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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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The Heart Of A Woman
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Maya Angelou
The Heart Of A Woman
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Gather Together In My Name
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Maya Angelou
Gather Together In My Name
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All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes
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Maya Angelou
All God's Children Need Travelling Shoes
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Hine Toa
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Ngahuia Te Awekotuku
Hine Toa
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Black Duck
Bruce Pascoe
Black Duck
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Model Minority Gone Rogue
Qin Qin
Model Minority Gone Rogue
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This Is Where You Have To Go
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Lynda Holden, Jo Tuscano
This Is Where You Have To Go
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Bullet, Paper, Rock
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Abbas El-Zein
Bullet, Paper, Rock
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Becoming a Composer
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Errollyn Wallen
Becoming a Composer
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On Call
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Ineke Meredith
On Call
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Outspoken
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Sima Samar, Sally Armstrong
Outspoken
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The House of Hidden Meanings
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RuPaul
The House of Hidden Meanings
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Some People Want to Shoot Me
Wayne Bergmann, Madelaine Dickie
Some People Want to Shoot Me
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Private Equity: Coming of Age at the Height of Capitalism
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Carrie Sun
Private Equity: Coming of Age at the Height of Capitalism
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Octavia E. Butler: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations
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Octavia Butler, Melville House, Samuel R. Delany
Octavia E. Butler: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations
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Smoke And Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories
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Amitav Ghosh
Smoke And Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories
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Messenger: The Legend of Muhammad Ali
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Marc Bernardin, Ron Salas
Messenger: The Legend of Muhammad Ali
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Black Ghosts: A Journey Into the Lives of Africans in China
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Noo Saro-Wiwa
Black Ghosts: A Journey Into the Lives of Africans in China
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Compound Cinematics: Akira Kurosawa and I
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Shinobu Hashimoto
Compound Cinematics: Akira Kurosawa and I
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Birdgirl
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Mya-Rose Craig
Birdgirl
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Landbridge: Life in Fragments
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Y-Dang Troeung
Landbridge: Life in Fragments
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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.
