A deeply moving, decade- and continent-spanning epic of grief, global tumult, and grim conspiracy.

A rollicking novel about a young man on an amphetamine-fueled cross-country road trip, fleeing the draft for the safe haven of Canada.

Set in a future filled with both uncertainty and promise, Ply is a powerfully humane novel that interrogates the role of technology in a deeply changed society.

Domestic objects lead to intimate memories and troubled histories in this glorious, genre-bending book.

A vivid exploration of migration, memory and the making of identity.

In between the partying, the drugs, the love affairs, the 'squalid overboogie' of it all, Eve Babitz made time to chronicle the world as she saw it.

A beguiling tour of utopian ideas and the pursuit of thinking differently.

A riveting exploration of illness and medicine that imagines a more humane form of care.

This is the essential story of how the Middle East of 1900 became the Middle East of today - and tomorrow.

Coursing with icy suspense and rendered with violent precision, The Vivisectors is a new kind of love story for a broken era and a novel of blazing spiritual reckoning.

A vivid history of the evolution of printmaking as a means of creative expression, from prehistory to the present day.

An addictively propulsive, richly nuanced and haunting story of horrors without and within.

Luminous and intimate, The Given World is a story of belonging, loss and the richly interwoven connections between people, history and place.

As Australia becomes more willing to confront the violence and trauma of its colonial past, one chapter has remained largely hidden: the Australian slave trade known as blackbirding.

A Book on Zines celebrates independent creators redefining publishing.

Simmering with tension, Six Days is Curtin’s triumphant return to fiction after over 13 years.

this book traces the pivotal impact of Hardcore and other faces and places that helped shape Australian skateboarding.

Philippa Nikulinsky: For the Seeker Who Walks invites the reader to walk alongside the artist, from observation to the final artwork, and savour the beauty in the details of the world around them.

We are in the middle of a vibrant renaissance of queer writing. But LGBTQ+ writers, characters and readers have been here since the beginning — quietly, defiantly, and persistently telling their stories — if you know where to look.

Blending immersive storytelling with rigorous research, Soul Magic returns us to the origins of psychotherapy and the thinkers who first pulled back the curtain on the mysterious forces at work within us all.

Dancing Unconscious acts as a diary for a period of time where the duality of life is heightened by the overwhelm of our every day.

Borrowed Land tells the stories of those who are working against this disconnect: the last true Highlanders, fighting to preserve their home.

Knives and Spoons is a raw and honest look at the chaotic and often toxic world of professional kitchens, filled with fierce and unforgiving moments, but also a testament to the power of finding one’s craft and the long road to recovery.

This is a wild and beautiful novel about two friends who believe they can change the world, if only they can start their own movement, dodge charlatans, remain open-eyed and open-hearted, avoid going mad, avoid dying young of rare cancers, stay true to their ideals and never tire of beauty. Not easy, but not impossible, either.

Winner of The 2026 Miles Franklin Literary Award.

These poems are a call to listen, to learn, and to engage with the lived truths of Whadjuk Nyungar Country.

A hypnotic and haunting work of fiction about losing yourself and finding your family.

A dazzling, bravura collection of stories from one of Australia's most admired multi-disciplinary artists.

On an ordinary day, two women meet on a train.

While preparing an empty house for sale, a woman encounters an unblinking seven-year-old boy, trapped there from another era, like an insect preserved in amber.