A vivid survey of over forty contemporary Australian abstract painters by curator and bestselling author Amber Creswell Bell.
Amber Creswell Bell is a Sydney-based curator and arts, design and lifestyle writer. She is currently the Director of Emerging Art for Michael Reid galleries. Australian Abstract is Amber’s fifth book.
AU$69.99 NZ$79.99
GBP£40.00
HB
290 × 230 mm
272 pp
ISBN 9781760762858
An explosion of creative expression and gestural force, Australian Abstract explores the constantly evolving genre and how it offers unparalleled artistic freedom, inviting deeply personal connection and interpretation from both artist and viewer. Drawing on extensive interviews, Amber Creswell Bell examines the diverse practices of more than forty contemporary abstract painters, documenting a repertoire of styles, subjects, visions and philosophies. What unites these extraordinary artists, however, is the conviction that this form of expression chose them.
Gabrielle Jones
Iwantja
An exuberant new movement in contemporary Indigenous art
As told by Iwantja Artists
Home to Kaylene Whiskey, Tiger Yaltangki, Vincent Namatjira, Betty Muffler and many more.
Iwantja Arts is an Indigenous owned and governed Aboriginal art centre established in the early 1980s and located in the Indulkana Community on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands, in the remote north-west of South Australia.
AU$79.99 NZ$89.99
GBP£45.00
HB 285 × 243 mm
224 pp
ISBN 9781760762605
Located on a small ridge at the edge of the Indulkana Ranges, approximately 575 kilometres south of Alice Springs, Iwantja Arts centre is home to some of Australia’s most exciting Indigenous art.
The art centre is the bustling intergenerational hub of the community, with award-winning artists Vincent Namatjira, Kaylene Whiskey and Tiger Yaltangki painting alongside senior artists such as original centre co-founder Alec Baker.
Showcasing the culturally rich and innovative art the centre is producing, Iwantja is a searing bilingual publication about these showstopping artists, in the artists’ own words.
Vincent Namatjira is a Western Aranda man and descendant of the great artist Albert Namatjira. He is the first Aboriginal artist to win the Archibald Prize and in 2020 he was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in recognition of his service to Indigenous visual arts and community.
AU$110.00 NZ$120.00
GBP£55.00
HB
320 × 240 mm
256 pp
ISBN 9781760763978
Vincent Namatjira
By Vincent Namatjira and edited by Lisa Slade, Gloria Strzelecki and Nici Cumpston
Reframing Australian history through the eyes of prolific Indigenous artist Vincent Namatjira.
This is the first major monograph on acclaimed Western Aranda artist Vincent Namatjira. Renowned for producing paintings laden with dry wit, Namatjira has established himself in the past decade as a celebrated portraitist and a satirical chronicler of Australian identity. His paintings offer a wry look at the politics of history, power and leadership from a contemporary Aboriginal perspective. Namatjira often positions himself in this history – out of place and out of time – and in doing so he helps us to reconcile our complex and traumatic pasts. With essays by Ben Quilty, Tony Albert and Bruce Johnson McLean.
Accompanies the exhibition at AGSA as part of Tarnanthi 2023. The exhibition will travel to the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra in 2024.
Legends (from left: Nicky Winmar, Gordon Bennett, Eddie Mabo, Archie Roach), 2018, synthetic polymer paint on linen, 4 panels 152 x122 cm (each).
The Royal Tour (Charles, Vincent and Elizabeth), 2020, synthetic polymer paint on linen, 122 x 274 cm. Photo: Iwantja Arts.
Self portrait, 2017, synthetic polymer paint, 5 parts: each 91 x 67 cm, collection of The University of Queensland, purchased from ‘National Self-Portrait Prize 2017’, 2018. Photo: Carl Warner.
Glenn Barkley is an artist, writer, curator and gardener living between Sydney and Broughton, Shoalhaven, NSW. Barkley was previously senior curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and curator of the University of Wollongong Art Collection.
AU$79.99 NZ$89.99
GBP£40.00
HB 275 × 215 mm
320 pp
ISBN 9781760761523
Ceramics
An atlas of forms
By Glenn Barkley
The who, what, where and why of ceramics through 110 objects.
