Indigenous / First Nations

This book provides a concise overview of the history of Polynesia, focusing on New Zealand and its outlying islands, during the period 900-1600. It provides a thematic examination of Polynesia...

A busy person’s guide to Spirit, Source, and SelfAn accessible and practical guide to sprinkling more spirituality through your life, no matter how busy you are.Have you ever wondered if...

Like nothing you've read before, How to Loiter in a Turf War is a lucid, genre-bending, cinematic work of autobiographical fiction from one of Aotearoa's fiercest and most versatile artists.It's...

20 Years on from Linda Tuhiwai Smith's Decolonizing Methodologies Indigenous essays in honour of Linda Tuhiwai Smith celebrate the positive, shifting ground of how Indigenous writers are shaping the post-colonial...

10 Years OnThe story of an urban-based high achieving Wiradyuri woman working to break down stereotypes and build bridges between black and white Australia.I'm Aboriginal. I'm just not the Aboriginal...

More Than These Bones is an epic and intercontinental poetry work detailing the author’s journey through heartbreak and self-discovery. The book is rooted in place. Pieces land in multiple settings...

Reclaiming myself, my people, my countryA raw, moving and uplifting memoir about courage, resilience and the transformative power of love, from one of Australia's most captivating personalitiesMy story is about...

Winner of the 1985 Booker PrizeThe Bone People is a love story. It begins when a mute six-year-old, full of blasting hurt and strange charm, wanders off the beach and...

A Memoir The most inspirational and important memoir of 2022 For years, Amy Thunig thought she knew all the details about the day she was born, often demanding that the...

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...

Seventeen-year-old Phoebe's life is turned upside down when she moves from the city to the country to live with her dad in this powerful and uplifting story about family breakdowns,...

One woman’s journey to her moko kauae as an expression of her Kāi Tahu identity.I kā rā o mua, I would know my place in my tīpuna’s time, I would...

Te Kaihau | The Windeater was launched at the inaugural New Zealand Arts Festival Writers and Readers Week in March 1986, four months after The Bone People won the 1985...

In 1848, eight million hectares of land in Te Waipounamu — the South Island — was purportedly sold for just GBP2000. Hipa Te Maiharoa was a charismatic prophet who in...

In 20 short books, Penguin Classics brings you the new canon of great environmental worksOver the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As humans have driven the living...

Twelve diverse writers reveal another Australia hidden behind, beneath and beside the country we think we know.A suburban psychic's ominous warning. A conversation in Yuwaalaraay. A glimpse of a shameful,...

'As uncomfortable as it is, we need to reckon with our history. On January 26, no Australian can really look away.'Since publishing his critically acclaimed, Walkley Award-winning, bestselling memoir Talking...

WINNER 2022 NSW PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD INDIGENOUS WRITER'S PRIZE2022 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS HIGHLY COMMENDEDGundagai, 1852. The powerful Murrumbidgee River surges through town leaving death and destruction in its wake....

Aboriginal Identity & the Fight for RightsWhat does reconciliation and truth-telling look like, and how do we as a nation find justice for Indigenous people?In this deeply personal work, Inala...

Winner 2015 black&write! Indigenous Writing Fellowship – a partnership between the State Library of Queensland's black&write! Indigenous Writing and Editing Project and Magabala BooksFrom a remarkable new voice in Indigenous...

We leave base camp and start our trek across this vast country. We invite you to walk with us in a movement of the Australian people for a better future.On...

ART is the second collaborative poetry work from Charmaine Papertalk Green and John Kinsella. It is a formidable call and response piece that builds on the stunning dialogue the two...

One of the classics of Australian literature, Alexis Wright’s Miles Franklin award-winning novel is being rereleased in a new edition designed by Jenny Grigg. Accompanies the April release ofPraiseworthy, Wright’s...

The new novel by Alexis Wright, whose previous novel Carpentaria won the Miles Franklin Award and four other major prizes including the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year Award.The...

A masterful new story collection from award-winning Indigenous writer Tony BirchThese exceptional stories capture the importance of human connection at pivotal moments in our lives, whether those occur because of...

A ground-breaking YA thriller about a Native American teen who must root out the corruption in her community. For fans of Angie Thomas and Tommy Orange.Eighteen-year-old Daunis's mixed heritage has...

