The Mother Wound by Amani Haydar
$34.99 AUD
Category: Adult
'A magnificent and devastating work of art. There is a raging anger here, and a deep sorrow, but at the core Haydar gives us truths about love. This is one of the most important books I've ever read.' Bri Lee'I am from a family of strong women.'Amani Haydar suffered the unimaginable when she lost her mo ...Show more
The Underground Library by Jennifer Ryan
$34.99 AUD
Category: Adult
When the Blitz threatens the heart of a London neighbourhood, three young women must use their fighting spirit to keep their community together in this heartwarming novel from the author of The Kitchen Front. On the day Juliet Lansdown reports to work for the first time at Bethnal Green Library, it isn ...Show more
The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World by Antony Loewenstein
$35.00 AUD
Category: Adult | Reading Level: very good
Bestselling journalist Antony Loewenstein uncovers the widespread commercialisation and brutal deployment globally of Israel's occupation-enforcing technologies. For more than 50 years, the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza has given the Israeli state invaluable experience in controlling an 'enemy' p ...Show more
How to Make a Basket by Jazz Money
$24.99 AUD
Category: Poetry
A powerful and lyrical collection of poetry by the winner of the 2020 David Unaipon Award. the end of the world was marked with beautiful light we should have known Simmering with protest and boundless love, Jazz Money's David Unaipon Award-winning collection, how to make a basket, examines the tensio ...Show more
Aboriginal Victorians: A history since 1800 by Richard Broome
$39.99 AUD
Category: Adult
The story of how Victoria's First Nations people survived near decimation to become a vibrant community today. This second edition has been fully updated, and covers the Yoorrook Justice Commission and treaty negotiations. Early Europeans saw Victoria and its rolling grasslands as Australia felix-happy ...Show more
The Tribe by Michael Mohammed Ahmad
$29.95 AUD
Category: Adult
A path-breaking prize-winning novel, published to acclaim ten years ago, now presented in a new edition with an introduction by Dr Jumana Bayeh. A path-breaking prize-winning novel, published to acclaim ten years ago, now presented in a new edition with an introduction by Dr Jumana Bayeh.For the last th ...Show more
Unconventional Women: The story of the last Blessed Sacrament Sisters in Australia by Sarah Gilbert
$38.00 AUD
Category: Adult
The lives of the women who joined a closed convent in Melbourne in a time of great upheaval In the 1950s and 60s, six young women left their families to join a strictly enclosed order of nuns in Melbourne. They could leave the convent only for medical appointments and rarely received visitors, who they ...Show more
Racism: Stories on Fear, Hate & Bigotry
$19.95 AUD
Category: Adult
Are we a nation of racists? Thirty-nine writers confront our darkest truths in this fearless collection of short stories, poems and essays from the margins of Australia.
Vishvarupa by Michelle Cahill
$22.99 AUD
Category: Adult
This is a reissue of a Five Islands Press title following the demise of the press. From the exploration of love myths to the celebration of Mumbai, from an extraordinary portrait poem like 'Sita' to the humorous eroticism of 'Parvati in Darlinghurst', the poems in Vishvarupa show a breadth of human unde ...Show more
Lemons in the Chicken Wire by Alison Whittaker
$22.99 AUD
Category: Adult
From a remarkable new voice in Indigenous writing comes this highly original collection of poems bristling with stunning imagery and gritty textures. At times sensual, always potent, Lemons in the Chicken Wire delivers a collage of work that reflects rural identity through a rich medley of techniques an ...Show more
Down the Hume by Peter Polites
$29.99 AUD
Category: Adult | Reading Level: very good
'He touched my face. When his hand went along my bruised top lip and my almost broken nose, I winced from the pain. His fist went into a deep denim pocket. Pulled out a Syrinapx bottle, twisted the cap off and handed me two light blue pills.' How did Bucky get here? A series of accidents. A tragic love ...Show more