Ceramics: An Atlas of Forms is a global cultural study through the lens of ceramics. Organised chronologically –from an Egyptian ceremonial jar made over 5000 years ago to works by 20th-century luminaries Lucie Rie and Bernard Leach, as well as First Nations artists from Australia and entirely unknown makers – this collection shares the stories of over 110 objects, honouring the artists who have left their mark on this timeless practice.
Earth & Fire
Modern potters, their tools, techniques and practices
By Kylie Johnson and Tiffany Johnson
From clay to kiln and everything in-between, this is an exploration into the techniques and processes of over forty-five working ceramicists.
Kylie Johnson is a Brisbanebased ceramic artist and owner of paper boat press studio and gallery.
Tiffany Johnson has worked in book production and publishing for over twenty years. Together they wrote and photographed Utsuwa: Japanese objects for everyday use.
AU$69.99 NZ$79.99
GBP£40.00
HB
270 × 230 mm
272 pp
ISBN 9781760763527
Earth and fire represent the two elements that produce a ceramic object. Without each other they are simply components; together they create both practical objects and pieces of art.
Told through the practices and studios of the ceramicists, Earth & Fire explores the techniques, processes, tools and wide range of styles and mediums these artists use to turn clay into ceramics.
This book captures the diverse beauty and utility of ceramics, demonstrating that clay doesn’t just get under your fingernails; it gets under your skin.
ARMOUR
Goddess
Fierce women on film
By Bethan Lloyd Johnson and Matt Millikan
A lively celebration of the bold, defiant screen goddess and the way film and television have shaped our view of womanhood.
Bethan Lloyd Johnson is a curator at ACMI, where she developed the Goddess exhibition this publication accompanies. Previously, she held curatorial roles at the British Film Institute and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Matt Millikan is a writer and editor at ACMI who leads museum interpretation. Prior to ACMI, he was assistant editor at ArtsHub and was a recipient of the Kill Your Darlings/Varuna Copyright Agency Fellowship.
AU$49.99 NZ$55.00
GBP£25.00
The screen goddess is a formidable figure, renowned for her power, complexity and so often beauty. Goddess examines cinema history through a feminist lens, charting the evolution of women’s on-screen representation and challenging dominant narratives and misconceptions. Contributors, including film critics, actors, podcasters, journalists and academics, share behind-the-scenes stories and celebrate some of cinema’s most memorable female characters at a time when the film industry is undergoing a long-awaited reckoning.
Line and Colour: Doodling your way to creativity
with Bobby Clark
Art Class: Line and Colour Doodling your way to creativity
By Bobby Clark
A step-by-step guide to painting and drawing by dazzling artist and free drawer Bobby Clark.
Bobby Clark is a multidisciplinary Scottish artist living and working in Melbourne, Australia. Her work explores the intersection of art, beauty and self-expression with her minimalist geometric studies and purposeful application of colour.
AU$39.99 NZ$45.00
GBP£19.99
Line and colour enthusiast Bobby Clark leads you along a practical and inspiring creative path with 25 exercises for beginner artists. Start doodling with intent to then drawing frame-worthy floral shapes and painting easy but stylish abstract forms – these exercises will help everyone tap into their inner artist.
Lauren Li is the founder of Melbourne interior design studio Sisällä, whose projects have been recognised by the Australian Interior Design Awards and Australian House & Garden’s Top 50 Rooms. She is also a regular contributor to The Design Files.
AU$49.99 NZ$55.00
GBP£24.95
HB 232 × 194 mm
224 pp
ISBN 9781760763398
Rebecca L Gross is a Sydneybased writer and design historian with a master degree from Parsons School of Design, New York. She has written two previous books and has been widely published in print and online media.
AU$69.99 NZ$79.99
GBP£35.00
HB
275 × 215 mm
272 pp
ISBN 9781760763084
Style Study
The New French Look
Interiors with a contemporary edge
By Lauren Li
Acts as both a source of inspiration and practical guide to capturing the essence of the New French look.
