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Don Watson
No other writer has journeyed further into the soul of Australia and returned to tell the tale…
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Annabel Crabb
In the past half-century, women have revolutionised the way they work and live. But men’s lives have changed remarkably little. Why?
Noah Riseman,Shirleene Robinson
Charts the changing policies and practices of the Australian Defence Force, illuminating the experiences of LGBTI members in what was often a hostile institution. At the centre of this book…
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Sophie Cunningham
Writers, scientists, historians, journalists and commentators consider subjects as broad as culture and the arts, working as a doctor, travel, domestic violence, security, immigration, the death of a loved one…
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Barry Jones
A follow-up to the prescient bestseller, first published in 1982, that alerted the public to the likely impacts of information technologies and the emergence of a post-industrial society.
Bruce Pascoe, Vicky Shukuroglou
A new, fully illustrated book from award-winning author Bruce Pascoe and photographer Vicky Shukuroglou that offers a deeper understanding of Australia and how best to travel and appreciate the heart…
The annual collection - now in its tenth year - celebrating the finest voices in Australian science writing.
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Professor Jenny Hocking
What role did the queen play in the governor-general Sir John Kerr’s plans to dismiss prime minister Gough Whitlam in 1975, which unleashed one of the most divisive episodes in…
Gideon Haigh
Has COVID-19 ushered in the end of the office? Or is it the office’s final triumph?
Marlee Silva
My Tidda, My Sister shares the experiences of many Indigenous women and girls, brought together by author and host of the Tiddas 4 Tiddas podcast, Marlee Silva. The voices of…
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Tim Flannery
An urgent and essential call to arms from one of Australia’s most respected climate scientists, Tim Flannery. A compelling and solution-focused declaration of the action required to win the climate…
Dr Amanda Laugesen
From the defiant curses of the convicts and bullock drivers to the humour of Kath and Kim, Amanda Laugesen, director of the Australian National Dictionary Centre, takes us on a…
Louise Milligan
From the best-selling author of CARDINAL comes a searing examination of the power imbalance in our legal system - where exposing the truth is never guaranteed and, for victims, justice…
Luke Stegemann
Offers a powerful literary consideration of historic violence in two different parts of the world, the seldom-visited mulga plains of south-west Queensland and the backroads of rural Andalusia. The book…
Fiona McGregor
A collection of essays on art, literature and performance, sexuality, activism and the life of the city.
Mark McKenna
When Mark McKenna set out to write a history of the centre of Australia, he had no idea what he would discover.
Robert Reynolds,Shirleene Robinson,Paul Sendziuk
Tells the remarkable story of AIDS volunteers who engaged in a struggle for life against death. For the first time, by focusing on individual life stories, this book explores the…
Dr Robert Isaacs
Told with grace and strength, this memoir shares the inside story of a respected Elder and his drive to break down cultural barriers and improve the lives of his people.
These personal and often painful histories uncovered in archives, family stories and lived experiences reveal new perspectives on exemption.
Wayne Quilliam
A contemporary photography book that celebrates and shares stories of First peoples across the continent.
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Elizabeth Farrelly
Fairfax columnist, architect and former city councillor Elizabeth Farrelly presents a love song to the city of Sydney and an empassioned plea for its protection.
Richard Beasley
A very angry book about our greatest environmental catastrophe… the death of the Murray-Darling Basin.
Sophie Cousins
A progressive, solutions-driven examination of how we can collectively reshape and rebuild a better and fairer Australia in the midst of a global pandemic, climate change and urgent questions of…
Told by ABC journalists who were on the ground and broadcasting during our worst ever fire season, spearheaded by Michael Rowland
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Ross Garnaut
In Reset, renowned economist Ross Garnaut shows how the COVID-19 crisis offers Australia the opportunity to reset its economy and build a successful future - and why the old approaches…
Sandra Hogan
With My Little Eye is a poignant and very funny account of a peculiar childhood in 1950s suburban Australia.
Henry Reynolds
If we are to take seriously the need for telling the truth about our history, we must start at first principles.
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Liz Byrski
Twenty Australian women from widely different backgrounds, races, beliefs and identities take up the challenge of writing about rage.
William Westerman
Merger tells the story of the Fitzroy Football Club’s 1996 season in the Australian Football League, a season made infamous by the club’s merger with the Brisbane Bears. It was…
Elizabeth Becker
The never-before-told story of three women who courageously reported from the frontlines of the Vietnam War.
Hugh Mackay
Generous, erudite, optimistic and candid…Hugh Mackay encourages us to find the best in ourselves and in our society in both good and troubled times.
Sheila Fitzpatrick
Over 20,000 ethnic Russians migrated to Australia after World War II - yet we know very little about their experiences. Some came via China, others from refugee camps in Europe…
Keryn Walshe,Peter Sutton
Drawing on the knowledge of Aboriginal elders and decades of anthropological scholarship, Peter Sutton and Keryn Walshe provide extensive evidence to support their argument that classical Aboriginal society was a…
John Pickrell
Award-winning science writer John Pickrell investigates the effects of the 2019-2020 bushfires on Australian wildlife and ecosystems. Journeying across the firegrounds, Pickrell explores the stories of creatures that escaped the…
Sarah Krasnostein
From award-winning author Sarah Krasnostein comes an exploration of the power of belief.
Jonica Newby
How do we find courage when climate change overwhelms us emotionally? In this magical, often funny and deeply moving true story, award-winning science reporter Jonica Newby explores how to navigate…
Alan Finkel
An essential guide to how Australia can tackle the climate crisis
Amber Creswell Bell
A rich survey of the work of more than forty still-life artists, which presents the genre in a uniquely Australian light.
Stan Grant
A deeply powerful, poetic and compelling book on the challenges facing our world, from one of Australia’s most experienced journalists and international commentators, Stan Grant.
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Barbara Ballentine,Jordan Hyman
Unravel the complexities of bird communication, from birdsong to visual signals and behaviours.
Ruth Balint,Julie Kalman
Smuggled offers a previously unseen glimpse into the dangerous and shadowy world of people smuggling. It shares harrowing true stories of those fleeing persecution to seek asylum and reshapes our…
Brian Butler,John Bond
Thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families have been coping with the trauma of child removal for more than a century. Sorry and Beyond describes the growth of the…
Megan Davis,George Williams
Williams, two of Australia’s best-known constitutional experts, is essential reading on how our Constitution was drafted, what the 1967 referendum achieved, and the lead-up and response to the Uluru Statement…
The Beijing Bureau is a collection of essays revealing the insights of twenty-five Australian foreign correspondents into China, from the 1970s to present day: the lives of its people, its…
Gender Politics is a provocative and urgent collection that re-examines the way we navigate power and leadership in Australian politics.
Dennis Altman
An avowed republican investigates the unexpected durability and potential benefits of constitutional monarchies.
George Megalogenis
In the wake of the pandemic, will we see a new politics of social security and concern for the future?
Michael Smith
The ultimate insider’s account: living and working in China in a period of unprecedented economic and social upheaval
