NewSouth Publishing

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NewSouth Publishing is the publishing division of UNSW Press Ltd, a leading Australian university press. We create general, literary and illustrated nonfiction and scholarly titles across two imprints — NewSouth and UNSW Press. We publish thoughtful, well-written books in areas such as history, politics, current affairs, biography and popular science.

HIPPOCRASY

HOW DOCTORS ARE BETRAYING THEIR OATH

Rachelle Buchbinder and Ian Harris

In Hippocrasy, two world-leading doctors — rheumatologist and epidemiologist Rachelle Buchbinder and orthopaedic surgeon Ian Harris — reveal the true state of modern medicine and how doctors are letting their patients down.

• This powerful exposé blows the lid off rampant overdiagnosis and overtreatment, the role of Big Pharma and the inherent problem of a medical system based on treating rather than preventing illness.

• Provides tips to empower patients and solutions to help restructure how medicine is delivered.

RELEASE DATE: 10/2021 ISBN: 9781742237350 RRP (AUD): $32.99 FORMAT: PB, 256pp RIGHTS: World ex ANZ CATEGORY: Health and Medicine

SPACEWARP

COLLIDING COMETS AND OTHER COSMIC CATASTROPHES

Fred Watson

From stargazing to telescopes, space travel to black holes, killer asteroids to aliens, Fred Watson covers every question kids might ask about space — and then some!

• He’s covered the big space questions for adults, now Australia’s Astronomer-at-Large Fred Watson embarks on a grand tour of the Universe for children.

• With incredible illustrations and quirky mix of mind-boggling facts, Spacewarp is a fascinating book that kids will love — and parents and friends will undoubtedly learn a thing or two as well!

RELEASE DATE: 11/2021 ISBN: 9781742237282 RRP (AUD): $27.99 FORMAT: PB, 176pp RIGHTS: World ex ANZ CATEGORY: Children’s Book, Popular Science, Astronomy

TRUE TRACKS

RESPECTING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURE

Terri Janke

Indigenous cultures are not terra nullius — nobody’s land, free to be taken. True Tracks is a groundbreaking work that paves the way for respectful and ethical engagement with Indigenous cultures.

• Award-winning Wuthathi/Meriam lawyer Dr Terri Janke draws on extensive experience to inform and inspire people working across many industries — from art and architecture, to film and publishing, dance, science and tourism.

• Provides invaluable guidelines that enable Indigenous peoples to actively practise, manage and strengthen their cultural life.

RELEASE DATE: 07/2021 ISBN: 9781742236810 RRP (AUD): $44.99 FORMAT: PB, 432pp RIGHTS: World ex ANZ CATEGORY: Australian History, Indigenous Peoples, Law, Society and Culture

ROOT AND BRANCH

Eda Gunaydin

Mixing the personal and political, Eda Gunaydin’s bold and innovative writing explores race, class, gender and violence, and Turkish diaspora — both in Australia and around the world — in her compelling debut.

• Equal parts piercing, tender and funny, this book takes us from an overworked and underpaid café job to the mother-daughter tradition of sharing a meal in the local kebab shop.

• For readers of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Durga Chew-Bose, Root and Branch seeks to unsettle neat descriptions of migration and diaspora.

RELEASE DATE: 05/2022 ISBN: 9781742237312 RRP (AUD): $29.99 FORMAT: PB, 224pp RIGHTS: World ex ANZ CATEGORY: Essays, Memoir, Critical Race Studies