The New French look is spirited and fresh, layered but never fussy, effortless yet always chic. It confidently uses elements of colour and pattern to create an elegant atmosphere, but with a new contemporary edge. Interior designer Lauren Li takes a deep dive into the best examples of the New French look to discover what makes the aesthetic so appealing. From the city to the beach, the country and the mountains, Li explores the work of leading French architects and designers to reveal how they do it.
Ornament Is Not a Crime
A postmodern reimagining of contemporary interiors
By Rebecca L Gross
The visual language, bright colours and fresh approach to materials of 80s postmodernism are making a comeback.
Playing with the themes of postmodernism, sometimes knowingly, sometimes incidentally, architects and designers are once again demonstrating that form doesn’t have to follow function. Less is not more and ornament is not a crime. These twenty-one houses from around the world transform the everyday with joyful colours and patterns, the juxtaposition of materials and the celebration of surfaces. Daring and delightful with a healthy dose of wit and whimsy, this exuberant showcase is for anyone seeking bold inspiration for their home.
LET’S DANCE
House Cat
House Cat
Inspirational interiors and the cats who call them home
By Paul Barbera
Not simply a book about cats or interiors, but rather a celebration of both.
Paul Barbera is an Australianborn, New York-based lifestyle and interiors photographer. He has shot the studios and homes of architects, designers and artists around the world, including Jonathan Adler and Massimo Vitali.
AU$49.99 NZ$55.00
House Cat features over fifty charismatic cats in the incredible spaces they allow their people to share – from a penthouse above Billionaire’s Row to a Mexican haciendainspired home complete with nine feline residents. With stunning photography accompanied by witty text, it is the ultimate pairing of enviable abodes and the confident cats who call them home.
The New Modernist House
The New Modernist House
Mid-century homes renewed for contemporary living
By Patricia Callan
Mid-century modern continues its resurgence. Discover Australia’s best examples of modernist residential architecture thoughtfully adapted for the present day.
Patricia Callan is the founder of Modernist Australia, an online archive of local midcentury architecture. She has appeared on ABC radio, The Design Files and in Fairfax publications to champion modernist architecture from a layperson’s perspective.
AU$79.99 NZ$89.99
GBP£40.00
The functional, flowing and open-space plans of modernist houses still have great appeal today, but how can these homes be updated for contemporary living while maintaining the integrity and ideas of the original architecture? Through rich photography and engaging storytelling, The New Modernist House presents twentyone mid-century homes respectfully restored and renewed for a new generation to appreciate, alongside a historical overview and practical considerations for those drawn to owning a modernist dreamhouse.
Patricia Callan
Draft
Paul Barbera
Paul Bangay
A life in garden design
By Paul Bangay
A lusciously illustrated memoir by Australia’s best known garden designer.
Paul Bangay holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Horticulture) from The University of Melbourne. In 1994 he was granted a Melbourne Arts Centre travelling scholarship to further his study of landscape design in Europe and the Americas. He won the Mobil Pegasus Award for the best contribution to the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts (1989). In 2001 Bangay was awarded the Centenary Medal for his contribution to public design projects and in 2018 he was awarded a Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia for service to landscape architecture. Since 2020 he has served as a Trustee for Cruden Farm, and since 2018 as an Ambassador for The Prince’s Trust Australia.
AU$79.99 NZ$90.00
GBP£45.00
HB 320 × 230 mm
320 pp
ISBN 9781760763282
Paul Bangay is known for balance, for scale, for incomparable plant knowledge and exquisite gardens. He has been Australia’s most sought-after garden designer for nearly 40 years. He was mentored by British designer David Hicks and, in his formative years, won a scholarship to visit significant gardens throughout Europe, USA and South America. The kind of scale and form Paul noticed on this trip heavily influenced his style. Paul Bangay: A life in garden design is an illustrated memoir exploring the creative evolution and processes of one of Australia’s finest design minds.
This is a visual delight, ranging from photos of childhood gardens and goats to hand-drawn garden plans from Paul’s earliest designs. There are travel photos that reveal the inspiration behind paving, gates and courtyards; plants growing in arduous conditions; water features, urns and oxidized copper pots. There are letters from David Hicks and King Charles. For the first time, we get the back story behind Paul’s splendid vision –and see the creative workings that come to fruition in gorgeously photographed gardens.
