A single mother resorts to extreme measures to protect her young son. A Nigerian student undertakes a United Nations internship in the hope of a better future. A recently divorced man starts a running group with members of an online forum for recovering...

Sallyanne Atkinson AO has been a leader in political and business life for over four decades. A trailblazer for working mothers, she built a high-profile national career while raising five children.Sallyanne Atkinson AO has been a leader in political and...

I recall meeting Lewis on a number of occasions in company with Tony Murphy. I recall conversation getting around to payments of money with Murphy and Lewis. Lewis thanked me on several occasions and said 'Little fish are sweet'. - Jack 'The Bagman'...

From award-winning author Nick Earls and illustrator Terry Whidborne comes the book that tells you everything you wanted to know about being a word hunter - and more!Lexi, Al, Mursili, Will and Caractacus are back! This exciting book from the successful...

Master storyteller Rosanne Hawke effortlessly interweaves ancient Mughal history and settings, fables and traditional story threads to bring to life a magical fantasy.Told over two books - the second book, The Leopard Princess out in October 2016...

From the multi award-winning author of The Protected and The Sky So Heavy comes a ground-breaking young adult masterpiece about lost young men.Sam stared at the picture of the boy about to be tipped off the edge of the world- the crushing weight of water...

A spectacular picture book celebrating sisters everywhere.Some sisters glide on scooters next to lanes of tooting cars. But my sister is a superhero . . . she races rockets around stars.All sisters are different. But what if your sister was really...

In this award-winning work of fiction, Ellen van Neerven takes her readers on a journey that is mythical, mystical and still achingly real.Winner of the 2013 David Unaipon Award. In this award-winning work of fiction, Ellen van Neerven takes her readers...

A laugh-aloud picture book celebrating nannas everywhere.Some nannas dress in pink when they jog around the track. But my nanna is a ninja . . . so she dresses up in black.All nannas are different. But what if your nanna was really different? What if...

In this amazing last adventure, Lexi and Al plunge back into the past to fight for English, and to discover that language isn't the only thing worth fighting for.The final battle is coming, the grey-robes are armed and dangerous and ready for war. Lexi,...

From award-winning author Nick Earls and illustrator Terry Whidborne comes a mysterious, action-packed series for the word nerd in us all.From award-winning author Nick Earls and illustrator Terry Whidborne comes a mysterious, action-packed series for...

Will anyone hear you cry? Celia and Alice share everything - their secrets, hopes and the increasinghorror that a killer is on the loose and abducting schoolgirls just like them. Three bodies have been found, each shrouded in handwoven fabric.Will anyone...

Breaking the Sheep's Back is Massy's private royal commission - a must-read account of the decline and fall of the Australian wool empire.Breaking the Sheep's Back is the untold story of the events that led to Australia's biggest industry disaster.Once a...

An insightful book that is inspiring, uplifting, motivating and really funny! Packed with common sense tools to get through those tricky teenage years. Sarah Murdoch The little black book of information that every teenage girl should read. Everybody...

I'm nobody much That's the way Dougy sees himself. Struggling at school, Dougy is quiet. He watches more than he speaks. His siblings, Raymond and Gracey, are the one with the talent- his brother a star footballer and his sister just picked for the state...

The gripping story of Australia's first female crime writer and her career-criminal sonWhen Mary Fortune arrived in Melbourne with her infant son in 1855, she was determined to reinvent herself. The Victorian goldfields were just the place.After a time...

An anthology of David Marr's powerful ruminations on art, religion, sex, censorship and the law, his unflinching profiles of party leaders and forensic accounts of social and political controversy. David Marr is the rarest of breeds- one of Australia's...

Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa is on a quest to describe how she became an all-round performer after a childhood in a quiet and undramatic migrant family. Where did it all go wrong?Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa knows a thing or two about telling a story. From her experience...

Finally- a concise exploration of the impact of Dylan's music on popular culture, ideal for both long-time fans and newcomers to his work.Perfect for both the long-time Dylan fan and for bemused family and friends wanting to understand the devotion, this...

A father presents as an English gentleman and war hero to his wife and subsequent children who catch up with the truth of the impoverished Welsh beginnings only after his death. His daughter ponders this singular life in the context of a changing Britain...

Inflection vol. 11 proposes to direct conversations to an embrace of architectural regeneration.In biological terms, regeneration denotes the ability to renew, restore, or grow tissues in organisms and ecosystems in harmony with natural fluctuations. It...

Photographer Juno Gemes has been present at many of the moments of struggle towards sovereignty for Australia's First Nations people since the early 1970s, capturing the spirit and the mood of our most significant political story.This significant book...

Since Test cricket began in 1877, there have been over three thousand players representing their countries in Test matches.World XIs tackles the daunting task of choosing the best of the best and coming up with the greatest team from each era (broadly...

Memoiric essays on who we were and how we have changed.What happens when who you are is different to who you imagined you'd be?When her son was three, Brooke Boland was diagnosed with depression. She went back to find where it all started - the panic...

From one of Australia's most brilliant writers, a dark comedy about the tangled fates of two couples and the children trapped between them'Wild applause. Brave, funny and true.' David Marr'This is the new benchmark for the quintessential Australian epic...

