Bestsellers

Now in B format, the superb novel from leading Indigenous storyteller Tony Birch exploring the lengths we will go to in order to save the people we love. 'Odette, be...

The truth about the bloody battles fought to establish a nation For the first time, The Australian Wars brings what for too long has been considered the historical past into...

A Savage Turn is a searing debut from a Gamilaroi author. Using his biting wit and refreshing insight into modern and traditional life, Luke Patterson takes readers to forest billabongs,...

The new genre-defying book from the two-time Prime Minister's Award winning author of Red Heaven and Belomor. A Siberian composer named Valentin comes to a remote roadhouse in the Western...

In Deep History: Country and Sovereignty, edited by Jackie Huggins and Ann McGrath, leading historians and thinkers explore the First Nations histories of caring for places and people over millennia....

For readers of N.K. Jemisin and Rebecca Roanhorse, a fast-paced, anti-colonial action-adventure fantasy that explores twisted power dynamics and the effects of settler colonialism After the murder of T’Rayles’s adopted...

A sweeping historical love story that brings Torres Straight Islander culture to life. For readers of Anita Heiss. A sweeping, heart-warming and ultimately triumphant story of the life of a...

Best of the Year: NPR - Common Sense Media - BookPage - Kirkus Shane works with her mother and their ghost dogs, tracking down missing persons even when their families...

Poorhara is the story of nineteen-year-old Erin, her older cousin Star/Whetu and an impromptu road trip taken over a few days. With the demands and heartbreaks of whanau, poverty and...

Aboriginal land rights in New South Wales, today and always Aboriginal land rights recognition in 1983 came after nearly 200 years of violent colonial dispossession and the near complete loss...

HAMMAJANG | adjective. Definition: In a disorderly or chaotic state; messed up. Chiefly in predicative use, esp. in all hammajang. Etymology: A borrowing from Hawaiian Pidgin. Source: Oxford English Dictionary....

Ask the Brindled, selected by Rick Barot as a winner of the 2021 National Poetry Series, bares everything that breaks between “seed” and “summit” of a life—the body, a people,...

What do you need to know to prosper as a people for 65,000 years or more? The First Knowledges series provides a deep understanding of the expertise, wisdom and ingenuity...

From the award-winning author of Song of the Crocodile comes a lyrical and masterfully woven novel about women, creation, belonging and the precious fragility of a life. 'Mothers are experts...

Imperial Harvest is a timely book that speaks to the universal lessons of war. It addresses pertinent themes of dispossession by tracing imperialist tactics all the way back to the...

So-called Australia is built upon a lie: that 97% of the population are human, and the others simply 'Indigenous', devoid of the same basic rights.  Human? is the story of...

A journey through Torres Strait Islander culture and identity, past and present'My people are expert navigators, adventurers, innovators, ambassadors, teachers, storytellers, performers, strategists, chefs and advocates for change. The blood...

A Year at Yumbarra 'Sometimes you need to repeat something a hundred times before a bell rings in the colony.'From the bestselling author Bruce Pascoe comes a deeply personal story...

The heart-rending story of a Native American community told through the generations, longlisted for the Booker PrizeColorado, 1864. Star, a young survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre, is brought to...

Collected Talks and Interviews on Indigenous Resurgence Illuminating the First Nations struggles against the Canadian state, It's All about the Land exposes how racism underpins and shapes Indigenous-settler relationships. Renowned Kahnawà:ke...

'Mate, you're standing on stolen land.' Returning is a stunning work - a poetic and visual feast that takes you on Kirli's journey of rediscovering self, Country and Connection. Kirli's...

Our grandmothers' stories teach us about Aboriginal women's ways of being in our many worlds. Some of the stories in this collection are held in spoken histories, others in archival...

Winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award, Benang- From the Heart follows Harley, who was raised in a culture of forced assimilation and finds himself torn between his country's history, his family...

From life in the desert to growing up on a mission, enduring devastating policies in the 1930s to bravely seizing new opportunities in the 1960s, these are fifteen true stories...

A Call to Your Ancestral and Indigenous WisdomApela Colorado shares her knowledge and experiences of indigenous wisdom and promotes a connection between the indigenous and modern world perspectives.A ceremonial journey...