Michael Pavlou is a flower grower and retailer. He founded Bush Flowers in Carlton North in 2019.
Cassandra Hamilton is a florist and writer with an enduring love for plants.
AU$59.99
Bush Flowers
Australian flowers and foliage for decoration and design
By Michael Pavlou and Cassandra Hamilton
Insights from Australia’s first native-only florist. How to grow, arrange and live with Australian native flowers.
Australian flowers are truly unique.
Native flora and foliage offer a beautiful alternative in the sustainability-challenged cut-flower industry. Our diverse landscape and climate produce incredible flowers that inspire our gardens and fuel our creativity. Here are over 50 plant profiles with notes on growing, cutting, conditioning, arranging and drying, with florists’ insights on what makes them so special.
Bush Flowers will give you everything you need to bring Australian native plants into your home, and to see the bush around you in all its beauty.
The Super Bloom Handbook
40 easy flowers to grow for garden beauty
By Jac Semmler
The fun, younger cousin to Super Bloom: the essentials of what to plant when and how.
Jac Semmler is director of Super Bloom, an emerging plant practice that brings dynamic living beauty, diversity, and plant specialists to projects, people, and places. Jac is a qualified educator, respected horticulturalist and botanical guide. She grew up in a family of rural plant women, surrounded by an abundant home garden of flowers and foliage.
If you love flowers but don’t know where to start, The SuperBloomHandbook offers easy and practical guidance from experienced gardener and plant lover Jac Semmler. If you are: growing flowers for the first time; don’t have much time or space; gardening in difficult conditions; or on a budget, this essential handbook will show how to grow from seeds or cuttings; which plants grow well together; flowers for unpredictable weather; and those that thrive on neglect.
Here are forty plants with brilliant blooms that will bring joy to any space. It is not a definitive list, simply a starting point for new and old favourites to consider and grow. There is no right way to garden but a little know-how will give you the confidence to start creating your own heartland.
Bridget Elworthy and Henrietta Courtauld are researchers, authors, designers, gardeners and filmmakers. They established The Land Gardeners to research soil and plant health through growing, cutting and designing.
AU$79.99 NZ$89.99
GBP£40.00
HB 330 × 250 mm
256 pp
ISBN 9781760762636
Soil to Table
Recipes for healthy soil and food
By Bridget Elworthy and Henrietta Courtauld
Rediscover the connections between food, farming and our environment in this deluxe visual guide.
Following on from their bestselling book The Land Gardeners: Cut Flowers, authors and gardeners Bridget Elworthy and Henrietta Courtauld explore the full cycle of soil to table. Discover how food grown in healthy soil can take on new flavours, with recipes that will inspire you from breakfast to Sunday night supper, through to puddings, staple sauces and stocks. Soil to Table is a celebration of the garden and all it can produce.
The Preserving Garden Bottle, pickle, ferment and cook homegrown food all year round
By Jo Turner
Grow your garden to fill your pantry with bottled fruit, fermented vegetables and over forty sorts of preserved homegrown food.
Jo Turner was born with a passion for books. She lives on 50 acres of native bush and battles the heat of long summers growing fruit and vegetables.
AU$49.99 NZ$55.00
GBP£19.99
HB 248 × 190 mm
208 pp
ISBN 9781760762865
A friendly, practical guide to using every last bit of your garden’s bounty. Learn to make a veggie patch or plant fruit trees in any space – including where to begin, when to plant and how to care for your garden. The book includes scalable recipes and techniques for chutneys, relishes, jams, jellies, marmalades, bottling and drying. Make the most of your produce by pureeing tomatoes for sauces, fermenting cabbage for sauerkraut, drying cherries to use in muffins and much more.
Naturescapes
How to create a natural Australian garden
By Phil Withers and AB Bishop
Naturalistic gardens fit right in. They look as though they’ve always been there – effortless and enchanting. Plan, design and build a stunning green space that treads lightly on the earth.
Phillip Withers is the director of the Melbourne-based landscape architecture and horticulture studio that celebrates nature.
AB Bishop is a horticulturist, writer, and conservationist. She lives with her partner, Ray, in an environmental living zone where fauna and flora are protected.
