WINNER, 2024 PRIME MINISTER’S LITERARY AWARDS, NON FICTION

WINNER, 2024 VICTORIAN PREMIER’S LITERARY AWARDS, INDIGENOUS WRITING

SHORTLISTED, 2024 NSW PREMIER’S LITERARY AWARDS, INDIGENOUS WRITERS’ PRIZE

This book is a collected works of one of Australia’s most accomplished media personalities. Chronicling his career since 2007, Close to the Subject presents a selection of pieces from Daniel Browning’s stellar career as a journalist, radio broadcaster, critic and interviewer.

Alongside conversations with the likes of the late Archie Roach, Doris Pilkington, and Vernon Ah Kee, the book contains a series of critical essays displaying Browning’s talent as an Australian cultural critic and public intellectual. A range of previously unpublished poetry, memoir, art writing and play script is also presented, highlighting his vulnerable and passionate creative side in its own right.

Daniel Browning

A writer, journalist, and radio broadcaster. The ABC’s Editor Indigenous Radio and longstanding RN presenter is also the author of the collection, Close to the Subject, which won the 2024 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction and the Indigenous Writing Prize at the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. An eclectic mix of literary genres and mediums, the collection is a testament to Browning’s accomplished career and deeply thoughtful approach to his work.