My Blood’s Country: A Journey Through the Landscapes That Inspired Judith Wright’s Poetry

The natural world was fundamental to the life, poetry and activism of Judith Wright; she knew that the land had made her who she was – she called it ‘the country that built my heart’. To Wright, the landscape was not only a rich source of stories but it was also haunted by silences – the untold stories of the Aboriginal people who inhabited it before Wright’s ancestors made it their own.

Fiona Capp first met Judith Wright when she spoke at Fiona’s school speech night. From that early meeting, Wright’s poetry became a continuous source of inspiration to Fiona and they started a lifelong correspondence that only ended with Judith Wright’s death. In this compelling memoir, Fiona Capp embarks on a quest to discover more about Judith Wright and the country and people that inspired her, travelling to landscapes and properties that are central to Judith Wright’s poems and life.