Fire represents power and control for an Indigneous teenager who lacks both, in Melanie Saward's compassionate debut novel

Bigambul and Wakka Wakka author Melanie Saward’s Burn is structured around three fires. It bears witness to the role institutions play in exacerbating trauma associated with colonialism.

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