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HUGO AWARDWINNER FOR FOR BEST NOVEL 2022 THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER An absorbing historical fantasy, She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan reimagines the rise to power...

An epic and emotional story of three spirited women - a mother, her daughter, their maid - during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong 1941. The wealthy Tang family has...

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...

Signed copies available Introducing a bold new voice - one of the most exciting short-story writers working in comics today. A coworker-turned-prospective-lover confesses a hard-to-swallow fetish. A train ride fantastically...

In her unforgettable new novel, Victorian Premier's Literary Award-winner Melanie Cheng has created this year's literary masterpiece. 'How rare, this delicacy-this calm, sweet, desolated wisdom.' Helen Garner 'Stupendously good' Christos...

An electrifying debut from a young Indian-Australian writer, The Degenerates brims with vitality and humour. Following the interwoven lives of four characters across India, Australia and the United States, the...

A memoir about saying the unsayable with food, and how our eating lives can bring us together, and sometimes - keep us apart. 'A comforting hotpot of a book. Every...

Jena Lin plays the violin. She was once a child prodigy and now uses sex to fill the void left by fame. She's struggling a little. Her professional life comprises...

Long before Ruhi fell pregnant, she knew she was never going to be the 'good Indian daughter' her parents demanded. But when the discovery that she is having a girl...

Joan Chang-Hunt has no idea she's part monster until she's thrust into a battle between the boy she has a crush on and one of the most ruthless monster families...

A fearless, tender memoir from the prize-winning writer of Counting and Cracking. Shakthi lives with his family, in the house his great-grandparents built in Colombo, Sri Lanka, before the civil...

A passionate account of the toxic culture of bullying and overwork that junior doctors can experience in the workplace as part of their training.Yumiko Kadota was every Asian parent's dream...

The globe-spanning epic of power and family secrets from the Miles Franklin listed author.'An impressive, urgent novel by a talented and courageous writer.' - Mohsin Hamid, author of Exit WestAfter many...

Cute and relaxing colouring book Rediscover the joy of colouring in with adorable illustrations from Australian artist Cherry Lam.Begin your new cosy, creative hobby!Unlock childlike joy with charming scenes printed...

Siang Lu's searing debut is a black comedy about the whitewashing of the Asian film industry, told in the form of an oral documentary It sounded like a good idea...

Echoesis a lyrical collection of personal essays which references art and literature, pop culture and nostalgia. It gathers small joys, from a figure-hugging 'disco dress' to learning to sing Koo...

How an unfulfilled daughter of a tiger mother went way off script We all grow up with rules. Do this, be this, don't be that. Qin Qin was all about...

Wen Zhou is determined to create a future for herself that is more satisfying than the life her parents expect her to lead. Equal parts heartbreaking and hopeful, Tiger Daughter...

In late twenty-first century Australia, Tao-Yi and her partner Navin spend most of their time inside a hyper-immersive, hyper-consumerist virtual reality called Gaia. Never Let Me Go meets Black Mirror,...

A profound guide to existing on your own terms, the first trade book from renowned intersectional feminist scholar Sara Ahmed We have to keep saying it because they keep doing...

Winner of the 2023 Victorian Premier’s Prize for Literature The inaugural winner of The Novel Prize, an international biennial award established by Giramondo (Australia), Fitzcarraldo Editions (UK) and New Directions...

Dinners for every night of the week from Australia's favourite cook Australia's favourite home cook, Nagi Maehashi, is back to solve the perennial problem of what's for dinner tonight ......

*Highly Commended Fiction — Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2021* 'Before I go into my grave,' she says out loud, 'I will kill that man.' A brilliant new novel from the...

They claim they saw nothing. She knows they’re lying. 1996 – Cabramatta, Sydney ‘Just let him go.’ Those are words Ky Tran will forever regret. The words she spoke when...

The new novel from the two-time winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award One of the most anticipated literary releases of the year, this gripping novel changes the game on...

