WA Premier's Book Awards Non-Fiction Shortlist 2011
A Three-Cornered Life: The Historian W.K. Hancock
$59.95 – Hardcover book / New South Books
While W.K. Hancock may no longer be described as ‘Australia’s most distinguished historian’, he has some enduring claims to our attention. No other Australian historian – and few elsewhere – can match his ‘span’, to use ... Buy or find out more →
Into The Woods: The Battle For Tasmania's Forests
$29.95 – Trade paperback / Black Inc
For many years, the Tasmanian wilderness has been the site of a fierce struggle. At stake is the future of old-growth forests. Loggers and police face off with protesters deep in the forest, while savage political games ... Buy or find out more →
Breaking News: The Golden Age Of Graham Perkin
$59.95 – Hardcover book / Scribe Publications
It is now more than 30 years since Graham Perkin’s tragically premature death, but his legacy lives on in every corner of the Australian media. Perkin was, without question, the country’s greatest editor of the 20th cent... Buy or find out more →
The Quest For Justice
$35.00 – Trade paperback / Scribe Publications
What is justice? How does our legal system work? And how can we trust a system that is so changeable and widely criticised? These are some of the fundamental questions that former Supreme Court judge Ken Crispin sets out... Buy or find out more →
Macquarie
$34.95 – Trade paperback / Heinemann
From colony to country
'He was a Christian, a perfect gentleman, and a supreme legislator of the human heart. … Whenever the sculptor shall imagine a guardian angel for New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, the chisel o... Buy or find out more →
Reading By Moonlight: Reading By Moonlight: How Books Saved a Life
$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
When Miles Franklin-shortlisted novelist Brenda walker became sick she turned to two healers: doctors and books. This is the story of how she recovered.
Packing her bag for hospital after being diagnosed with breast canc... Buy or find out more →