Essays

Fifty new books at e1 each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetryI am Black and lesbian, and what...

Emerging voices, urgent truths: a bold and unflinching examination of racism against Pacific peoples in New Zealand. Racism. There, we said it. You can let your shoulders drop now that...

Books of Mana celebrates the rich tradition of Maori authorship in Aotearoa New Zealand. It reveals the central place of over 200 years of print literacy within te ao Maori...

The Art and Activism of Complaining A moving exploration of the solace and power of listening in an unjust world, from the author of The Feminist Killjoy Handbook'Behind many disasters are...

The Buddha in the World From Pankaj Mishra, the Windham-Campbell Prize-winning author of The World After Gaza, a meditation on the life and legacy of the Buddha, refracted through one man's...

From the Pulitzer Prize?winning author of The Sympathizer (now an HBO series) comes a moving and unflinchingly personal meditation on the literary forms of otherness and a bold call for expansive political...

Miles Franklin-award winner Melissa Lucashenko's searing essays and journalism published together for the first time.'For thousands of years, global narratives have had, as their explicit task, the expansion of the...

A new collection of literary criticism and brilliant insights from one of the giants of contemporary thinking. Who owns language? In Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas, Ngugi wa Thiong'o presents...

An illuminating new essay collection from one of the most distinctive, exciting and acclaimed writers of her generation, Zadie Smith In this keenly awaited new collection, Zadie Smith brings her...

53 Ways to Get Closer to Books Translated by Shanna Tan From the internationally bestselling author of Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop comes a warm and reflective collection of essays about reading,...

Creating Work That Transforms Communities A historical and philosophical exploration of the impact of design on underserved communities, examining the field’s shortcomings as well as its potential to create positive...

Meanjin 1977 to Today‘This is writing about us, by us’, as selected by Jeanine Leane and Dan Bourchier.First Nations Writing: Meanjin 1977 to today captures powerful Aboriginal and Torres Strait...

A bold, provocative collection of essays by a Pulitzer winner on one of the most urgent questions of our time- what is authority when everyone has an opinion on everything?'A...

In her first book of nonfiction, prizewinning author Tina Makereti writes from inside her many intersecting lives as a wahine Māori – teacher, daughter, traveller, parent – and into a...

A deeply moving and revelatory reading experience, the essays collected in Portrait of an Island on Fire form a searing account of Mauritius at a crucial moment in its history. ...

Byung-Chul Han, a star of German philosophy, continues his passionate critique of neoliberalism, trenchantly describing a regime of technological domination that, in contrast to Foucault s biopower, has discovered the...

Translated by Megan McDowell In Somebody is Walking on Your Grave, Mariana Enriquez blends journalistic rigour and her fascination with the macabre as we encounter famous graveyards steeped in history, such as...

Stories of Leaving and Becoming In this richly woven tapestry of stories, nine Arab women share their deeply personal journeys of migration to Australia, each reflecting on the legacies of...

A radical anthology shaking up the canon by bringing together perspectives on art and activism across eras and cultures. Thinkers, activists, and artists have long grappled with definitions of art,...

The Unpublished Works I am gonna write poems til I die and when I have gotten outta this body I am gonna hang round in the wind and knock over...

The incredible and courageous diary of an Afghan women's writing group during the Fall of Kabul 'A real-time, moving and intimate portrait of a year living under the Taliban' DUA LIPA'S...

  'Tawada's strange, exquisite book toys with ideas of language, identity and what it means to own someone else's story or one's own' The New Yorker on Tawada's Memoirs of a Polar Bear Are you...

An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women Spanning time, styles, and traditions, a dazzling collection of essential works from 140 Latine writers, scholars, and activists from across the world—from...

A powerful reflection on race, racism and writing from the Orwell Prize-winning journalist, Gary Younge. ‘Responsible but not beholden; substantial as well as symbolic; sympathetic but not pandering; political but...

  90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books'I walked in a daze of illusions toward my future.'Deeply felt and told with an intrepid spirit, Tales from the Heart are the...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksRazor-sharp, pugnacious and blackly funny, Wang Xiaobo's essays established him as one of China's most popular - and subversive - writers. From...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksAll moonlight is moving, wherever it may be...Japanese gentlewoman Sei Shonagon invites us to look behind the painted screens in the Emperor's...

