Oceania

Professor Eustacia Rose is trying to get her old life back. But as always, things get more complicated when poisonous plants - and people - start to disappear . ....

The first full account of the defection of the KGB agent Oleg Lyalin in 1971, which rescued MI5 after a series of disastrous intelligence failures Drawing on newly declassified intelligence...

Joan has failed to stop Eleanor and her monstrous plan.Eleanor now rules ruthlessly over a new London, in which monsters live openly among humans, preying on them and subjugating them.Only...

Guardian Top 25 Best Australian Books for 2025A gripping family saga about three generations fractured by secrets, and the three strong women who must bring them into the light.Ruth, the widowed...

What is Donald Trump trying to achieve and where does Australia end up in all of this?What we do now will affect our destiny for the rest of this century....

Years later, when I found my mother, I asked, ‘Why did you let me go?’My mother told me, in a very soft voice, ‘My son, you were going to school....

The ultimate compendium of regional Mexican cuisine. La Mesa Mexicana is the follow-up cookbook to CDMX by Rosa Cienfuegos. Expanding to the eight culinary regions of Mexico, Cienfuegos’s third book...

Tunui | Comet is the first collection in more than a decade by one of our most important living Maori poets. Rolling easily between korero Maori and the canonical traditions...

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...

For lovers of Elizabeth Acevedo and Angie Cruz comes this extraordinary debut novel from Uruguayan-Australian author Natalia Figueroa Barroso. The power of Hailstones Fell without Rain lies in its pacy,...

The new genre-defying book from the two-time Prime Minister's Award winning author of Red Heaven and Belomor. A Siberian composer named Valentin comes to a remote roadhouse in the Western...

The art of evading my problems across three continents It’s no fun losing an identity if you’ve dedicated your life to it, whether it’s love, work or the place you...

In Deep History: Country and Sovereignty, edited by Jackie Huggins and Ann McGrath, leading historians and thinkers explore the First Nations histories of caring for places and people over millennia....

Cute and relaxing Halloween colouring book Rediscover the joy of colouring in with adorable illustrations from Australian artist Cherry Lam.Begin your new cosy, creative hobby!Unlock childlike joy with delightful Halloween...

A coming of age novel in a world marked by political turmoil and the threat of violence As a child in Pakistan, Jahan was raised on her grandmother's stories, influenced...

Salads, sweets and stories to savour, together The author of cult classic Community returns, with a cookbook about making friends and forging connection over salad. 'My culinary life began with salad....

Preserving vegetables and family traditions Discover the centuries-old practices of Japanese pickling and fermenting, and learn to make delicious preserved vegetables at home. In The Japanese Art of Pickling and...

You, too, can make creations you've only dreamed of... you are the master of your own imagination!Embark on a journey of imagination and discovery in Christy Tania's first dessert cookbook,...

To the colonized, the term 'research' is conflated with European colonialism; the ways in which academic research has been implicated in the throes of imperialism remains a painful memory.This essential...

THIS JOB IS ABOUT TO HOOK, LINE AND SINK HER… Ore has (almost) landed her dream job as an investigative reporter for the New Yorker. There’s only one catch –...

A story of reconnection to te ao Maori from the New Zealand journalist and news presenter Well-known journalist and presenter Mike McRoberts opens up about his experiences of reconnection to...

A graceful meditation on how ceremony and ritual can nourish our lives - and a powerful testament to the wisdom of First Nations practices, offering deeper ways to understand the...

Crackling with energy and flair, this stylish book from Maxine Beneba Clarke—author of The Patchwork Bike and creator of When We Say Black Lives Matter—is all about the power of...

'Bathypelagia is a wonder of animacy and transformation. Cannily constructed in three zones, this book criss-crosses between the still-barely known zones of our oceans, resemblances of domestic life particularly of motherhood...

Grace Yee's follow-up to her triple award-winning poetry collection Chinese Fish. In the White Hills Cemetery in Bendigo the remains of more than a thousand 'chinamen' lie interred, many in unmarked...

A Memoir Dr SA. If you saw my initials you would not know what they represent except that I am a doctor.My first name is Sarah. So now you know...