AU$59.99 NZ$65.00
GBP£29.95
× 215 mm
Landscape design expert Phillip Withers and habitat expert AB Bishop join forces to share their wealth of experiences in how to create stunning Australian gardens that support the local environment.
Naturalistic gardens help plants, creatures and people thrive. This book shows how to take inspiration from your favourite natural areas and create your own outdoor wonderland. With detailed advice on how to approach plant selection, hard landscaping, soil basics and maintenance, purposeful zoning, paths and driveways, edging, habitat for wildlife and microclimates.
Women & Nature
Easy nature prescriptions to heal and repair
By Emma Drady
A first-aid kit of nature prescriptions for women’s health.
Women everywhere are searching for answers to better support their wellbeing and find balance in their lives. But what if there were a solution? One that improves our physical and mental health while also strengthening our relationships, our sense of community and our purpose. Women’s health naturopath, Emma Drady, has unearthed the missing piece of the puzzle, our connection with nature. From nature drawing and finding a sit spot, to cold-water immersion and plant meditation, this book features a dispensary of nature prescriptions to help boost happiness, calm the nervous system, reduce stress and improve mood.
Red Carpet Oscars
Who wore what and why
By Dijanna Mulhearn
A complete sartorial history of the Oscars’ red carpet and the psychology of fashion behind it.
Dijanna Mulhearn has worked in the fashion industry for over 30 years, from coordinating fashion week shows, managing public relations for Prada and Harper’s BAZAAR, to consulting for toptier luxury brands such as Ralph Lauren and global giant LVMH.
AU$100.00 NZ$110.00
GBP£50.00
HB 290 × 215 mm
480 pp
ISBN 9781760761776
A comprehensive chronological survey, Red Carpet Oscars presents almost a century of fashion. From homemade and pre-loved dresses to ready-to-wear and haute couture, it tracks the style evolution of Hollywood’s leading stars, the commercialisation of the red carpet and the radical shifts that reshaped formal dressing. Each entry reveals the stories behind the looks, along with the social and political influences of the time. Fashion writer Dijanna Mulhearn has compiled the ultimate resource that celebrates both the glamour and the impact of Hollywood’s most famous red carpet.
Day Trip
Melbourne
52 nature adventures
By Evi O and Andrew Grune
Take a mini break every week of the year with 52 curated adventures, all within 130 kilometres of the city centre.
AU$34.99 NZ$39.99
GBP£17.99
PB 210 × 130 mm
240 pp
ISBN 9781760762629
Melbourne is often lauded as Australia’s cultural centre, but there is so much more to appreciate when you escape the urban chaos and explore its natural wonders, from vast sweeping coastlines and snowy peaks to gurgling streams and fluorescent wattle. Each adventure includes directions by car or public transport, a map showing walking routes and facilities, and a guide to trip highlights. Whether you’re a local or a first-time visitor, DayTripMelbourne will ignite your nomadic spirit.
Dog Trip
Melbourne
52 dog-friendly adventures
By Evi O and Andrew Grune
A design-driven guide with a year’s worth of dog-approved mini breaks in nature for you and your four-legged friend.
DOG TRIP
52 DOG-FRIENDLY
AU$34.99 NZ$39.99
GBP£17.99
PB
× 130 mm
240 pp
ISBN 9781760762650
Transcendence
50 years of unforgettable moments at the Sydney Opera House
By Ashleigh Wilson
Fifty contributors celebrate the Sydney Opera House’s illustrious 50-year history through unforgettable experiences and performances.
Ashleigh Wilson is the author of Brett Whiteley: Art, Life and the Other Thing (2016), On Artists (2019) and A Year with Wendy Whiteley (2022). He works at the Sydney Opera House.
AU$59.99 NZ$65.00
GBP£29.95
HB
215 × 165 mm
256 pp
ISBN 9781760763893
Escape the urban chaos with sandy escapades at the beach, splash about in waterfalls or bound through tranquil coastal rainforests. Every adventure has been tested, photographed and given an enthusiastic paw of approval. Presented in a user-friendly format, the collection includes maps showing walking routes and facilities, on and off-leash information, and a guide to trip highlights.
