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Shortlisted for the Matt Richell New Writer of the Year, ABIAs 2026 A country town, a brutal murder, a shameful past, a reckoning to come... The injustices of the past and dangers of the present envelop Aboriginal policewoman Renee Taylor, when her unwilling return to the small outback...

A stunning poetry collection from black&write! fellowship winner Dakota Feirer. In this breathtaking debut collection, Bundjalung and Gumbaynggirr man Dakota Feirer potently explores the legacy of generational trauma and the cultural wisdom of First Nations people. In a...

As a Nyikina man who straddles both traditional and modern cultures, Wayne Bergmann has faced criticism and condemnation but remains unwavering in his commitment to his community and their needs. As the former head of the Kimberley Land Council, Bergmann played a crucial role in shaping the future...

This remarkable book is about everything from echidnas to evolution, cosmology to cooking, sex and science and spirits to Schrodinger's cat. Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from an Indigenous perspective. He asks how contemporary life diverges from the pattern of creation. How does this...

LONGLISTED FOR THE ABIA ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020"The Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia has a place on the work table of every Australian student, on the coffee table of every Australian home and on the desk of every Australian political representative." SENATOR PATRICK DODSONThe...

Paul Callaghan, bestselling author of The Dreaming Path, shares how the key to mindset, lifelong learning and leadership excellence exists within Indigenous knowledge systems. First Nations peoples have known for tens of thousands of years that we are all...

The Rot is a recalcitrant study of the decaying romances, expired hopes and abject injustices of the world. A liturgy for girlhood in the dying days of late-stage capitalism, these poems expose fraying nerves and tendons of a speaker refusing to avert their gaze from the death of Country,...

A story of resilience, hope and how a mother's love fuelled the ascent of Australia's first Indigenous supermodel.

Connect with Mother Earth and your Ancestors through inspiring stories and healing wisdom, and discover how to come home to yourself. We are all Future Ancestors, and we have a responsibility to nurture, protect and restore the balance to our Mother (Earth). We are of her. She...

Shortlisted for the 2025 Queensland Literary Awards, The Courier-Mail People's Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award 'Dirrayawadha is full of heart and hope, truth-telling and history - and shimmers with language too'<...

Amy McQuire has been writing on Indigenous affairs since she was 17 years old. Over the past two decades, she has reported on most of the key events involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, including numerous deaths in custody, the Palm Island uprising, the Bowraville murders and the...

Australia's language diversity is truly breathtaking. This continent lays claim to the world's longest continuous collection of cultures, including over 440 unique languages and many more dialects. Sadly, European invasion has had severe consequences for the vitality of these languages. ...

Yarning across history and into the future, Joshua Gilbert explores a new approach to Indigenous culture and farming, combining ancient knowledge and practices with new technology and insights. Starting from his own Worimi Country, where his family history is captured in the journals of...