WINNER — 2009 Deadly Award Outstanding Achievement in Literature SHORTLISTED — Australian Book Industry Association Biography of the Year SHORTLISTED — Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Lorraine McGee-Sippel was a small...

A revamped Magabala classic by Miles Franklin award‑winning author Alexis Wright. First published in 1997, this vivid portrayal of how the Indigenous people of Tennant Creek worked together to achieve...

Bark Ladies: Eleven Artists from Yirrkala celebrates eleven daring artists - all women who, throughout their lives, have collectively pushed the boundaries of contemporary Australian painting.This publication by Myles Russell-Cook...

Strengthening Relationships for All Australians in 7 Easy Steps Blending keen insight with engaging anecdotes and practical advice, this easy-to-read book will give you the tools you need to feel...

This book invites you to to step into the magical world of Aboriginal Dreamtime and to share in the world's oldest living culture — its ancient knowledge and spiritual wisdom....

One of Patricia Grace's most popular novels, this is the unforgettable story of three women's intersecting lives. Makareta is the chosen one — carrying her family's hopes.Missy is the observer...

'The only Sundays I looked forward to were spent with my beloved Australian nanna Kathleen Mary McCarthy. I would sit with Nanna McC — listening to her stories unwind and...

Illustrated by Alyssa Mason Storm Warning is an adventure story for our times. It is a wake-up call to pay attention to what Earth is telling us through unprecedented weather...

'The narrative voice is yarning, chatty and sardonic, but under all the jokes and stories there's a sharp critique of bureaucrats and institutions, and an appreciation of the heroic nature...

20 Years on from Linda Tuhiwai Smith's Decolonizing Methodologies Indigenous essays in honour of Linda Tuhiwai Smith celebrate the positive, shifting ground of how Indigenous writers are shaping the post-colonial...

One of the classics of Australian literature, Alexis Wright’s Miles Franklin award-winning novel is being rereleased in a new edition designed by Jenny Grigg. Accompanies the April release ofPraiseworthy, Wright’s...

He’s the viral sensation on TikTok who’s showing families that you don’t need to spend a motser to feed your hungry household. Western Sydney dad Nathan Lyons regularly feeds his...

A breathtaking account of Maori food - its traditions, ingredients and tikanga - from our brightest culinary star. Monique Fiso is a modern-day food warrior, taking Maori cuisine to the...

Ten Years of First Nations Storytelling An anthology of writing produced by Indigenous creatives from Western Sydney that has been praised by ArtsHub as 'a light shone on First Nations...

Now in B format, this stunning, prize-winning novel, set alongside the Yarra River, is heartbreaking and uplifting in equal measure.’You find yourself down at the bottom of the river, for...

A first book of poetry and a Māori coming-of-age story. Where is my tongue?On display, a trophy of war.Where is my tikanga?Kept in the basement.Where is my mana?Locked in the...

At first there is nothing but black sand, then something begins to grow; a gentle song emerges so bright that sound becomes sight . . . And so from the...

Where do I belong? Who am I? The blood of my fathers links me to a much older place and time. I've walked in the footprints of my ancestors: I've...

A story about what it means to be a friend … Five women, best friends for decades, meet once a month to talk about books … and life, love and...

Join Ryhia Dank, aka Nardurna, on a journey through Country. For Indigenous peoples and allies alike, Ryhia invites you to engage with the stories, places and art from her world...

What do you need to know to prosper as a people for at least 65,000 years? The First Knowledges series provides a deeper understanding of the expertise and ingenuity of...

From an award-winning First Nations author, a ground-breaking examination of sport's troubled relationship with race, gender and sexuality. Award-winning writer Ellen van Neerven plays football from a young age, learning...

A stunning collection of stories that weaves Hawaiian mythology with a vivid fabulism and rich sense of place. In Hawaii, a cast of women reckon with physical and emotional alienation,...

Libby is determined to stay on her no-man fast: no more romance, no more cheating men, no more heartbreak. But in the city of love there is no escaping fate...

An anthology of new writing for a changed worldSixty-eight writers and eight artists gather at a hui in a magnificent cave-like dwelling or meeting house. In the middle is a...