Books

For nearly forty years Peter Skrzynecki has published poetry that explores the assimilation of post-war immigrants in Australia, chronicling their struggle for identity and acceptance into mainstream society. His poems are elegiac, meditative and lyrical...

Whether meditating on life or letting her hair down, Anonymous Premonition gives the low down on what it is to be an Indigenous woman today. Yvette Holt's startling and fresh poems treat us to an energetic and unconventional journey from love, sex,...

Urban Myths- 210 Poems brings the best work to date from a poet considered one of the most original of his generation in Australia, together with a generous selection of new work. Smart, wry and very stylish, John Tranter s poems investigate the vagaries...

When Gracie, Daisy and Molly are taken from their mother and sent away to the Moore River Settlement, thousands of miles from their home country, they decide to escape. But when the only way home is along a rabbit-proof fence, and you re being chased by...

These poems pulse with the language and images of a mangrove-lined river city, the beckoning highway, the just-glimpsed muse, the tug of childhood and restless ancestors. For the first time Samuel Wagan Watson's poetry has been collected into this...

"Is that you . . . ?" Matron's voice would ring out across the dormitory. In that pause sixty little girls would stop in their tracks, waiting to hear who was in trouble. All too often the name called out would be that of the high spirited dormitory girl...

The long-awaited sequel to the award-winning memoir Is That You, Ruthie?After twenty-two years under Government control as an inmate of Cherbourg Aboriginal Mission, Ruth journeys towards freedom by marrying Joe Hegarty and moving to a nearby settlement...

To travel this long, lonely road is to traverse a stretch of brutal history and to enter a gigantic crime scene. The landscape itself holds a million clues to a horror story blazing across two centuries. Winding through a haunted place that is forever...

I am a Turtle. My eyes are black, my shell is green. Wide ocean calls me, as I lie curled in the dark. Tides roar in my blood, surf pounds in my heart. A lyrical journey of the life of a Green Turtle from hatchling beneath the sand of a coral beach,...

'I'll be lucky to last a bloody year,' was the prediction of nineteen year old Charlie Schultz. That was 1928, when he first arrived to take up the management of Humbert River Station. A tiny run-down property in a tangle of wild ranges, neighbour to the...

Play hide-and-seek with dolphins, seasnakes, whales, turtles and other creatures of the sea to find the most amazing creature of all. Following the huge success of the award-winning One Less Fish, here's a new book which brings to life a magical...

For every good dog able to work things out for itself, there are many more potentially useful dogs unable to do so. Training and Working Dogs will allow every owner of a new pup to train it with confidence and produce an obedient, responsive and alert...

The river Fineflour flows through this narrative as it flows through the town, linking time and place, character and event. A source of myth and memory, it brings tragedy as well as comfort. There is an undercurrent of sadness and suspended grief in...

A delightful verse novel rejoicing in the innocence of young friendship.At school I have lots of friends. I have so many friends that sometimes I don't know who to play with.Tahnee wants everyone in her Year 2 class to get along and be happy. But what...

A unique dual-language (English and Arabic) picture book about the Syrian refugee crisis inspired by the stone artwork of Syrian artist Nizar Ali Badr.When I was little, not so long ago, my brother, Sami, our friends and I played on sunbaked soil. We...

A collection of gripping short stories themed around fear and hope written by internationally acclaimed children's author Brian Falkner.A boy helps his sister disguise her birthmark on her first day of school. A seventeen-year-old awakens to find...

From one of Australia's most-loved and prolific authors comes a funny and endearing tale about a boy called Eric and his dog Ugly.My Dog Gets a Job picks up where the very successful My Dog Doesn't Like Me left off. At almost ten years of age, Eric is...

A brilliantly boisterous picture book celebrating brothers everywhere.Some brothers tap tambourines as the drummers keep the beat. But my brother is a beast . . . he pounds pianos with his feet.All brothers are different. But what if your brother was...

Tom Sawyer on acid, a 21st-century On the Road, a Holden Caulfield for punks ... an extraordinary memoir of a wild adolescence, told in a compelling, poetic voice.In Scoundrel Days Brentley Frazer tells the story of his youth - wild, disillusioned,...

A powerful historical novel about three young women caught in the hysteria of their own times.In 1628, Veronica and her brother flee for their lives into the German woods after their father is burned at the stake.At the dawn of the eighteenth century,...

A single mother resorts to extreme measures to protect her young son. A Nigerian student undertakes a United Nations internship in the hope of a better future. A recently divorced man starts a running group with members of an online forum for recovering...

Sallyanne Atkinson AO has been a leader in political and business life for over four decades. A trailblazer for working mothers, she built a high-profile national career while raising five children.Sallyanne Atkinson AO has been a leader in political and...

I recall meeting Lewis on a number of occasions in company with Tony Murphy. I recall conversation getting around to payments of money with Murphy and Lewis. Lewis thanked me on several occasions and said 'Little fish are sweet'. - Jack 'The Bagman'...

