Jamie Oliver wrote First Nations characters the wrong way. Non-Indigenous writers need to listen to Indigenous writers first. Jamie Oliver pulls ‘offensive’ children’s book from sale The book, “Billy and the Epic Escape,” was accused of trivializing the community’s history and diversity as well as perpetuating harmful stereotypes against it. Oliver apologized and said he was “devastated to have caused offence.” By Elizabeth Smyth Research Associate, James Cook University and Jeanine Leane Associate Professor In Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne First Nations authored literature continues to excite and educate Australian readers. Non-Indigenous writers are grappling with how to craft inclusive fiction that does not impinge on Indigenous knowledge, beliefs and rights of self-representation. Inclusive fiction is central to a representative literary landscape. In settler colonies such as Australia, this…
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