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Both Not Half
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Jassa Ahluwalia
Both Not Half
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Briefly Perfectly Human
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Alua Arthur
Briefly Perfectly Human
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Trails and Tribulations: The Running Adventures of Susie Chan
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Susie Chan
Trails and Tribulations: The Running Adventures of Susie Chan
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We Will Not Be Saved
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Nemonte Nenquimo
We Will Not Be Saved
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Never Saw Me Coming
Tanya Smith
Never Saw Me Coming
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Living the Asian Century: An Undiplomatic Memoir
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Kishore Mahbubani
Living the Asian Century: An Undiplomatic Memoir
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Hip-Hop Is History
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Questlove, Ben Greenman
Hip-Hop Is History
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The Bookshop Woman
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Nanako Hanada
The Bookshop Woman
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Transitional
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Munroe Bergdorf
Transitional
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All My Bicycles
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Powerpaola
All My Bicycles
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Road Home
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Rex Ogle
Road Home
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My Battle of Hastings
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Xiaolu Guo
My Battle of Hastings
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Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than The Life You Deserve
Drew Afualo
Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than The Life You Deserve
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The Martyr and the Red Kimono
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Naoko Abe
The Martyr and the Red Kimono
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The Tale of a Wall
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Nasser Abu Srour
The Tale of a Wall
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In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story
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Ghada Karmi
In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story
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Legitimate Kid
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Aida Rodriguez
Legitimate Kid
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Dinner on Monster Island: Essays
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Tania De Rozario
Dinner on Monster Island: Essays
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A Naga Odyssey: Visier's Long Way Home
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Visier Meyasetsu Sanyü, Richard Broome
A Naga Odyssey: Visier's Long Way Home
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Mourning a Breast
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Xi Xi
Mourning a Breast
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Walking through Fire
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Nawal El Saadawi
Walking through Fire
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A Daughter of Isis
Nawal El Saadawi
A Daughter of Isis
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Not Your China Doll
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Katie Gee Salisbury
Not Your China Doll
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Troubled
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Rob Henderson
Troubled
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Safe Space
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Alyssa Huynh
Safe Space
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Growing Up Indian in Australia
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Aarti Betigeri
Growing Up Indian in Australia
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Unearthing
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Kyo Maclear
Unearthing
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The Book of Secrets: A Personal History of Betrayal in Red China
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Xinran
The Book of Secrets: A Personal History of Betrayal in Red China
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Is That You‚ Ruthie?
Ruth Hegarty
Is That You‚ Ruthie?
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I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki
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Baek Se-hee
I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki
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Fragile Creatures
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Khin Myint
Fragile Creatures
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Never Far from Home
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Bruce Jackson
Never Far from Home
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The Death of a Jaybird
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Jodi M. Savage
The Death of a Jaybird
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Kayang & Me
Kim Scott, Hazel Brown
Kayang & Me
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Father of the Lost Boys
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Yuot A. Alaak
Father of the Lost Boys
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Hana: The audacity to be free
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Hana Assafiri
Hana: The audacity to be free
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Growing Up Torres Strait Islander in Australia
Samantha Faulkner
Growing Up Torres Strait Islander in Australia
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Long Walk To Freedom
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Nelson Mandela
Long Walk To Freedom
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Across Mountains, Land and Sea
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Arman Azadi
Across Mountains, Land and Sea
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Because I Love Him
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Ashlee Donohue
Because I Love Him
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If Everyone Cared Enough: Her Voice Reclaimed
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Margaret Tucker
If Everyone Cared Enough: Her Voice Reclaimed
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Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
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Salman Rushdie
Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
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Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir
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Ai Weiwei
Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir
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A Song Flung Up to Heaven
Maya Angelou
A Song Flung Up to Heaven
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Singin' & Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas
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Maya Angelou
Singin' & Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas
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Mom and Me and Mom
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Maya Angelou
Mom and Me and Mom
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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
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Maya Angelou
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
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Amplify is an antiracist social enterprise bookshop dedicated to books by BIPOC authors. It was born out of a frustration with the structural racism in the publishing industry and a desire to tangibly make a change in a rigid industry.
We started as an online bookstore in 2020 and expanded into our Peel St shopfront in November 2024. There, you can browse our curation in person and attend bookish events.
After being online-only for four years we opened our physical shopfront in November 2025. The bricks-and-mortar shop allows us to showcase the collection in full for leisurely browsing, chats, and holds a third space offering in our reading room.
We host a wide range of bookish and community-oriented events at Amplify. They are cosy, affordable, alcohol-free, and a great, low-stakes way to meet new people.
We offer various community events including speed dating, book swaps, crafting workshops, book launches, and author salons. Our in-house book club is held once a month in our reading room.
Publishing has a diversity problem. There are less diverse books being published which limits the discoverability and reach of those authors.
We give BIPOC authors a space where they don't have to fight to be seen.
