Indigenous / First Nations

From the bestselling author of Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (River of Dreams) comes another groundbreaking historical novel about resistance, resilience and love during the frontier wars. Miinaa was a young girl when the white...

The powerful new novel from the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author In Argus, North Dakota, a fraught wedding is taking place. Gary Geist, a terrified young man set to inherit two...

Winner of the 2018 Stella Prize A collective memoir of one of Aboriginal Australia's most charismatic leaders and an epic portrait of a period in the life of a country,...

Indigenous Traditions as a Recipe for Living Well Based on over ten years of fieldwork in Peru and Aotearoa New Zealand, Recovering Our Ancestral Foodways explores how Quechua and Māori...

  A ground-breaking essay collection that shifts the shape of what First Nations writing can be and do in Australia todayShapeshifting, co-edited by Jeanine Leane and Ellen van Neerven, is...

We Are Still Here A blockbuster memoir from one of Australia's most powerful voices, Long Yarn Short is the incredible story of a young woman's journey - from being stolen...

ngayawanj bagan-nggul, ngayawanj barra barra-nggul is a collection of poems and stories in Dhurga and English, by students from Vincentia High School. The accompanying artwork, created by the students for...

Kalokalo, meaning stars in Vosa vakaViti, is Arieta Rika’s first published collection of poems, spanning themes of motherhood, romance, friendship, grief, anger, healing, love. Published by Rarama Ink in collaboration...

From the bestselling author of Devil's Breath, Jill Johnson is back with another gripping Professor Eustacia Rose Mystery...Betrayal is a bitter poison . . .After a nerve-racking investigation, Professor Eustacia Rose's life is...

Native Lands analyzes the role of visual and literary culture in contemporary Indigenous campaigns for territorial rights. In the post-1960s era, Indigenous artists and writers have created works that align with...

A First English Translation “A dazzlingly fresh take on universal themes.… [B]ursting with practical wisdom.” ―Skye C. Cleary, author of How to Be Authentic A philosophy grounded not in a...

From the award-winning author of Song of the Crocodile comes a lyrical and masterfully woven novel about women, creation, belonging and the precious fragility of a life. 'Mothers are experts...

The Campaign for Justice and Recognition Continues In Always Was, Always Will Be, bestselling author Thomas Mayo investigates 'what's next?' for reconciliation and justice in Australia after the failed October 2023...

Ancient wisdom of the Maori goddesses to help you navigate the modern world Atua wahine are the Maori goddesses who make up the world around us: earth, fire, water, the...

From award-winning author, Jane Harrison, comes an audacious, earthy, funny, gritty and powerful re-imagining of a crucial moment in Australia's history - an unputdownable work of fiction. WINNER OF THE...

A personal exploration of the impact of colonisation This is a difficult piece to write. It cuts closer to the bone than most of what I have written; closer to...

A wonderful coming-of-age queer romance from the multi award-winning author of The Boy from the Mish. Jonah is the new kid in a country town. When he joins the local...

How one Indigenous woman from the remote Pilbara transformed psychology A powerful memoir that explores how one Indigenous woman from the Pilbara transformed psychology From humble beginnings in the remote...

A graceful, illuminating study of the wisdom of the natural world, from a world-renowned indigenous scientist As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature...

From the bestselling author of The Bone Tree comes a lively and playful bilingual collection of stories about growing up in Patea. Interlinked and full of recurring characters, these stories are about...

A memoir of hope and resistance in the Amazon rainforest 'I'm here to tell you my story, which is also the story of my people and the story of this...

WINNER OF THE 2018 BLACK&WRITE! FELLOWSHIP WINNER OF THE 2021 THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND FICTION BOOK AWARD WINNER OF THE 2021 ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE AWARDS (AUSTRALIAN...

A story of two brothers, born and raised in the shadow of Taranaki Maunga, from major new literary talent and no. 1 bestselling author Airana Ngarewa. Kauri and Black's mum...

WHO REALLY KILLED THE PRIMROSE FAMILY? The violent slaughter of the Primrose family while they slept shocked the nation. The family's young live-in chef, Bill Kareama, was swiftly charged with murder and...

