Mallacoota Time

Award-winning singer-songwriter and poet Milena Cifali lost her home, her instruments and her beloved parrots when bushfires swept through Mallacoota on New Year's Eve 2019. She lost them together with her partner, Jim Horvath.

This memoir follows Milena's slow path toward recovery. It unfolds against a bushfire season of unprecedented scale and the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic, and at its core is the search for a place to call home.

The book brings together her writing, poetry, song lyrics and photography. Written to reach Australia's fire-affected communities, it offers comfort and aims to support healing for everyone grieving losses there.