Michael Brissenden and Tony Jones have made their publishing debuts with political thrillers themed around international terrorism.

Every remarkable moment from the debut AFLW season has been memorialised in paper and ink as the first Women's Footy Almanac hits shelves.

Almost 50 years after his death, my brother Che is ever-present in the collective memory.

We are seeing a major shift in the development of children, particularly girls. We cannot afford to ignore it and hope it will go away.

Lance Corporal George Savage provided the first - and only - documented account of Australian prisoners of war being used in Nazi medical experiments. This is his story.

This year's Man Booker longlist includes previous winner Arundhati Roy and the acclaimed new novel by Sebastian Barry among its 13 titles.

Some word queries demand fossicking, or foraging, or hunting shelves in search of enlightenment, even when a word doesn't exist.

Some of Catherine Lacey's novel seems to have been inspired by stories of Tom Cruise and the Scientologists.

This anthology from the Margaret River Press has become a regular feature on the Australian literary calendar.

Lottie Moggach is a force to be reckoned with, as quickly becomes clear in this book.

While the main subject of young-adult novel Living on Hope Street is domestic violence, it's also very much about racism and alcoholism.

Delphine de Vigan's Based on a True Story is a tricky, clever, beguiling bombshell of a book.

David Free reckons that Kingsley Amis' Lucky Jim is the funniest novel in the world.

Covering a whopping 927 species, The Australian Bird Guide is far more comprehensive in its treatment of Australian birds than any previous single-volume Australian guide.

In her panaorama of the Jewish diaspora, Sara Dowse reminds us that social justice remains a persistent and powerful force.

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race was initially the heading on a blog Reni Eddo-Lodge wrote three years ago in a moment of blind frustration. Then it went viral ...

The Barefoot Investor tops list.

Publisher Mia Freedman tries to dispel any illusions she is some kind of "superwoman".

A cautionary tale of striving to live simply

This entertaining romp through the "wellness industrial complex" is full of contradictions.

This memoir grabs you by the collar and takes you places you wouldn't normally willingly go.

Jeff Sparrow's account of Paul Robeson's life is a compelling portrait of a remarkable man.

Movie critic Luke Buckmaster has plenty of anecdotes about the making of George Miller's four Mad Max movies, but not so many opinions.

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This book is a close study of an artist famous for one work.