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I have zero ability to be cool, or to exercise exclamation mark restraint as I type this: dear Reader, I motherforking did it!
The World Beneath Her Feet exists!
Maggie Byrd’s story is written!

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Belonging is more

So long, England. Thanks for topping up my reserves of Northern grit through the challenges of navigating two levelling, confronting months, and for flooding me with joy, awe, and wonder through one of the best months I’ve ever known. Sixteen y

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We acknowledge and pay respect to the land and the traditional families of the Yugambeh region of South East Queensland - where Holly lives, writes, and dreams - including the Kombumerri, Mununjali, Wangerriburra and others, and their Elders past and present.

Photography: Daniel Boud / Jessie McNaught / Michelle Larson / Holly's kanalaritja, shell necklaces: Vicki-Laine Green, Lillian Wheatley / Illustrations: © Fumi Nakamura, Edith Rewa, Kate Dehler, HarperCollins Publishers Australia, please do not reproduce without permission.