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Barack Obama
A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama. This is the first volume in an unmissable two-part memoir, which…
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Michael Mohammed Ahmad
In this unflinching new anthology, eleven of Australia’s most daring writers of colour provide a glimpse of Australia in the year 2050.
Layla F Saad
Essential for all people who hold white privilege. This book will open your eyes and change your life.
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Anita Heiss
This groundbreaking anthology aims to enlighten, inspire and educate about the lives of Aboriginal people in Australia today.
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Frank Herbert
The bestselling science fiction novel of all time, with nearly ten million copies in print.
Zadie Smith
An urgently timely, deeply personal and powerfully moving series of essays on the experience of lockdown from one of the most clear-sighted and essential writers of our time.
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Douglas Stuart
A heart-wrenching debut novel set in Thatcher-era Glasgow: Shuggie Bain tells the story of a boy’s doomed attempt to save his proud, alcoholic mother from her addiction.
Julia Baird
A beautiful, intimate and inspiring investigation into how we can find and nurture within ourselves that essential quality of internal happiness - the ‘light within’ that Julia Baird calls ‘phosphorescence’…
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Ellena Savage
A stimulating combination of memoir, essay, poetry, confession and critique, Blueberries is a powerful and revealing collection from a rising star in Australian creative non-fiction.
Kylie Maslen
Personal essay meets pop-culture critique in this unflinchingly honest collection about chronic illness and misogyny in medicine, by Adelaide writer Kylie Maslen.
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Kate Grenville
Kate Grenville's latest bestselling novel, now in a smaller format and featuring a beautiful updated cover design
What if Elizabeth Macarthur-wife of the notorious John Macarthur, wool baron in the…
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Brandon Taylor
An elegant, brutal and startlingly intimate novel from an electric new voice. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction 2020.
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Isabel Wilkerson
A startling and transformative account of how we are all tied up in a caste system, from NYT-bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson.
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Bob Woodward
An unprecedented and intimate tour de force of original reporting on the Trump presidency from Bob Woodward.
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Ambelin Kwaymullina
Living on Stolen Land is a prose-styled look at our colonial-settler ‘present’. This book is the first of its kind to address and educate a broad audience about the colonial…
Jessie Tu
A finalist for the 2020 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction, this is a dazzling and original debut from a young writer with a fierce, intelligent and audacious voice.
Aileen Moreton-Robinson
Persuasive and engaging, Talkin’ Up to the White Woman is a timely and necessary argument for the inclusion of Indigenous perspectives in the teachings and practices that impact on Australia’s…
Natalie Paull
Embrace the unparalleled joys of baking seasonally and creatively with this mouth-watering collection of recipes brought to you by Melbourne’s tiny beloved bakery, Beatrix.
Elena Ferrante
A powerful new novel set in a divided Naples by Elena Ferrante, the beloved best-selling author of My Brilliant Friend.
Megha Majumdar
For readers of Tommy Orange, Yaa Gyasi, and Jhumpa Lahiri, an electrifying debut novel about three unforgettable characters who seek to rise - to the middle class, to political power…
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Hilary Mantel
Preorder the long-awaited sequel to Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, the stunning conclusion to Hilary Mantel’s Man Booker Prize-winning Wolf Hall trilogy.