Reflections on Self-Delusion A Times book of the yearA Guardian book of the year What happens to our behaviour when we live most of our lives online? What does it...

The phenomenal New York Times bestselling account of mental illness that remakes the nature of memoir'I've inherited a love of a writing and a talent for the visual arts from my mother,...

First published in 1963, James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time stabbed at the heart of America's so-called "Negro problem." As remarkable for its masterful prose as for its frank and personal...

A unique exploration into Indigenous ways of knowing, being and relating, with an in-depth focus on kinship systems and how their cyclical nature foiled attempts by missionaries to destroy them.Part...

Thanks to his prolific movie career (seventy-eight movies and counting) and endearing real-life persona, Keanu Reeves has become the universal screen saver of pop culture—nobody can go a few days...

A rich, thought-provoking collection of essays, critiques and interviews from the influential author of Ain't I a Woman and All About Love'There must be a revolution in the way we see, the way...

One State for Israel and Palestine A timely collection on the most pressing global issue of our time. After Zionism brings together some of the world's leading thinkers on the most...

"A vital addition to books on masculinity. It is opening up conversations, whilst offering guidance towards joyful, emotional, non-violent masculinities"—Bad Form From Blurred Lines to gang signs, how does society cause...

How do power and beauty join forces to determine who is considered ugly? What role does that ugliness play in fomenting hatred? Moshtari Hilal, an Afghan-born author and artist who...

And The Politics Of Appeal Perfect Victims is an urgent affirmation of the Palestinian condition of resistance and refusal an ode to the steadfastness of a nation. Palestine is a microcosm...

On Sailing, Craft, and Community A lingering, long-haul collection of writing about sailing for readers of Julietta Singh and Kyo Maclear. In Relative to Wind, Phoebe Wang delivers a poetic...

'A compelling call for identity and justice.' ANTHONY LEWISA groundbreaking account of the history of Palestine by one of the world's most eloquent scholars of the Middle East, featuring a...

Lessons From More Than 100 Retreats From the bestselling author of The Art of Stillness, a revelatory exploration of the abiding clarity and calm to be found in quiet retreatOver the...

A collection of essays on archiving the history of hip-hop, featuring a range of official, unofficial, DIY, and community archives. Despite the vast popularity and cultural influence of hip-hop, efforts...

Indian democracy is in trouble. A still widely popular, democratically elected leader stands athwart it, dangerously authoritarian and disrespectful of civil liberties, the independence of the courts and the press,...

A Legal Life Well-Rounded A collection of anecdotal evidence from an unusual Malaysian lawyer as he grows up in legal practice and conducts his civil, criminal, conveyancing and public interest...

The wise words of science fiction icon Octavia E. Butler live on in this beautiful and giftable little volume. “There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems....

A groundbreaking exploration of gender and desire from the Pulitzer Prize–winning essayist and critic With a New Afterword by the Author ABA IndieBound Bestseller “Everyone is female, and everyone hates...

On Feminism, Race, Faith and Belonging A collection of fascinating, highly relatable memoir-style essays about coming of age and finding your feet as a second-generation Australian Muslim. As a Pakistani-Australian...

WINNER: 2016 Indigenous Writer's Prize in the NSW Premier's Literary AwardsWINNER: 2016 Book of the Year in the NSW Premier's Literary AwardsSHORTLISTED: 2014 History Book Award in the Queensland Literary...

Notes From the Women That White Feminists Forgot I'm a feminist. Mostly.I'm an asshole. Mostly. All too often the focus of mainstream feminism is not on basic survival for the...

In the summer of 2020, Cole Arthur Riley was desperate for a spirituality she could trust. Amidst ongoing national racial violence, the isolation of the pandemic, and a surge of...

'Brims with ideas and insights . . . Ghosh is at his sparkling best' IRISH TIMES Wild Fictions brings together Amitav Ghosh's extraordinary writing on the subjects that have obsessed...