Over the millennia Gods and Goddesses have taken on many forms, have given great gifts and unleashed furious punishments on those who worshipped and angered them.   This book introduces the main gods and goddesses of the past; their myths, rituals...

A delightfully absurd and touching story about celebrating differences and loving your family - feathers and all.Today is Parents' and Carers' Day at school. I don't want to bring anyone, but my mum is coming anyway. She is a bird.With hand-drawn...

From award-winning poet Eileen Chong comes a dazzling book-length poem, comprising 101 interconnected fragments that can be read in any order, inviting the reader to construct multiple interpretations.We Speak of Flowers, Eileen Chong's sixth collection,...

A unique behind-the-scenes story of love, sisterhood and the trail-blazing Australian poet Dorothy PorterDorothy Porter was one of Australia's most charismatic and courageous literary figures. Achieving broader fame through her bestselling queer crime...

An exquisite celebration of First Nations languages from a selection of Australia's finest Indigenous writers, all wrapped up in a handsome hardback that's perfect for Christmas gift giving.Words to Sing the World Alive celebrates First Nations languages...

A blockbuster memoir from one of Australia's most powerful voices, Long Yarn Short is the incredible story of a young woman's journey - from being stolen from her family as a child to becoming a top advocate for First Nations young people.At just ten...

A funny, moving middle-grade novel about change and friendship from the award-winning author of Meet Me at the Moon TreeWhen Sid sets off on her annual summer holiday to the Shipwreck Coast, she's desperate for some familiarity after a year of unwanted...

A beguilling collection of poetry from the 2023 winner of the Thomas Shapcott Prize for PoetryI was thinking of wild things and what we make of them. Portraits of Drowning is lyric poetry at its best. In these rich and varied poems, Madeleine Dale...

A riveting expose of the global oil industry's multi-decade conspiracy to muddy the waters around the science of climate change and use the Australian government to undermine worldwide efforts to address environmental devastation.Slick- Australia's toxic...

At the age of eighteen, Kari Gislason arrives on the island of Corfu after a life-altering encounter with his father in Iceland. Looking for adventure, he decides to stay after meeting 'the Pirate', a mysterious Greek stranger who offers him work - only...

A dazzling and impressive follow-up to Money's highly acclaimed debut, how to make a basket.We gather marks. Our bodies, our stories, our histories and our world are made of infinite visible and invisible moments. We make marks to record, to remember, to...

What world record would you like to break? The biggest slice of cake eaten in one go? The highest trampoline bounce? The most socks put on one foot? This hilarious middle-grade novel from the author of How to Be Prime Minister and Survive Grade Five is...

From award-winning author Johanna Bell and exciting new illustrator Huni Melissa Bolliger comes a playful story about what's possible when you let your curiosity run wild.Digger digs down. Digger digs deep, deep into the ground.Join happy-go-lucky Digger...

Yanga Mother is a timely and poetic celebration of motherhood and First Nations languages.Wandaguli Yanga. There is always Mother.From award-winning writer Cheryl Leavy comes this beautiful picture book in Kooma and English about a grey kangaroo and her...

Technology is changing the world. How will the opportunities and risks affect you?In the midst of a technology revolution and the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), we all need to understand the relationship between humans and technology. Social...

Sex should be good for everyone. Slutdom argues for a world without sexual shame where you can get what you need - and deserve.'When women are enjoying better sex, the people they have sex with will too. Sexual equality is good for everyone.'Despite...

A searing indictment of the media's failures in reporting Indigenous affairs - and a powerful corrective that shows how Black journalism can pave the way for equality and justice.Amy McQuire has been writing on Indigenous affairs since she was 17 years...

Four weeks, 344km and one inspiring river journey'I want to go with the river's flow, not against it. I want to follow where the river leads - to listen, to observe, hopefully to learn.'When novelist and experienced hiker Simon Cleary sets off to follow...

Now included in UQP's First Nations Classics series with an introduction from Jackie Huggins, Is That You, Ruthie? is a remarkable memoir that recounts, with characteristic humour and honesty, a dormitory girl's life on the Mission.'Is that you ...?'...

Now included in UQP's First Nations Classics series with an introduction by Fiona Foley, Finding Eliza is a vital Indigenous perspective on colonial storytelling.Aboriginal lawyer, writer and filmmaker Larissa Behrendt has long been fascinated by the...

Now included in UQP's First Nations Classics series with an introduction from Kirli Saunders, Dreaming in the Urban Areas is an unforgettable work of Indigenous poetry.Lisa Bellear (1961-2006) was a Goenpul woman of the Noonuccal people of Minjerribah,...

Briony Stewart's bestselling Kumiko series has been refreshed with eye-catching cover designs to appeal to a new generation of readers.Winner - Queensland Literary Awards, Children's Book Award Notable Book - CBCA Book of the Year Awards, Younger...

A richly illustrated picture book by Nukgal Wurra author-artist Wanda Gibson about her joyful childhood beach holidays in Far North Queensland.'Take three dresses ... one to wash, one to wear and one spare.' When Wanda Gibson was a little girl, her mum...

Perfect for fans of Haruki Murakami, Ghost Cities is a profound and highly imaginative novel that cleverly draws on Chinese history to explore the absurdity of modern life and work.Ghost Cities - inspired by the vacant, uninhabited megacities of China -...

