John Button Prize 2009 Longlist
Seven Seasons In Aurukun: My Unforgettable Time At A Remote Aboriginal School
$26.95 – Paperback book / Allen & Unwin
Paula Shaw recounts her experiences of two years teaching at the school at Aurukun in Cape York. She paints a colourful picture of life in a remote Aboriginal community in the sweltering tropics. With the place itself as... Buy or find out more →
The Henson Case
$24.95 – Trade paperback / Text Publishing
The Australian Prime Minister called them 'absolutely revolting'. Their removal from a Sydney art gallery was hailed by the Daily Telegraph as a 'Victory for Decency'. Cate Blanchett and members of the arts community cla... Buy or find out more →
Quarterly Essay 34: Stop At Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull
$16.95 – Paperback book / Black Inc
What does Malcolm Turnbull stand for? In Stop at Nothing Annabel Crabb tells the story of the man who would be prime minister. Based on extensive interviews with Turnbull as well as those who have worked with him, this i... Buy or find out more →
The Times Will Suit Them
$35.00 – Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin
For over a decade John Howard took advantage of international crises and local anxieties to not only stay in government, but to radically reshape Australian public life. The Times Will Suit Them digs behind the headlines... Buy or find out more →
The Land Of Plenty: Australia In The 2000s
$29.95 – Trade paperback / Melb Univ Press
The book that tells the story of Australia today: how we got here, and where we’re going. A blistering exposé and manifesto for every Australian.
Australia, Davis argues, is built on a dream. A unique democratic exper... Buy or find out more →
Denial: History Betrayed
$34.95 – Paperback book / Pan Macmillan
Denial is the first book to draw together the ideological and psychological elements involved in historical denial.
Tony Taylor surveys major cases in twentieth and twentyfirstcentury historical denial that illustrate th... Buy or find out more →
Blind Conscience
$34.95 – Paperback book / Univ Nsw Pr
This profoundly moving book reveals the untold story of the people who struggled to get asylum seekers out of detention and change government policy. Lateline journalist Margot O’Neill, who covered many of these stories ... Buy or find out more →
The Racket
$32.95 – Trade paperback / Pan Macmillan
A generation ago in Australia, abortion was a crime. It was also the basis of one of the country's most lucrative and longest-lasting criminal rackets.
The Racket describes the rise and fall of an extraordinary web of in... Buy or find out more →
Politics, Parties and Issues In Australia: An Introduction
$47.95 – Paperback book /
A clear, concise and lively introduction to politics, the political parties, and some crucial policy issues in contemporary Australia. Includes discussion of very recent events including Barack Obama’s election to the US... Buy or find out more →
The Clean Industrial Revolution: Growing Australian Prosperity In a Greenhouse Age
$27.00 – Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin
'A passionate and informative demonstration of how mitigating climate change can be compatible with economic growth' - Professor Ross Garnaut, the Garnaut Climate Change Review 'Humanity' s greatest challenge is to minim... Buy or find out more →
Tasmania's Wilderness Battles
$29.95 – Paperback book / Jacana
Tasmania's old-growth forests, its wild, untamed rivers and its remote, rugged mountain peaks are etched in the minds of most Australians but these wilderness areas have been the focus of bitter conflict between govern...
The Godfather: The Life Of Brian Burke
$35.00 – Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin
Once touted as a future prime minister of Australia, former WA premier Brian Burke has had a rollercoaster political career. This is the first major biography of this charismatic and influential politician who even out o... Buy or find out more →
Now Or Never
$22.00 – Paperback book / Black Inc
Tim Flannery's Quarterly Essay was a national bestseller. Now or Never combines this landmark essay with nine responses to it by leading figures, and Flannery's reply. The result is an essential short book about the most... Buy or find out more →
To The Bitter End: The Dramatic Story Of The Fall Of John Howard And The Rise Of Kevin Rudd
$35.00 – Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin
On 24 November 2007 Australia resoundingly changed government. If you think you know what really happened during that tumultuous year behind the closed doors of the Liberal Party, in the back rooms of the ACTU and deep i... Buy or find out more →
The Statute Of Liberty: How Australians Can Take Back Their Rights
$19.95 – Paperback book / Vintage
The Australian people emerged from a polyglot mixture of nationalities and other races: a kind of human minestrone. Not only a race, but a race apart, thanks to the kindness of distance. What distinctive moral vision hav... Buy or find out more →
Black Politics: Inside The Complexity Of Aboriginal Politics
$35.00 – Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin
Drawing on extensive interviews with activists and politicians, Black Politics explains the dynamics of Aboriginal politics. It reveals the challenges and tensions that have shaped community, regional and national relati... Buy or find out more →
Quarterly Essay 32: On The US Election: American Revolution
$15.95 – Paperback book / Black Inc
Where were you when America elected Barack Obama? Kate Jennings was in New York, eyes wide open, completing her take on an amazing time: “the run-up to the election … a time when every day felt like a year and we became ... Buy or find out more →
A Question Of Power: The Geoff Clark Case
$29.95 – Trade paperback / Black Inc
A gripping courtroom drama and a fearless work of investigative journalism, A Question of Power is the story of a man who spent his life gaining power only to be accused of its ultimate abuse.
Geoff Clark was once the mo... Buy or find out more →
Quarterly Essay 30: Last Drinks: The Impact of the Northern Territory Intervention.
$15.95 – Paperback book / Black Inc
In June it will be a year since the Northern Territory intervention was announced. In Quarterly Essay 30, Paul Toohey offers a definitive account of how it came about and what it has achieved. In this riveting piece of r... Buy or find out more →
Howard's End
$34.95 – Paperback book / Melb Univ Press
From the co-writer of John Winston Howard, the definitive biography of the Prime Minister, comes Howard's End, which takes us behind the scenes of both parties on the announcement of the election campaign.Peter van Onsel... Buy or find out more →