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A stunning, thought-provoking novel about facing up to your family and your futureJoey is young, indifferent. He's drifting around Western Sydney unaware that his passivity is leading him astray. And...

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...

10 Years OnThe story of an urban-based high achieving Wiradyuri woman working to break down stereotypes and build bridges between black and white Australia.I'm Aboriginal. I'm just not the Aboriginal...

Carapace takes for its title an extension of the idea of shelter, protection and home and attempts to crack the outer shell of language to reveal the vulnerability of language...

Seventeen-year-old Phoebe's life is turned upside down when she moves from the city to the country to live with her dad in this powerful and uplifting story about family breakdowns,...

Lakesong is a debut collection of poems by Lakshmi Kanchi (also known as SoulReserve) published in collaboration with Centre for Stories and Red River Press in Delhi. Featuring poems that...

Winner 2015 black&write! Indigenous Writing Fellowship – a partnership between the State Library of Queensland's black&write! Indigenous Writing and Editing Project and Magabala BooksFrom a remarkable new voice in Indigenous...

ART is the second collaborative poetry work from Charmaine Papertalk Green and John Kinsella. It is a formidable call and response piece that builds on the stunning dialogue the two...

A masterful new story collection from award-winning Indigenous writer Tony BirchThese exceptional stories capture the importance of human connection at pivotal moments in our lives, whether those occur because of...

A celebration of the extraordinary turtle shell masks of the Torres Strait.Masked Histories celebrates the remarkable Torres Strait Islander turtle shell masks that were taken or traded by Europeans throughout...

A spellbinding literary debut set in Malaysia exploring family relationships, love and warMary is a difficult grandmother for Durga to love. Sharp-tongued and ferocious, Durga hopes simply to endure her...

Shortlisted for the 2022 Miles Franklin AwardFrom one of Australia's most celebrated authors comes a mother-daughter drama exploring the faultlines between love and control.One hundred days. It's no time at...

'Emma, you'll be totally fine ... If there's ever a doctor who's going to thrive in surgical training, I'm sure it's you.'Dedicated and ambitious, Emma Swann is about to start...

Translated and edited by Mid Tofighian and Moones MansoubiThe collected prison writings of Behrouz Boochani, with essays by experts on a wide range of topics from refugees, imprisoned writers and...

A 10-year anniversary edition of a classic Indigenous memoirWhen Chris Sarra arrived as the first Aboriginal principal of Cherbourg State School, it was a time of high hopes but low...

The Moral Case for the Uluru Statement from the HeartA collection of passionate essays from religious leaders arguing for a First Nations Voice to be enshrined in the Australian ConstitutionIn...

Transcend limiting beliefs and transform your life, so that you can manifest your limitless potential. Part inspiration, part memoir, Unbounded is for people who wish to explore their own identity...

Resilience looks upwards to the ever-changing, ever-present skies, where fingers and fist touch the horizon. Resilience is often deeply imagined and hard won. Resilience, by turn, is fervent, supple, rhizomatic,...

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...

National treasure Poh Ling Yeow invites you into her colourful world to share simple recipes, musings and more.Poh Ling Yeow believes that the simpler we eat, the happier we are,...

The National Aboriginal Educational Committee and the development of Aboriginal educational policy By the late 1960s, Indigenous education in Australia was in crisis. When Whitlam swept to power in 1972,...

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...

Direct from the traditional home kitchens of Bali, Paon is a cookbook of true Balinese food and recipes.Sharing more than 80 dishes alongside essays and beautiful photography capturing the life,...

‘Florentine is a book that appeals both to my sense of nostalgia and my appetite. It’s a beautiful book, with gorgeous pictures of Florence, and snatches of Florentine life, but...

A coming-of-age cozy fantasy with a queer cast, witches, and tarot. Perfect for fans of Legends & Lattes and Our Flag Means Death.Iris Galacia's tarot cards do more than entertain...