On a sweltering day, 26 January, 1788, on a bluff high above Sydney Cove, seven Aboriginal men stand looking out to sea. Moored off-shore is a huge nowee (boat) …...

A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection of horror, fantasy, science fiction, and gritty crime by both new and established Indigenous authors that dares to ask the question- "Are you ready...

That day at the First Church of Gracie changed everything for Gem Echols, and not just because Marian and Poppy betrayed them. Forced to use the Ouroboros knife on Zephyr,...

A feisty, funny and poignant novel - about being 17; being Indigenous and navigating high school, cultural and personal expectations and responsibility - by proud Ydinji woman Steph Tisdell, writer,...

In response to the damage caused by centuries of colonial ravaging and the current ecological, political and social crises, the leading Indigenous thinker and activist Ailton Krenak warns against the...

A powerful indictment of the criminal behaviour of police officers, and a call for institutional reform, edited by the multi-award-winning author of Black and Blue. When Cops Are Criminals examines...

'in ember and ash / the heart of the Noongar Nation beats buried...' Refugia is an unparalleled work of vision and political fury from Noongar and Yawuru poet and scholar...

An updated edition of this remarkable story, with a new postscript. Visier Meyasetsu Sany, his family and fellow villagers of Khonoma, fled for their lives to the jungles of Nagaland...

I believe history is for healing. But you need to tell the whole story, the good and the bad. Telling the truth to the younger ones, the next generation, will...

Aunty June is the proud owner of a TAFE certificate III in Investigative Services. It took her thirty hours to complete online. Now, she has set up her own private...

From the New York Times bestselling horror writer comes a classic slasher story with a twist-perfect for fans of Riley Sager and Grady Hendrix. 1989, Lamesa, Texas. A community driven...

The final installment in the most lauded trilogy in the history of horror novels picks up four years after Don’t Fear the Reaper as Jade returns to Proofrock, Idaho, to...

THE REMARKABLE STORY OF AUSTRALIA'S FIRST NATIONS LANGUAGES, FROM PRECOLONIAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT Australia's language diversity is truly breathtaking. This continent lays claim to the world's longest continuous collection...

A dazzling and impressive follow-up to Money's highly acclaimed debut, how to make a basket. We gather marks. Our bodies, our stories, our histories and our world are made of...

Indigenous Practices of Environmental Repossession Because This Land Is Who We Are is an exploration of environmental repossession, told through a collaborative case study approach, and engaging with Indigenous communities...

This is Aotearoa, New Zealand. This is a novel about who we are now. Past, present and future. All that we have is All That We Know. Meet Mareikura Pohe:...

A searing indictment of the media's failures in reporting Indigenous affairs - and a powerful corrective that shows how Black journalism can pave the way for equality and justice. From...

Water will come and you think it will be soft. You think it will be smooth and find its way around your things: your houses and cars and furniture, your...

Tossed Up by the Beak of a Cormorant is a poetic collaboration between award-winning poet Nandi Chinna and Aboriginal elder Professor Anne Poelina. It explores the politics and the culture of...

From award-winning Wiradyuri author, Anita Heiss, comes a fun, light-hearted and empowering story featuring a deadly Koori heroine who is forced to choose between her dream job and the man...

In her debut novel, international superstar Pia Mia pulls back the curtain on love, lies and living life in the Hollywood spotlight. . . Sand in my toes, wind in...

A powerful and lyrical collection of poetry by the winner of the 2020 David Unaipon Award.the end of the world was marked with beautiful light we should have knownSimmering with protest...

Some passions just can't be tamed ... Brynn thought she'd be chasing her dreams, not chasing dogs, when she set off on the adventure of a lifetime. When Bigambul woman...

Now included in UQP's First Nations Classics series with an introduction from Mykaela Saunders, Plains of Promise is a masterful novel from the only writer to have won both the Miles...

Now included in UQP's First Nations Classics series with an introduction from Tony Birch, Smoke Encrypted Whispers is a stunning collection of exhilarating poems, urban songlines and ancestral ties that have become...

Now included in UQP's First Nations Classics series with an introduction from Jared Thomas, Me, Antman & Fleabag is full of black humour - a warm and deliciously funny story...