150 recipes from Australia’s most popular cook 150 dinner recipes. Fail-proof. Delicious. Addictive. The food you want to cook, eat and share, night after night. Through her phenomenally popular online...

Mastering the art and technique of wok cooking with over 80 recipes The Golden Wok is the cookbook that shows you that a wok isn't just a cooking utensil, it's...

A memoir with bite Growing up Cantonese in the racist outer suburbs was hard enough for Jess Ho, but add in a dysfunctional family who only ever made peace over...

The much-anticipated follow-up to acclaimed graphic novelist Lee Lai's Stella-shortlisted Stone Fruit, a funny, dark, emotionally turbulent slice of friendship strife. We arrive to wreckage a restaurant smashed to rubble, with...

The fantasy debut sensation of 2025 WELCOME TO THE RAN EMPIRE.Where winged serpents fly through the skies.Giant leopards prowl the earth.And witches burn blue as they die. A prince born...

TAKE CARE explores what it means to survive within systems not designed for tenderness. Bound in personal testimony, the poems situate the act of rape within the machinery of imperialism,...

In Complaint! Sara Ahmed examines what we can learn about power from those who complain about abuses of power. Drawing on oral and written testimonies from academics and students who...

Mulan meets The Song of Achilles in He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan – a dazzling queer historical fantasy of war and destiny set in an epic alternate China, and sequel to Sunday Times bestselling She...

A grandson tries to learn the family story. But what kind of story is it? Is it a prison memoir, about the grandfather imprisoned without charge or trial by a...

For our first issue, Loom sought work that critically, thematically or formally engages with music and sound. Music writing in its broadest possible form: deep dives into beloved artists, collaborations between...

An Illustrated Compendium In Dogs of the World, animal illustrator Lili Chin introduces more than six hundred breeds of dog from around the globe in a captivating canine gallery, from...

The new novel from the Miles Franklin award-winning author of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens. It was a beautiful evening. The wind gathered speed, lifting the frangipanis from the grove...

When my dad dropped us off at the front gate, the first things I saw were the rose garden spreading out on either side of the main driveway and the...

I know lots of things now that I'm dead. Peter from Apartment Two has a spastic bladder. My former boss Morgan keeps her toenails in a gold jewellery box. My...

Throughout a childhood spent moving between different countries, one thing was constant for Leen. The local shopping centre. Within those complexes the familiar landscape of logos, the bright lights, the...

*Highly Commended — Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2021* In this intensely personal collection, On explores loss, separation and renewal, online dating, sex, longing, rejection and desire. Though they are personal...

Conspiracies, memes, and therapies of various efficacy underpin this beguiling short-story collection from Elizabeth Tan.In the titular story, a cat-shaped oven tells a depressed woman she doesn’t have to be...

A book that will change the way you think about love, relationships, heartbreak, and self-empowerment. Breaking the rules, challenging perceptions, and exploring the secret desires we keep hidden from the...

Escape into A World of Cozy Bookstores. A Colouring Book for Book Lovers. Step into a realm where every page invites you to unwind and unleash your creativity. A World of Cozy...

30 Stories of Female Founders and Other Lessons in Business Get Real is a business book for women filled with inspirational and honest stories of starting, scaling and failing in...

Formally daring poems that ask a compelling question: if fate can never be changed, how can we embrace its weaving? The realm that belongs to Nebulous Vertigo is both visceral...

Cute and relaxing colouring book Cosy up and rediscover the joy of colouring in with charming illustrations from Australian artist Cherry Lam.Begin your new cosy, creative hobby! Unlock childlike joy...

The stunning new collection from prize-winning poet Eileen Chong — her most personal and accomplished work yet. Eileen Chong's luminous poetry examines the histories — personal, familial and cultural —...

Because you eat There is no farmers and others. If you eat or wear clothes, the decisions you make influence farming. 'Eaters will be the ultimate arbiter of where and...

Longlisted for the 2020 Miles Franklin Literary Award. From the winner of the 2018 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction, this tender, moving portrait of an improbable friendship and multicultural...