A singer overwhelmed by his crowd. A dancer on ice above sea. A conductor virtuoso jolted by performance. Two filmmakers exchange vows on their opera set. And an intrigued Bob Dylan receives a private singing lesson.
For fifty years, the Sydney Opera House has elevated the spirits of all who enter its orbit.
Here, fifty artists – from Simone Young to Nick Cave, Sylvie Guillem to Briggs, Baz Luhrmann to Carlotta – share and celebrate their unforgettable Opera House moments.
Kate Legge is an award-winning journalist and author who has chronicled social and political affairs since the 1980s.
AU$34.99 NZ$39.99
GBP£17.99
PB 234 × 153 mm
240 pp
ISBN 9781760762810
Infidelity and Other Affairs
By Kate Legge
What Lisa Taddeo did for female desire, Kate Legge does for adultery.
Is unfaithfulness a predisposition or a learned behaviour? Legge contemplates this question as she strives to understand how we become who we are.
As a journalist, Kate Legge often seeks answers to how people reckon with bad luck or bad decisions. When faced with her husband’s affair, she discovered a fault line of betrayal running through four generations of his family, which began a search for answers both close to home and more universally.
To her own surprise, she finds strength and peace over revenge and hate, as well as joy in unexpected places.
‘A wonderfully thoughtful, mature and somewhat eclectic exploration of the breakdown of a marriage...Legge has a gift of illuminating the ordinary, forcing us to take a closer look at the banal, everyday beauty that surrounds us.’
The Conversation
AU$34.99 NZ$39.99
GBP£17.99
PB 234 × 153 mm
304 pp
ISBN 9781760761998
Viking Women
Life and lore
By Lisa Hannett
How did Viking women live, love and die? How can we encounter them as flesh-and-blood beings with fears and feelings – not just as names in sagas or runes carved into stone?
Let’s travel back in time together, a thousand or so years back, and meet Viking women in their hearth-lit world. Lisa Hannett lifts the veil on the untold stories of wives, mothers, slaves and witches who survived in a society that largely catered to men. Hannett presents the everyday experiences of a compelling cast of women, all of whom are as fabulous and flawed as we are today.
‘Here is a writer whose deep knowledge of the Viking world allows her to fearlessly move between research and creative prose. Viking Women breathes such life into its subjects they sing. A brilliant book.’
Hannah Kent
‘An evocative account of the varied lives of women during the Viking era ... The scenes are handled lightly, and Hannett, who has a PhD in medieval Icelandic literature, fills in their everyday lives with fascinating details. It’s a pleasure to read.’
Books+Publishing
Lisa Hannett is an awardwinning Canadian-Australian writer and academic.
Jill Griffiths studied biology and journalism at Murdoch University and has been writing about the environment and agriculture for over three decades. What’s for Dinner? is her first book.
AU$34.99 NZ$39.99
GBP£17.99
PB
234 × 153 mm
304 pp
ISBN 9781760763169
What’s for Dinner?
Our food, our choices, our planet
By Jill Griffiths
The plants, animals and farmers that feed us and what our choices mean for them and the planet.
What are we really eating? What exactly do farmers do? Should the world go vegan? Do food miles matter?
Never before has so much food been produced by so few people to feed so many. Never before have Australian consumers been so disconnected from their food production, yet so interested in how it is done.
What’s for Dinner? delves into the way our food is grown and our responsibilities as eaters. Weaving together science, history and lived experience, What’s for Dinner? takes readers on a journey to meet the plants, animals and people who put the food on our plates. It’s a book for anyone who eats.
‘In this deeply personal and heartfelt book, Jill Griffiths has separated the romantic from the reality, the emotional from the political and (literally) the wheat from the chaff in her exploration of how what we eat ripples deep into our farmlands. Far from being didactic, this joyous delve into food and farming allows readers to explore what it means for our environment when we eat, and how very little is as straightforward as the headlines would have you believe.’
Matthew Evans
Viki Cramer is a writer and ecologist living on Noongar Country in the south-west of Western Australia. In 2021 she was awarded a Dahl Fellowship from Eucalypt Australia.