A single mother resorts to extreme measures to protect her young son. A Nigerian student undertakes a United Nations internship in the hope of a better future. A recently divorced...

WINNER - 2019 Queensland Literary Awards (Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Collection)WINNER - 2019 Mascara Avant-Garde Literary AwardSHORTLISTED - 2019 Prime Minister's Literary Awards (Poetry) SHORTLISTED - 2019...

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 groundbreaking celebration of the most accessible and popular Australian native ingredients and their uses in the everyday home kitchen.We know more about pine nuts than bunya nuts, kale than...

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...

Reflections on Tiddaism, Identity and Reconciliation (New Edition)A new edition of Murri historian and activist Jackie Huggins' seminal Tiddaist classic, featuring timely and compelling speeches and essays.The pieces in this...

White Nation, Against Paranoid Nationalism & Later WritingsA groundbreaking collection of seminal works by renowned anthropologist and cultural critic, Ghassan Hage. Praised by internationally acclaimed author ofComplaint!, Sara Ahmed, as...

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...

In the dystopian world of Mafinga, Jasmin must contend with a dictator’s sorcerer to cleanse the socialist state of its deadly pollution. Mafinga's malevolent king dislikes books and, together with...

A poignant and powerful novel about a fire-obsessed Indigenous boy living on the margins — from an electrifying new First Nations voice in Australian fiction, Melanie Saward. When a tragic...

A wildly imaginative, page-turning collection featuring ghost stories, science fiction and satire, with Aboriginal characters at its heart. An imprisoned man with strange visions writes letters to his sister. A...

SHORTLISTED for the 2022 CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers; 2022 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, Indigenous Writing Prize; 2022 NSW Premier's Literary Award, Indigenous Writers' Prize; 2022 Adelaide Festival...

Lessons on Fear, Intimacy and ConnectionA blend of memoir, essay and affirmations exploring love in all its forms.Be Not Afraid of Loveis a stunning collection of interconnected essays and affirmations...

One Woman’s Story of Triumph Over Trauma to Build a Life of Hope and GratitudeA Joyful Life is the astonishing memoir of Rosemary Kariuki, one of Australia's most beloved Local...

Winner of the 2022 ASA/HQ Fiction Prize. A finely observed debut novel of a young Muslim woman's experience of immigration to Australia from Sri Lankan-Australian writer Ayesha Inoon.Zia secretly longs...

A Whimsical Journey through Gardens and LifeIt is spring in Melbourne and I am not there.I had a taste for it before I left for India. The japonica was flowering...

The classic memoir of an Aboriginal woman’s love and determinationAuntie Rita is a revised edition of the bestselling and award-winning memoir of Aboriginal woman Rita Huggins first published in 1994....

Eh? You want bodies, blood, sex, gore, damning gods, raw uppercuts?Why, yes. Pooja Mittal Biswas welcomes you into the ring of identity and the hunt for an honest and rapier...

A stunning debut novel of a family torn apart by tradition and brought back together again by loveTheir mother was sick. Their mother was dying. Laila wanted her to come...

This debut collection of poetry explores the threads and gaps in family and national story — both oral and archival — to connect multiple generations of migration, separation, adoption, secrecy...

This is the story of the Vietnamese boat people — a real-life drama and action at sea, depicting the best and worst of humanity under adversity, trying to survive the...

This is a raw, gritty, inspiring, eye-opening true story of one woman's life that represents the lives of so many other Aboriginal women like her.Life is tough for the Connell...

A science-fiction novel involving clones, a psychic, and empathy as a recreational drug.We have always been we. Then they forced us to become you and I...Empathy consists of two stories...

A groundbreaking book that will broaden and expand your thinking, whether you are a trauma survivor, a clinician, someone who loves a survivor, or someone seeking to understand abuse.The relationship...

First Nations wisdom and womanhood.'I laughed, shed tears and felt those goosebumps when you know your soul is being spoken to and nourished.' — Chelsea Watego'If you've ever dimmed your...