Not Telling is a lyrical analysis of the possibilities and limitations of language. In three distinct sections it entwines notions of speech and silence with intolerable psychic matter such as...

Science, reason and the threat to 200 years of progress A gripping journey through the past, present and future of vaccines. Vaccination is arguably the greatest public health achievement in...

How can anti-colonial research methodologies be transformative and achieve knowledge justice? This book brings together leading scholars from around the world to share methodological knowledge grounded in First Nations and...

An encyclopaedia of a Palestinian family ‘What is the task but to find my way back to the unfragmentation of the world as we knew it; to collect the uncollected,...

Every Word Matters is an essential guide for writers who want to make a difference. Renowned for her insightful columns in the Guardian, Dr Ranjana Srivastava brings her signature clarity...

‘Fifty years ago the Polynesian Panther Party began to shine a light on racism and oppressive systems, and we made small changes. But these small changes were and are so...

An Illustrated Compendium In Dogs of the World, animal illustrator Lili Chin introduces more than six hundred breeds of dog from around the globe in a captivating canine gallery, from...

A sweeping historical love story that brings Torres Straight Islander culture to life. For readers of Anita Heiss. A sweeping, heart-warming and ultimately triumphant story of the life of a...

Cute and relaxing colouring book Cosy up and rediscover the joy of colouring in with charming illustrations from Australian artist Cherry Lam.Begin your new cosy, creative hobby! Unlock childlike joy...

From acclaimed author Makiia Lucier, a dazzling, romantic fantasy inspired by Pacific Island mythology. In the old tales, it is written that the egg of a seadragon, dragonfruit, holds within...

There's something dangerous in the air. It shimmers in the night, wrapped in the warm, humid breeze. I stand on the kerb outside my cousin's house waiting for my sister.Zillah...

Asian Migrant Women's Tales of Migration, Coloniality and Racial Capitalism Featuring stories of early settler and contemporary Asian migrant women in Asia-Pacific region, Fire Dragon Feminism discusses Asian migrant women's...

Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2020 A family story about the unbreakable connection between the living and the dead Set in Iran in the decade following the 1979 Islamic...

From International Booker Prize finalist Shokoofeh Azar, a stylistically audacious and emotionally powerful novel about one large, complicated family and a passionate love affair. Spanning fifty years in the history...

You won't find 'terraglossia' on Google, or in a dictionary. It's a word coined by acclaimed academic and award-winning author Dr Debra Dank in response to the first Europeans' description...

THE LATEST GUILD HUNTER BOOK FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR NALINI SINGH Aodhan and Illium. Adi and Blue. Sparkle and Bluebell. Friends become lovers, their future a wild unknown. Finally reunited...

The Handy Dandy Book of Terms to Describe What It's Like Being a Black Person Navigating White Spaces, White Systems and White Institutions in White Australia Whitetology is a creative...

Detective Beans is back to solve all the mysteries that you need solved, and even the ones you don't need solved. He's that good. In between playing Scrabble, having sleepovers...

A beginner's guide to building better money habits. Money makes the world go round, but what happens when you have none? Te Kahukura Boynton is Maori Millionaire, and her debut...

Now included in UQP's First Nations Classics series with an introduction from Gayle Kennedy, Broken Dreams is a moving and inspiring story of a life transformed in an accident, told with dignity...

Now included in UQP's First Nations Classics series with an introduction from Samuel Wagan Watson, Dancing Home is part road-movie, part 'Koori-noir' from an original and darkly funny new voice.'When he was...

Now included in UQP's First Nations Classics series with an introduction from Amy Thunig-McGregor, Aboriginal Women by Degrees follows the inspiring journeys of thirteen First Nations women into tertiary education.From a unique...

A delightful new historical cosy crime mystery, perfect for fans of THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF ILL-MANNERED LADIES, BRIDGERTON and THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB A missing maid. A murder most foul....

Another gorgeous YA rom-com from Chinese Australian author Ann Liang. Leah Zhang has spent her whole life in LA — it’s all she’s ever known. But after accidentally wishing her...