A new path for Australia, as laid out by eminent economist and author of the bestselling SuperpowerCould Australia become a full-employment, renewable-energy superpower?Ross Garnaut says yes, and it starts with taxing carbon. A levy on the big polluters...

Are we about to see history repeat?'Do you ever stop and ask, 'Is it all going to happen again?' -Siegfried SassoonWe live in an age that seems eerily familiar. A time of dictators, populists, organised lying, European wars, grabs for territory,...

'The '80s were so good because you could experiment without any kind of fear any kind of consequence.' -Kate CeberanoThe '80s. The era of Hawke, a booming economy, big hair, gender benders and the new wave synth pop explosion.Every Sunday night,...

The inside story of the 2023 Voice Referendum, from Yes to NoIn late 2023, Australians voted 'No' to recognising Indigenous peoples through a constitutional Voice. Broken Heart unpacks the true, complex history of the referendum, illuminating how an...

A lobster might seem an unlikely object of aspiration.But lobsters, unlike humans, do not biologically age.In this book, naturopathic nutritionist Bridget Hancock illustrates how diet and lifestyle can complement Western medicine in pursuit of these...

The sighting of snow leopard tracks in the depths of a Ladkhi winter set off a ten-year journey through a land of mountains, Buddhism, wild creatures and adventurers...'You should come with me to Dolpo next year,' said Ade. No further encouragement was...

When assembling my work, I assembled myself, laid out on an autopsy table (of sorts). And soft meteorites presented itself as three themes - art, death, and friendship.In soft meteorites Nathan Shepherdson has installed a type of two-way valve that...

Australia's language diversity is truly breathtaking. This continent lays claim to the world's longest continuous collection of cultures, including over 440 unique languages and many more dialects. Sadly, European invasion has had severe consequences for...

A beautiful meditation on the awe-inspiring responsibility we hold with other living creatures- from their containment and loss of freedom to our intense and mysteriously mutual love.How do animals guard, serve, and care for us? And how and why do we...

My Manifesto- A 7-Step Guide To Your Best Life is a transformative book that takes you on a journey of self-discovery to assist you to live a life filled with authentic purpose and complete clarity.This comprehensive guide, with an integrated workbook,...

'To be Indian growing up in Australia is to tread the narrow line between here and there, to constantly code-switch and navigate between filling the needs and aspirations of your family, your community - and yourself.''Indian-Australian' is not a...

Madame Brussels, the most legendary brothel keeper in nineteenth-century Melbourne, is still remembered and celebrated today. But until now, little has been known about Caroline Hodgson, the woman behind the alter ego.Born in Prussia to a working-class...

Is a patrimony something we inherit or something we create? Does it mark the continuation of the past or its disappearance?Combining elements of criticism, cultural history and memoir, Patrimonies addresses the questions- How do we take from and give...

Imperial Harvest is a timely book that speaks to the universal lessons of war. It addresses pertinent themes of dispossession by tracing imperialist tactics all the way back to the rise of the Khan empire in the 13th century.Yen Se has lost everything to...

Khin's sister Theda has a strange illness and a euthanasia drug locked in a box under her bed. Her doctor thinks her problem is purely physical, and so does she, but Khin is not so sure. He knows what they both went through growing up in Perth - it...

'You are fluid, composed of smoke or air, morphing between ectoplasm and skeleton. It is a dance, a cosmic strip show- a flash of spine, and then a rib cage, clean as a fish. Who is laying these bones down, one by one? Is it me who is making you, or are...

A frank, hopeful and darkly funny memoir of postpartum psychosis and recovery'I do not know who I am anymore or where I have gone ...'Ariane Beeston is a child protection worker and newly registered psychologist when she gives birth to her first child -...

It is 1910. Halley's Comet is coming. Harry Houdini is in Australia for the first time. The most celebrated escape artist in the world has sold-out seasons in both Melbourne and Sydney.Houdini has a new obsession- aviation. He has brought with him from...

Noongar writer Kim Scott has won the Miles Franklin Award twice for his novels. In this moving essay, Tony Birch shows how Scott uses fiction as a pathway to truth. We meet a writer who 'inhabits a range of guises, faces he wears to interrogate the...

A journey through Torres Strait Islander culture and identity, past and present'My people are expert navigators, adventurers, innovators, ambassadors, teachers, storytellers, performers, strategists, chefs and advocates for change. The blood runs deep...

In Detachable Penis- A Queer Legal Saga, Elkin relates his bumpy journey from lesbian to transgender lawyer in the aftermath of the 2017 marriage equality postal survey.As the inaugural lawyer of Victoria's queer law service, Elkin is quickly immersed in...

The first adaption of a complete Shakespeare play entirely in one Australian Aboriginal language, this books track the passionate project of language recovery and restoration into a highly successful mainstage production.The play Hecate is a landmark...

Winner of the 2024 University of QLD Non Fiction Book AwardIn Abbas El-Zein's new memoir, conflicts abound - either tragic or amusing, sometimes both - between teachers and students, left- and right-wing factions, civilians and militiamen and, not least,...