Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience
By: Veronica Gorrie
4.28
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
The story of an Aboriginal woman who worked as a police officer and fought for justice both within …
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1. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens
By: Shankari Chandran
4.21
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Welcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure. Cinnam… read more
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2. Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life
By: Anna Funder
4.13
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
This is the story of the marriage behind some of the most famous literary works of the 20th century… read more
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3. Too Much Lip
By: Melissa Lucashenko
4.06
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
A dark and funny new novel from the multi-award-winning author of Mullumbimby. Wise-cracking Ke… read more
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4. Edenglassie
By: Melissa Lucashenko
4.13
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Two extraordinary Indigenous stories set five generations apart. When Mulanyin meets the beautiful … read more
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- audiobook
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5. Bite Back: Feminism, Media, Politics, and Our Power to Change It All
By: Hannah Ferguson
4.29
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The Founder of Cheek Media Co. delivers the conversations we've been missing on everything from die… read more
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6. Women & Children
By: Tony Birch
4.22
Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition
It's 1965 and Joe Cluny is living in a working-class suburb with his mum, Marion, and sister, Ruby,… read more
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7. The Conversion
By: Amanda Lohrey
3.55
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
From Miles Franklin Award-winning author Amanda Lohrey comes a stunning literary foray into place, … read more
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8. Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray
By: Anita Heiss
4.17
Format: 416 pages, ebook
Gundagai, 1852The powerful Murrumbidgee River surges through town leaving death and destruction in … read more
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"Using Wiradjuri language on the cover of my novel makes a strong statement … regarding the reclamation and maintenance of the traditional language of my family."-Anita Heiss, Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray
9. Dropbear
By: Evelyn Araluen
4.13
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
I told you this was a thirst so great it could carve rivers. This fierce debut from award-winnin… read more
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10. After Story
By: Larissa Behrendt
4.07
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
When Indigenous lawyer Jasmine decides to take her mother Della on a tour of England's most revered… read more
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11. The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner
By: Grace Tame
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Grace Tame has never walked on middle ground. From a young age, her life was defined by uncertai… read more
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"I learned something about the commodification of trauma that day [Tame's appearance on the ABC's Q&A programme], which is that you have to take things into your own hands. If you don't speak, people …"-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner
"I survived being Australian of the Year because I knew already that it wouldn't be a true reflection of my worth. I knew it would be ugly, at least in part. I came equipped with a glimpse of fame tha…"-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner
"I frowned at Scott Morrison deliberately because, in my opinion, he has done and assisted in objectively terrible things. No matter what your politics are, the harm that was caused under his governme…"-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner
12. Nothing but My Body
By: Tilly Lawless
3.58
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A thought-provoking, discomforting and beautiful novel about love, obsession, community and friends… read more
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"Let me hold your hand so I know you're not a hallucination or a figment of my imagination."-Tilly Lawless, Nothing but My Body
"Respect has a sameness, a conformity to it, but disrespect is varied and alien in its individual manifestation."-Tilly Lawless, Nothing but My Body
"This is a love letter to friendship, I want you to write it on me in ink and then press me against the pages, your personal printing press."-Tilly Lawless, Nothing but My Body
"Just as my writing is brought more meaning by the tears cried by those who read it, so we are making something all together, in our bodies and the spaces between us and the moments in which we touch."-Tilly Lawless, Nothing but My Body
13. I Don't: The Case Against Marriage
By: Clementine Ford
4.13
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Incendiary feminist and bestselling author Clementine Ford presents the inarguable case against mar… read more
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- history
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14. Not Now, Not Ever: Ten years on from the misogyny speech
By: Julia Gillard
4.28
Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition
Then it was done. After staying silent, I’d had my say. At no time did I feel worked up or hotly an… read more
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15. The Mother Wound
By: Amani Haydar
4.48
Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition
'A magnificent and devastating work of art. There is a raging anger here, and a deep sorrow, but at… read more
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16. Another Day in the Colony
By: Chelsea Watego
4.43
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
In this collection of deeply insightful and powerful essays, Chelsea Watego examines the ongoing an… read more
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17. Dark as Last Night
By: Tony Birch
4.15
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Dark as Last Night confirms, once again, that Tony Birch is a master of the short story. These exce… read more
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18. Tell Me Again
By: Amy Thunig
4.41
Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition
For years, Amy Thunig thought she knew all the details about the day she was born, often demanding … read more
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"Chapter 20-Part 2 "The hardest part of childhood with parents with these and are criminalised, isn’t necessarily life inside your home, it's how you are treated and mistreated by those outside your h…"-Amy Thunig, Tell Me Again
"I have been reading Amy Thunigs book. And this quote stood out to me. I really think this explains a lot about how AOD stigma and harmful prohibition drug policies that disproportionately criminalize…"-Amy Thunig, Tell Me Again
19. Eggshell Skull
By: Bri Lee
4.36
Format: 358 pages, Paperback
EGGSHELL SKULL: A well-established legal doctrine that a defendant must 'take their victim as they … read more
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"The ugly parts of my life kept crashing into the beautiful ones."-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull
"Finally feminist enough to realise I was all out of fucks to give"-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull
"Finally feminist enough to realise I was all out of ducks to give."-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull
"Only skinny enough when starving, only successful enough when exhausted."-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull
20. The Glass House
By: Anne Buist
3.89
Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition
Welcome to The Menzies. Trainee psychiatrist Doctor Hannah Wright, a country girl with a chaotic hi… read more
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21. The Visitors
By: Jane Harrison
3.86
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
On a sweltering day, 26 January, 1788, on a bluff high above Sydney Cove, seven Aboriginal men stan… read more
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22. Speaking in Tongues
By: Tom Tilley
4.03
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
When you no longer believe in eternity, every moment counts -- A memoir of breaking free and reinve… read more
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23. I Am NOT Fine, Thanks
By: Wil Anderson
3.77
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
'How are you?' How am I? How am I? How do you think I am? I know in the Before Times the traditi… read more
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24. Jack Charles: Born-again Blakfella
By: Jack Charles
4.42
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Jack Charles has worn many hats throughout his life: actor, cat burglar, musician, heroin addict, a… read more
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25. This Is Where You Have To Go: A forced adoption. A heartbreaking reunion. A mother's fight for justice.
By: Lynda Holden
4.38
Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition
150,000 adoptions took place in Australia between 1950 and 1975. It is estimated that one in 15 was… read more
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26. Hospital
By: Sanya Rushdi
3.70
Format: 132 pages, Hardcover
A strong and courageous novel that deftly tackles psychosis. In Melbourne, Australia, a woman in h… read more
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27. Ghost Cities
By: Siang Lu
3.91
Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition
Ghost Cities – inspired by the vacant, uninhabited megacities of China – follows multiple narrative… read more
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28. Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience
By: Veronica Gorrie
4.28
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
The story of an Aboriginal woman who worked as a police officer and fought for justice both within … read more
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- nonfiction
- australia
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29. The Queen Is Dead
By: Stan Grant
4.32
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
From Stan Grant, leading journalist and author of the critically acclaimed bestsellers Talking to M… read more
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30. The Honeyeater
By: Jessie Tu
3.59
Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition
A wildly inventive follow up to the acclaimed bestseller A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing, winner… read more
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31. A Language of Limbs
By: Dylin Hardcastle
4.56
Format: 277 pages, ebook
The first love of a teenage girl is a powerful thing, particularly when the object of that desire i… read more
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