A dazzling new poetry collection from award-winning poet Judith Bishop, a conclusion to her trilogy focused on time.Perched on a tablecloth with glasses for a summer drink- life, on its haunches like a kitten, thoughtful. Extending a paw- What happens...

Child protection worker Dana Gibson arrives in the sleepy rural town of Killarney with one goal in mind- locate the whereabouts of foster child Jayden Maloney and return him to care. What she isn't anticipating is an unexpected attraction to her...

How do we become more after losing? Beloved Australian author Nova Weetman shares her heartfelt experiences with grief and loss while also celebrating the profound beauty of love and life.Nova Weetman's unforgettable memoir reflects on experiences of...

From the 2022 David Unaipon winner comes an outstanding and timely collection of speculative fiction imagining futures where Indigenous sovereignty is fully reasserted.In this stunningly inventive and thought-provoking collection, Mykaela Saunders poses...

A stunning work of poetry from an award-winning First Nations writer, seamlessly weaving the personal and the political.This superb collection moves from deeply tender meditations on Country, culture and kinship, to experimental archival poems dissecting...

One of the landmark Australian true-crime books, with a new introduction following the death of disgraced Police Commissioner Terry Lewis.'It was the genius of the system ... from day to day you didn't know who was on the take or not. You didn't know...

A powerful, personal novel about women and justice, from one of this country's most loved and clear-eyed storytellers.It's 1965 and Joe Cluny is living in a working-class suburb with his mum, Marion, and sister, Ruby, spending his days trying to avoid...

A spine-tingling middle-grade story about bringing joy to your family, even if they're a bunch of numbskulls.You'll never believe where SOLOMON MACARONI is heading...The world's friendliest vegetarian vampire and his six mischievous cousins are going to...

The unforgettable winner of the 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award.Too much lip, her old problem from way back. And the older she got, the harder it seemed to get to swallow her opinions. The avalanche of bullshit in the world would drown her if she let...

A funny, feel-good picture book about a grandad doing the wrong things for the right reasons.My grandad is a rebel. We call him Granbad.Granbad doesn't believe in rules like screen-time limits or healthy snacks. But he does believe in saving the planet...

Winner of the 2022 Thomas Shapcott AwardTo be a man is to scrutinise all men. And then lie about it.In this striking debut, Jarad Bruinstroop offers a frank and tender exploration of Queer history, art, beauty and pain. These poems delight in the...

Winner of the David Unaipon Award, an engaging, moving and often funny yarn about growing up in the home of two Aunties running a sheep farm in rural Gundagai.Growing up in the shifting landscape of Gundagai with her Nan and Aunties, Sunny spends her...

A multi-award-winning story collection from bestselling Indigenous writer Tony Birch.Dark as Last Night confirms, once again, that Tony Birch is a master of the short story. These exceptional stories capture the importance of human connection at pivotal...

Written when the author was in prison, this collection remains a poignant historical plea for Aboriginal justice - from Black deaths in custody to Land Rights - and bears witness to contemporary Indigenous issues.Holocaust Island was the inaugural winner...

From the Stonewall Honor-winning author of Like a Love Story comes a sweeping story of three generations of boys in the same Iranian family. 2019. Moud is an out gay teen living in Los Angeles with his distant father, Saeed. When Moud gets the news that...

Written by the legendary Queensland drover Herb Wharton, this is a striking vision of outback Australia- the friendship story of three stockmen working on mulga country in the far west.Herb Wharton, former drover, now celebrated author, unleashes a...

The stunning sequel to the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling verse novel Inside Out & Back AgainI ache to know how much longer until clouds touch us, ending refugee living.It's been two years since H and her family arrived in Alabama as...

A stunning new collection from the award-winning, bestselling author of The Lost ArabsIn this exciting follow-up to his acclaimed collection The Lost Arabs, award-winning poet Omar Sakr delves deep into his loves and losses to create a riveting literary...

A 10-year anniversary edition of a classic Indigenous memoirWhen Chris Sarra arrived as the first Aboriginal principal of Cherbourg State School, it was a time of high hopes but low expectations in Indigenous education. Over six years, he transformed the...

Australia's leading compassion researcher explores the challenges of becoming a more compassionate person and developing a more compassionate societyWhen you think of compassion, what comes to mind? Kindness, understanding, tenderness, empathy, maybe...

Learn to count from one to ten in Mandarin on this joyful journey through Chinatown.It's ten blocks to the Big Wok, Mia and Uncle Eddie's favourite restaurant. On the walk there, Mia counts all the interesting things she sees - one giant panda, two lion...

The most inspirational and important memoir of 2022For years, Amy Thunig thought she knew all the details about the day she was born, often demanding that the story of her birth be retold. Years later, heavily pregnant with her own first child, she...

An original and potent social history of the Great Barrier ReefWhile in the past Australians wrestled with what the Reef is, today they are struggling to reconcile what it will be... To do this, we need to understand the Reef's intertwining human story...

A masterful novel from the only writer to have won both the Miles Franklin Literary Award and the Stella PrizeIn this brilliant, wide-ranging novel, Alexis Wright evokes city and outback, deepening our understanding of human ambition and failure, and...