From award-winning author Nick Earls and illustrator Terry Whidborne comes the book that tells you everything you wanted to know about being a word hunter - and more!Lexi, Al, Mursili, Will and Caractacus are back! This exciting book from the successful...

Master storyteller Rosanne Hawke effortlessly interweaves ancient Mughal history and settings, fables and traditional story threads to bring to life a magical fantasy.Told over two books - the second book, The Leopard Princess out in October 2016...

From the multi award-winning author of The Protected and The Sky So Heavy comes a ground-breaking young adult masterpiece about lost young men.Sam stared at the picture of the boy about to be tipped off the edge of the world- the crushing weight of water...

A spectacular picture book celebrating sisters everywhere.Some sisters glide on scooters next to lanes of tooting cars. But my sister is a superhero . . . she races rockets around stars.All sisters are different. But what if your sister was really...

In this award-winning work of fiction, Ellen van Neerven takes her readers on a journey that is mythical, mystical and still achingly real.Winner of the 2013 David Unaipon Award. In this award-winning work of fiction, Ellen van Neerven takes her readers...

A laugh-aloud picture book celebrating nannas everywhere.Some nannas dress in pink when they jog around the track. But my nanna is a ninja . . . so she dresses up in black.All nannas are different. But what if your nanna was really different? What if...

In this amazing last adventure, Lexi and Al plunge back into the past to fight for English, and to discover that language isn't the only thing worth fighting for.The final battle is coming, the grey-robes are armed and dangerous and ready for war. Lexi,...

From award-winning author Nick Earls and illustrator Terry Whidborne comes a mysterious, action-packed series for the word nerd in us all.From award-winning author Nick Earls and illustrator Terry Whidborne comes a mysterious, action-packed series for...

Will anyone hear you cry? Celia and Alice share everything - their secrets, hopes and the increasinghorror that a killer is on the loose and abducting schoolgirls just like them. Three bodies have been found, each shrouded in handwoven fabric.Will anyone...

Breaking the Sheep's Back is Massy's private royal commission - a must-read account of the decline and fall of the Australian wool empire.Breaking the Sheep's Back is the untold story of the events that led to Australia's biggest industry disaster.Once a...

An insightful book that is inspiring, uplifting, motivating and really funny! Packed with common sense tools to get through those tricky teenage years. Sarah Murdoch The little black book of information that every teenage girl should read. Everybody...

I'm nobody much That's the way Dougy sees himself. Struggling at school, Dougy is quiet. He watches more than he speaks. His siblings, Raymond and Gracey, are the one with the talent- his brother a star footballer and his sister just picked for the state...

What will America's next president mean for Australia and the world?The next issue of Australian Foreign Affairs looks at the worldview and foreign agenda of the next United States president and at how the new leader is likely to reshape America's role...

What will it take to stop gendered violence?Australian governments have promised to end gendered violence in a single generation. But this bold commitment to nation building has not yet been matched by the funding, innovation and resources necessary to...

An immersive journey through the tumultuous past and fascinating present of Australia's nearest neighboursStretching from Fiji in the east to New Guinea in the west, Melanesia is astonishingly diverse. Its islands are home to some 1200 language groups,...

The gripping story of Australia's first female crime writer and her career-criminal sonWhen Mary Fortune arrived in Melbourne with her infant son in 1855, she was determined to reinvent herself. The Victorian goldfields were just the place.After a time...

An anthology of David Marr's powerful ruminations on art, religion, sex, censorship and the law, his unflinching profiles of party leaders and forensic accounts of social and political controversy. David Marr is the rarest of breeds- one of Australia's...

Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa is on a quest to describe how she became an all-round performer after a childhood in a quiet and undramatic migrant family. Where did it all go wrong?Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa knows a thing or two about telling a story. From her experience...

Finally- a concise exploration of the impact of Dylan's music on popular culture, ideal for both long-time fans and newcomers to his work.Perfect for both the long-time Dylan fan and for bemused family and friends wanting to understand the devotion, this...

A father presents as an English gentleman and war hero to his wife and subsequent children who catch up with the truth of the impoverished Welsh beginnings only after his death. His daughter ponders this singular life in the context of a changing Britain...

Inflection vol. 11 proposes to direct conversations to an embrace of architectural regeneration.In biological terms, regeneration denotes the ability to renew, restore, or grow tissues in organisms and ecosystems in harmony with natural fluctuations. It...

Photographer Juno Gemes has been present at many of the moments of struggle towards sovereignty for Australia's First Nations people since the early 1970s, capturing the spirit and the mood of our most significant political story.This significant book...

Since Test cricket began in 1877, there have been over three thousand players representing their countries in Test matches.World XIs tackles the daunting task of choosing the best of the best and coming up with the greatest team from each era (broadly...

Memoiric essays on who we were and how we have changed.What happens when who you are is different to who you imagined you'd be?When her son was three, Brooke Boland was diagnosed with depression. She went back to find where it all started - the panic...

From one of Australia's most brilliant writers, a dark comedy about the tangled fates of two couples and the children trapped between them'Wild applause. Brave, funny and true.' David Marr'This is the new benchmark for the quintessential Australian epic...