Magabala Books Aboriginal Corporation
Illustrator, Ben Hodges, at a Magabala book launch. Photo: Bronwyn Houston.
Magabala Books is Australia’s only independently owned and operated Aboriginal publishing house. Based in Broome, Magabala Books Aboriginal Corporation was established in 1987 to preserve, promote and publish Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
Magabala is an acknowledged publisher of award winning books and has published over 100 titles by some of Australia’s leading Indigenous authors and illustrators as well as assisting emerging creators to tell their stories. Magabala is the Yawuru word for the bush banana found throughout northern and inland Australia.
Magabala Books is a key organisation of the Australia Council for the Arts' Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts board.