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Essays on Memory In this collection of new essays from the Liminal & Pantera Press Nonfiction Prize longlist, First Nations writers and writers of colour bend and shift boundaries, query...

In Praise of Black Performance A celebration of Black culture beyond the white gaze, from the "MacArthur genius" who has been dubbed 'the most important cultural critic in America right...

Voices within mental health An unprecedented look at the lived experience of mental health in creative work, as told by writers, comedians and public figures We are full of worlds...

Essays 2003-2020A collection of the finest essays by the 'Best of the Booker' winner, following on from his much-acclaimed STEP ACROSS THIS LINESalman Rushdie is celebrated as a storyteller of...

With fascism on the march once more, this is an urgent dispatch from one of the great writers and intellectuals of our time'Azadi!' — Urdu for 'freedom' — is the...

Featuring contributions from Candice Carty-Williams, Jessica Horn, Ebele Okobi, Funmi Fetto and Freddie Harrel. In the vein of Roxane Gay’s Bad Feminist, but wholly its own, Girl is a provocative,...

Essays from the Pan-African RevolutionEarly in life, Walter Rodney became a major revolutionary figure in a dizzying range of locales that traversed the breadth of the Black diaspora — in...

Award-winning poet and novelist Kei Miller explores the meanings of silence in this collection of provocative and lyrical essays.In this moving and lyrical collection of essays, the award-winning poet and...

'This is a heart-warming anthology, celebrating one of our most beloved animals. Rich with joy and delight, but there is also real depth, poignancy and surprisingly dark humour here.' From...

From the prize winning and bestselling author of Lullaby and Adele: a fascinating and witty collection of essays on the lives of women grappling with sexual politics in a deeply...

  A ground-breaking essay collection that shifts the shape of what First Nations writing can be and do in Australia todayShapeshifting, co-edited by Jeanine Leane and Ellen van Neerven, is...

“Birds are my almanac. They tune me into the seasons, and into myself.” So begins this lively collection of essays by acclaimed filmmaker and novelist Priyanka Kumar. Growing up at...

Candice Brathwaite's much-anticipated second book about all the things she wishes she'd been told when she was young and needed guidance. I Am Not Your Baby Mother was a landmark...

The essential collection of Hanif Kureishi's finest literary essays and fiction. Comic, dark and insightful, What Happened? is Hanif Kureishi's new collection of essays and fiction. No topic is too...

'I learned something new from each enjoyable essay and by the end realised that nature is integral to how we live on this planet, not a subsidiary to life, but...

Intimate Stories from Black Women on Identity, Healing, and Self-Trust Foreword by Elaine Welteroth In this stunningly illustrated essay collection inspired by the popular podcast Life, I Swear, prominent Black...

Black Communist Women's Political WritingThe first collection of the writing of Black communist women.Black Communist women throughout the early to mid-twentieth century fought for and led mass campaigns in the...

A trailblazing collection of writing on contemporary Africa from across Binyavanga Wainaina's extraordinary life — ranging from musings on politics and culture to deeply personal introspections Binyavanga Wainaina was a...

AN NPR BOOK-OF-THE-DAY • A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY STAFF PICK • A NYLON MUST-READ • A FORTUNE NEW BOOK TO READ IN AUGUST “And, at the center of it all, am...