2023 releases

What happens when global systems are viewed from an Indigenous perspective? How does it affect the way we see history, money, power and learning? Could it change the world?This remarkable...

How is the struggle for Palestinian freedom bound up in other freedom struggles, and how are activists coming together globally to achieve justice and liberation for all? In this bold...

Breaking Stereotypes of Modern AfricaDefinitive proof that Africa is *not* a country. A lively, entertaining and informative portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful stereotypes to tell a...

Parables for a Planet in CrisisThe history of the nutmeg is one of conquest and exploitation — of both human life and the natural environment — and the origin of...

The award-winning author of Sand Talk returns with a formidably original yarn with Indigenous thought leaders from around the globe.Sand Talk, Tyson Yunkaporta’s bestselling debut, cast an Indigenous lens on...

How Men Came to RuleIn this bold and radical book, award-winning science journalist Angela Saini goes in search of the true roots of gendered oppression, uncovering a complex history of...

A comprehensive and celebratory journey through the history of popular music, from the former New York Times music critic.From his allegiance to punk rock in his adolescence to becoming an...

Ai Weiwei — one of the world's most famous artists and activists — tells a century-long epic tale of China through the story of his own extraordinary life and the...

Takatāpui, Two-Spirit, and Indigenous LGBTQI+ well-beingIn these rigorous and challenging essays, writers from Aotearoa and Turtle Island (Canada and the United States of America) explore the well-being of takatāpui, two-spirit,...

Shortlisted for the 2024 ABIA Social Impact Book of the Year Award Longlisted for the 2023 Australian Political Book of the Year, the 2024 Indie Book Awards and the 2024...

The Origins of Our DiscontentsFrom one of America's most celebrated writers, the moving, eye-opening bestseller about power, history and what lies hidden under the surface of ordinary lives'The hierarchy of...

Britain and the Aftermath of EmpireBritain didn't just put the empire back the way it had found it.Uncommon Wealth is the little known and shocking history of how Britain treated...

Why are our lives shaped by such limited ideas about beauty? How can we break free of them for a happier, more inclusive future?We've all had those moments. The ones...

A haunting, intimate account of the women and men who built a feminist revolution in the middle of the Arab Spring.In 2012, the joyful hopes of the democratic Egyptian Revolution...

A critical collection of conversations with Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Gayl Jones and other Black women writers that changed the scope of Black literature in the 20th century and beyond.'Black...

A revelatory historical indictment of the long afterlife of slavery in the Atlantic worldTo fully understand why the shadow of slavery haunts us today, we must confront the flawed way...

A Reckoning with Silence, Inheritance and HistoryAn astonishing search for a missing person, the hidden tragedies of war and the truth of Nigeria’s history.Emmanuel Iduma never met his uncle, his...

The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake A renowned historian traces the life of a single object handed down through three generations of Black women to craft a...

A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to NowRISE is a love letter to and for Asian Americans — a vivid scrapbook of voices, emotions, and memories from...

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...

Abolitionist Queer StrategiesForeword by Mimi Thi NguyenSurviving the Future is a collection of the most current ideas in radical queer movement work and revolutionary queer theory.Beset by a new pandemic,...

The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space RaceSet amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA’s African-American female mathematicians who played...

A history in three metamorphosesThere is not just one story of silk. In silk is science, history and mythology. In silk is the future.Aarathi Prasad’s Silk is a gorgeous new...

To define Nigeria is to tell a half-truth. Many have tried, but most have concluded that it is impossible to capture the true scope and significance of Africa’s most populous...

Surviving the insanity of a racist worldAn all-encompassing, insightful and wry look at living in a racist world, by a leading Black British voice in the academy and in the...

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 Mohawk activist and scholar Taiaiake Alfred...

A landmark contribution to British art history, bringing together overlooked and marginalised perspectives from 'the critical decade'What is Black art and why don't we know more about it? Museums, galleries...

50 Women of Color who Reinvented the RulesRevolutionary Women is a celebration of women of colour, centring women who have historically been sidelined. For fans of Ann Shen’s beloved Bad...

A rousing exploration of the blues and jazz music that formed much of American popular music culture, penned by the iconic Beat writer and critic.In this essential and impassioned text,...

A defence of liberalism by the renowned political philosopher.Liberalism — the comparatively mild-mannered sibling to the more ardent camps of nationalism and socialism — has never been so divisive as...

A Gaijin Sarariman provides a first-hand account of the lifestyles, customs, and culture of the Japanese people, particularly that of the office-workers known as sarariman, along with their historic context...

A beautiful book that brings many lifetimes of sung Tiwi knowledge to the page for the first time.A joint project with the Indigenous Literary Foundation, Murli la is a beautifully...

A Pathway to ReconciliationReconciliation belongs to all of us. In this book, drawing from the lessons that he has learned along his pathway from residential school to the leader of...

How Mass Migration Will Reshape the World and What It Means for YouWhere will you live in 2030? Where will your children settle in 2040? What will the map of...

Aboriginal people and colonial commemorations in so-called AustraliaWhat is the place of Australia’s colonial memorials in today’s society? Do we remove, destroy or amend?Monumental Disruptionsinvestigates how these memorials have been...

The Making of the World’s Largest Muslim Minority, 1947–1977Another India tells the story of the world’s biggest religious minority. Weaving together vivid biographical portraits of a wide range of Indian...

An Indonesian ExperienceWar on Corruption: An Indonesian Experience is a courageous, informed, and sober insider's account of the challenge for democracy and the rule of law within the fourth most...

Black Lives and the Making of White Power and WealthIn this, provocative, timely, and painstakingly researched book, the award-winning author of Think Black tells the story of how Black labor...

For more than three decades, Louise Erdrich has won prizes, critical acclaim, and the hearts of readers the world over with her spellbinding novels of Native American life.In Books and...

On Race, Empire, and Men Unwittingly Turned DivineA provocative history of race, empire and myth, told through the stories of men who have been worshipped as gods — from Columbus...

A behind-the-scenes book about the Uluru Statement From The Heart, from the co-chairs of the Uluru Dialogue, Professor Megan Davis and Patricia Anderson, AO. The Australian story began long before...

An epic journey from slavery to freedomThe remarkable true story of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped slavery through daring, determination, and disguise, with Ellen passing as a wealthy, disabledWhite...

A memoir of life in the shadow of Alzheimer’sAs a cardiologist, Sandeep Jauhar is trained to think logically to solve medical problems, but there are no miracle drugs to cure...

All the detail you needThe Voice to Parliament Handbook is an easy-to-follow guide for the millions of Australians who have expressed support for the Uluru Statement from the Heart, but...

A Global History from Socrates to Social MediaA global history of free speech, from the ancient world to today. Hailed as the "first freedom," free speech is the bedrock of...

Australians will soon be faced with an important choice. Will they vote Yes to change our nation’s Constitution to introduce an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice? Or will they...

Sexual Modernity and the Making of RaceA groundbreaking new analysis of the making of modernity, sexuality and raceDeadly and Slick examines the historical emergence of race, gender, sexuality and nationality....

A love letter to the English countryside and some of the creatures which populate it, set against the backdrop of the author's own journey of discovery, as a new arrival...

In this classic work — a blend of memoir, social criticism, and political analysis that remains relevant today — the first Black Congresswoman to serve in American history, New York’s...

A collection of the New Yorker‘s groundbreaking writing on race in America, including work by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Hilton Als, Zadie Smith, and moreFrom the pages of...