'We don't say any words — everything has been said through two sets of eyes, two entangled souls and endless kissing.'Evie has been raised in the heart of Aboriginal Redfern,...

Contacting the Power of the Wild WomanThe 2 million-copy bestselling cult feminist classicGo out in the woods, go out. If you don't go out in the woods nothing will ever...

A celebration of the extraordinary turtle shell masks of the Torres Strait.Masked Histories celebrates the remarkable Torres Strait Islander turtle shell masks that were taken or traded by Europeans throughout...

Dave "the Brown Buttabean"Letele's incredible life has taken him from footy to failure, crime to community, fat to fit and riches to rags — and back again.Today, he is an...

A Sumatran Odyssey Translated by Jennifer LindsayRejection is an epic family drama by Ashadi Siregar set against the turbulent years following Indonesia's independence.The story follows Tondi who as a young...

The separation of Ranginui & PapatūānukuStunning retelling of the Māori creation story about the separation of Ranginui, sky-father, and Papatūānuku, earth-mother.​Te Wehenga is the separation of Ranginui, sky-father, and Papatūānuku,...

A debut novel from a rising literary star that brings the modern queer and Indigenous experience into sharp relief.An unnamed narrator abandons his unfinished thesis and returns to northern Alberta...

A 10-year anniversary edition of a classic Indigenous memoirWhen Chris Sarra arrived as the first Aboriginal principal of Cherbourg State School, it was a time of high hopes but low...

The ultimate book about growing up in Australia — a choice selection of wonderful stories and recollectionsThis special collection is the perfect addition to Black Inc.'s definitive 'Growing Up' series....

A beautiful book that brings many lifetimes of sung Tiwi knowledge to the page for the first time.A joint project with the Indigenous Literary Foundation, Murli la is a beautifully...

Feel-good baking to share aroha and feed hungry tummies Delightful baking to put smiles on faces, from tried-and-tested classics to new twists on crowd-pleasers Baking should be a simple pleasure,...

Isolde, newly coronated queen, has finally found a king worthy of her in the vampire Adrian. But their love for each other has cost Isolde her father and her homeland....

The number-one bestselling thriller from the award-winning author of The Wrong Woman and The Last GuestsPsychologist Margot Scott has a picture-perfect life: a nice house in the suburbs, a husband,...

The National Aboriginal Educational Committee and the development of Aboriginal educational policyBy the late 1960s, Indigenous education in Australia was in crisis. When Whitlam swept to power in 1972, his...

A Pathway to ReconciliationReconciliation belongs to all of us. In this book, drawing from the lessons that he has learned along his pathway from residential school to the leader of...

Celebrating Modern Recipes of the American IndianModern Indigenous cuisine from the renowned Native foods educator and chef of Mitsitam Café at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American IndianFrom Freddie...

He’s the viral sensation on TikTok who’s showing families that you don’t need to spend a motser to feed your hungry household. Western Sydney dad Nathan Lyons regularly feeds his...

Winner of the 2020 Miles Franklin Award The yield in English is the reaping, the things that man can take from the land. In the language of the Wiradjuri yield...

When a mother and daughter take the overseas trip of a lifetime, they discover that the past is never quite behind them.When Indigenous lawyer Jasmine decides to take her mother...

Over 50 years in print!Pounamu Pounamu is classic Ihimaera and also classic New Zealand literature. First published in 1972, it was Witi's first book, which as he says in the...

A breathtaking account of Maori food - its traditions, ingredients and tikanga - from our brightest culinary star.Monique Fiso is a modern-day food warrior, taking Maori cuisine to the world.After...

In this gripping debut, a young Cree woman's dreams lead her on a perilous journey of self-discovery that ultimately forces her to confront the toll of a legacy of violence...

Ten Years of First Nations StorytellingAn anthology of writing produced by Indigenous creatives from Western Sydney that has been praised by ArtsHub as 'a light shone on First Nations writers'.Blacklight:...

WINNER OF THE JANN MEDLICOTT ACORN PRIZE FOR FICTIONWINNER OF THE MITOQ BEST FIRST BOOK OF FICTIONWINNER OF THE NGAIO MARSH AWARD FOR BEST CRIME NOVELauē1. (verb) to cry, howl,...