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Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
Joan Didion
Joan Didion’s savage masterpiece, which, since first publication in 1968, has been acknowledged as an unparalleled report on the state of America during the upheaval of the Sixties Revolution.
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Ellena Savage
A stimulating combination of memoir, essay, poetry, confession and critique, Blueberries is a powerful and revealing collection from a rising star in Australian creative non-fiction.
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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.
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Sarah Walker
A dazzling collection of essays that unpacks our unruly bodies and minds and questions why we are taught to fear and punish them.
Olivia Laing
An ambitious investigation into the body in the twentieth century, using the life of the renegade psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich.
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Melissa Febos
A gripping set of essays about the forces that shape girls and the adults they become. A wise and brilliant guide to transforming the self and our society.
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Delia Falconer
The celebrated, Walkley Award-winning author on how global warming is changing not only our climate but our culture.
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Gerald Murnane
Final work by internationally acclaimed Australian author Gerald Murnane, reflecting on his career as a writer.
Judith Brett
A brilliant collection of the best essays by award-winning writer Judith Brett, long revered by those in the know as Australia’s brightest and most astute political commentator.
Fiona McGregor
A collection of essays on art, literature and performance, sexuality, activism and the life of the city.
Hanif Abdurraqib
A Little Devil in America is a unique exaltation of Black performances, cultures and communities.
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bell hooks
All About Love is the acclaimed first volume in feminist icon bell hooks' "Love Song to the Nation" trilogy.
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Rachel Cusk
A series of essays from Rachel Cusk - about choices, womanhood and art.
Tressie McMillan Cottom
Eight insightful essays into been unapologetically ‘thick’ - longlisted for the 2019 National Book Award.
Zadie Smith
Arranged into four sections–In the World, In the Audience, On the Bookshelf, and Feel Free–this collection poses questions we may immediately recognize.
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Jeanette Winterson
Twelve eye-opening, mind-expanding and provocative essays from Sunday Times-bestselling author Jeanette Winterson.
Rebecca Solnit
A collection of essays on feminism, from one of the most important and original public intellectuals writing today.
Billy-Ray Belcourt
A dazzling collection of personal essays from internationally acclaimed First Nations Canadian writer Billy-Ray Belcourt.
Elaine Castillo
An exploration and manifesto investigating the power of reading - and our potential to become radically better readers in the world.
Twelve early pieces never before collected that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of Joan Didion.
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David Sedaris
A lavish gift edition of David Sedaris’s best stories, spanning his spectacular bestselling career.
Melissa Broder
So sad today? Many are. Melissa Broder is too. How and why did she get to be so sad? And should she stay sad?
Rachel Aviv
The highly anticipated debut from the award-winning New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv asks how the stories we tell about mental illness shape our deepest sense of who we are.
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Nora Ephron
Now with an introduction from Dolly Alderton, revealing how a new generation of women can take inspiration from Nora’s sharp wit and wisdom about life.
Jia Tolentino
A must-read for anyone interested in the way we live and think today.
An urgently timely, deeply personal and powerfully moving series of essays on the experience of lockdown from one of the most clear-sighted and essential writers of our time.
Reni Eddo-Lodge
The book that sparked a national conversation.
Dolly Alderton
When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming a grown up, journalist Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all.
Cathy Park Hong
A fearless work of creative non-fiction about racism in cultural pursuits by award-winning poet Cathy Park Hong.
Grace Perry
Join Grace on a journey back through the pop culture moments of the early 2000’s.
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Jeff Sparrow
In Provocations, Jeff Sparrow brings together some of his most challenging and continuously relevant work alongside daring new writing.
