, determined to enforce the law, Odette must risk everything to save Sissy and protect everything she loves. SHOWNOTES: Writes4Festivals http://www.writes4women.com/writes4festivals/ Facebook - @Writes4Festivals Twitter / Instagram - @w4wpodcast Wollongong Writer's Festival https://wollongongwritersfestival.com Facebook @wollongongwritersfestival/ Twitter @WGongWritFest Tony Birch https://www.tony-birch.com/blog Facebook @Tony Birch Pamela Cook www.pamelacook.com.au Facebook - @pamelacookauthor Twitter - @PamelaCookAU Listen Up Podcasting (Kel Butler) www.listenuppodcasting.com.au Facebook / Twitter - @kelbutler @listenuppodcasting