New Australian Studies
The Censor's Library
$39.95 – Paperback book / Univ Queensland Pr
A history of book censorship in Australia – what we couldn't read, didn't read, didn't know, and why we didn't.
For much of the twentieth century, Australia banned more books and more serious books than most other Engl... Buy or find out more →
Demanding The Impossible
$32.99 – Paperback book / Melb Univ Press
Demanding the Impossible asks what has become of the ideal and myth of resistance. It searches for the power of ‘no’ and ‘enough’.
Combining elements of fiction, history, reportage and analysis, Sylvia Lawson exa... Buy or find out more →
The Torrent: Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley, 10 January 2011
$27.95 – Trade paperback / Univ Queensland Pr
Of all the stories to emerge from Queensland’s catastrophic summer of 2011, the most dramatic and starkly tragic were those that took place in Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley.
On January 10, 2011, after weeks of heavy... Buy or find out more →
Botany Bay: The Real Story
$24.95 – Paperback book / Black Inc
For the first time in two hundred years, here is a full and authentic account of the beginnings of modern Australia.
We all know the conventional story. Established as a dumping ground for Britain’s criminals, Australia ... Buy or find out more →
The Good, The Bad And The Unlikely: Australia's Prime Ministers
$29.95 – Trade paperback / Black Inc
Good drinkers, bad swimmers and unlikely heroes
Since Australia’s birth in 1901, twenty-seven politicians have run the national show. Their time at the top has ranged from eight days for Frank Forde to eighteen years for... Buy or find out more →
Guantanamo: My Journey
$34.95 – Paperback book / Random House
Guantanamo: My Journey is the first published account by David Hicks of the years leading up to his incarceration in the infamous US military detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, his time as a detainee, and his search for a... Buy or find out more →
The Ballroom: The Melbourne Punk And Post-Punk Seaview Ballroom
$29.95 – Paperback book / Melbourne Books
The Ballroom is a brutally frank memoir of what has become known as one of the most pivotal, fascinating and influential periods of Australian musical and cultural history. The story is illustrated with original flyers a... Buy or find out more →
Panic
$29.95 – Trade paperback / Black Inc
Panic (noun). A sudden uncontrollable fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking behaviour.
Australians see themselves as a relaxed and tolerant bunch. But scratch the surface and you’ll uncover an extraordinary le... Buy or find out more →
Quarterly Essay 44: Man-Made World: Choosing Between Progress and Planet
$19.95 – Paperback book / Black Inc
Witnessing at first-hand the failure of the Copenhagen Climate Conference and wondering what went wrong, Andrew Charlton realised the truth of a colleague’s words: “The world is split between those who want to save the p... Buy or find out more →
Darebin Parklands: Escaping The Claws Of The Machine
$39.95 – Paperback book / Melbourne Books
Darebin parklands, an urban bushland on the Darebin Creek, is well loved by the surrounding community – but that was not always the case. Only 35 years ago, the parkland was dominated by a municipal tip, was weed-infeste... Buy or find out more →
After Words: Post-Prime Ministerial Speeches
$59.99$49.95 – Hardcover book / Allen & Unwin
A unique volume of speeches and occasional pieces written entirely by former Prime Minister Paul Keating.
Books of speeches are rarely published as a compendium of work by one person. After Words is unique in Australian ... Buy or find out more →
Melbourne
$29.95 – Hardcover book / New South Books
Read our Q&A with Sophie Cunningham about Melbourne.
Sophie Cunningham writes a year in the city’s life, a year that takes us from the heatwave that culminated on Black Saturday when temperatures soared to 47 degree... Buy or find out more →