Collection:
First Nations (local)
First Nations works from so-called Australia.
Edenglassie
Right Story, Wrong Story
The Boundary
First Nations Writing
how to make a basket
Me, Antman & Fleabag
Gawimarra: gathering
My Tidda, My Sister
Living on Stolen Land
Australia Day
Purple Threads
The White Girl
Where's All the Community?: Aboriginal Melbourne Revisited
Black Thoughts Matter
Good Young Men
The White Possessive
Always Was Always Will Be
I'm Not Really Here
Plains of Promise
The Great Undoing
Mabu Mabu
Big Love
After Story
Whisper Songs
The Boy from the Mish
Women & Children
Plants: Past, Present and Future
Don't Take Your Love to Town
Two Sisters
The Frog's First Song
The Eagle and the Crow
I Am Nannertgarrook
Warra Warra Wai
Song of the Crocodile
Smoke Encrypted Whispers
Mazin Grace
Jagun: A First Nations Colouring Book
Nganajungu Yagu
The Swan Book
Firelight
Finding the Heart of the Nation
Tiddas
The Window Seat
Holocaust Island
Politics: Philosophical Ordering by Country
Two Tongues
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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.