Nonfiction
Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta
Tyson Yunkaporta’s Sand Talk is an extraordinary reading experience. It’s both philosophical and practical, and underpinned by a compassionate yet realistic humanity. At the core of Sand Talk is a deep respect for Indigenous Knowledge, to which long-term thinking is…
White Tears/Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad
In 2018, journalist Ruby Hamad wrote an article for The Guardian Australia titled ‘How white women use strategic tears to silence women of colour’. It received worldwide praise andcondemnation. An African American television journalist from Kansas City had her employment…
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
Say Nothing, Patrick Radden Keefe’s examination of the Troubles in Northern Ireland from thelate 1960s to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, won the 2019 Orwell Prize for Political Writing. Keefe, an Irish American, tries to understand how a…
The Anarchy by William Dalrymple
Given the dastardly activities of some of our massive corporations of today, the antics containedwithin William Dalrymple’s latest offering shouldn’t really come as a huge shock to readers. I say they shouldn’t, but I blanched several times reading this. Hot…
The Wooleen Way by David Pollock
’Pastoralism might be a dirty word in Australia. I think there is a certain correlation in Australian’s minds between pastoralism, colonisation, the displacement of Aboriginal people, and soil degradation. I think if we’re honest about it, we can see that…
Unrequited Love by Dennis Altman
Dennis Altman is a close friend of mine, but I needed to read Unrequited Love to discover the richness of his life. His work in gay politics has taken him across the globe – and still does. (The unrequited love…
Women, Men and the Whole Damn Thing by David Leser
Journalist David Leser has written a timely and passionate contribution to the public discourse that is emerging in the wake of the #MeToo movement. It’s the contribution of, in his own words, ‘a straight, white, middle-class male who has breathed…
Harry Seidler's Umbrella by Joe Rollo
The first thing that strikes you about this book is its sheer beauty. Joe Rollo got his friend andgraphic designer Garry Emery to design the book and together they agonised over it. It’s a lovely object to hold, to open…
Salt: Selected Stories and Essays by Bruce Pascoe
From the author of the game-changing Dark Emu comes Salt, a selection of essays and stories spanning more than thirty years. A paradigm shift does not happen overnight, and Saltprovides a wonderful expanse of thinking and storytelling, and…
Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
It’s safe to say that you’ll be reading (or have already read) a lot of breathless and emotional endorsements for this book from readers far and wide – and this extraordinary piece of nonfiction deserves every single one. I really…
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