2025
Debra Dank · Book Cover Design
I designed the covers for my mum Dr Debra Dank’s books We Come with This Place, Terraglossia and Ankami, published by Echo.
We Come with This Place was released in July 2022. Terraglossia followed in June 2025, and Ankami in November 2025. Together, they bring Mum’s writing about language, Country, family and memory into different forms.
For Ankami, the crow image was reworked from a photograph taken while we were home on Country. In Mum’s account of the cover, the crow carries knowledge and difficult stories, while the colours come from Gudanji, Wakaja and Kalkadoon Country.
Designing for these books brings my visual practice alongside Mum’s writing. The connection is close to home: the places, people and memories in the work are part of our family.
We Come with This Place went on to win four NSW Premier’s Literary Awards in 2023. Those honours belong to Mum’s writing; my contribution to these publications is their cover design.
Books by Dr Debra Dank. Cover design by Ryhia Dank. Cover images via Echo Publishing.
Explore Ankami at Echo Publishing ↗
Explore Terraglossia at Echo Publishing ↗
Explore We Come with This Place at Echo Publishing ↗