AU$34.99
NZ$39.99
GBP£17.99
PB 234 × 153 mm
304 pp
ISBN 9781760762360
The Memory of Trees
The future of eucalypts and our home among them
By Viki Cramer
A call to turn our attention to the trees and landscapes that surround and sustain us, so that together, we can ensure their future.
Eucalypts are an integral part of Australia’s landscape and culture, present in cities, coastal areas and the bush. However, the resilience of our eucalypt ecosystems is being tested by logging and land clearing, disease and drought, fire and climate change.
Viki Cramer takes us on a journey through forests and woodlands in the richest botanical corner of the continent to understand the past, present and future of our home among the gum trees.
‘This brilliant ecological history of south-west Western Australia is a testament to the area’s beauty and diversity, as well as a calling to account of the sustained failures in stewardship since white colonisation. The Memory of Trees celebrates the local while speaking to the global: the power of trees and community, and the urgent need to take responsibility for the landscapes that sustain us.’
Inga Simpson
David McAllister joined The Australian Ballet in 1983 and was promoted to principal artist in 1989. He spent two decades as the longest serving artistic director of The Australian Ballet.
AU$34.99 NZ$39.99
GBP£17.99
PB
234 × 153 mm
256 pp ISBN 9781760763251
Ballet
Confidential
A
personal behind-
the-scenes guide
By David McAllister
It’s not all tutus and tiaras: an in-depth look into the gritty and transformative world of ballet.
Beyond the formidable combination of tulle and lycra, how much can an audience truly understand about the demands of being a ballet dancer? Here is your tell-all guide, an all-access pass for ballet lovers and the balletcurious by internationally acclaimed dancer and former artistic director of The Australian Ballet, David McAllister. From toe acting to the perils of onstage/offstage romances, David answers in intimate detail everything you have ever wanted to know about ballet but were too afraid to ask.
‘Nijinksy did WHAT with a scarf? Who dared called Anna Pavlova ‘the broom’? Dancers stuff Chux Superwipes WHERE? For those of us who love the ballet but are too scared to ask the silly questions – David is our friend. Let him take you behind the velvet scrim for a pas de deux into ballet paradise.’
Catriona Rowntree
sustainability editor at Vogue.
AU$34.99 NZ$39.99
GBP£17.99
Wear Next Fashioning the future
By Clare Press
A crystal-ball look into tomorrow’s wardrobe: conscious, fair, slow, upcycled, biointelligent, digital ... the fashion industry is undergoing some radical reimagining.
What will you be wearing tomorrow? Will your jacket have been grown in a lab, or your jeans coloured using bacteria? What does the future of work look like for the people who make our garments? We know that the current fashion system is broken, inefficient, environmentally harmful and exploitative. Vogue’s first sustainability editor, Clare Press, introduces us to the fascinating innovators who are redesigning fashion from the ground up and changing it in the most fundamental ways.
‘In Wear Next, Clare Press invites us to collectively envision a future of fashion that is just and joyful! Spectacular in scope and vision, this book is the roadmap for the fashion evolution we have all been waiting for, one rooted in respect, reciprocity and resourcefulness.’
Nathalie Kelley
Clare Press is a global expert on sustainable fashion and the presenter of Wardrobe Crisis, a sustainable fashion podcast. A former magazine journalist, she pioneered the role of
Edited by MARGO NEALE
Knowledge and Ingenuity
AU$24.99 NZ$29.99
GBP£12.99
PB 198 × 130 mm
240 pp
Law ISBN 9781760762827
Innovations ISBN 9781760763039
First Knowledges Law
The
way of ancestors
By Marcia Langton & Aaron Corn
Innovation
Knowledge and ingenuity
By Ian J McNiven & Lynette Russell
The First Knowledges series offers an introduction to Indigenous knowledges in vital areas and their application to the present day and the future. Exploring practices such as songlines, architecture, design, land management, botany, astronomy and law, this series brings together two very different ways of understanding the natural world: one ancient, the other modern.
Margo Ngawa Neale is the head of the Centre for Indigenous Knowledges, senior Indigenous curator, and principal adviser to the director of the National Museum of Australia.
Lynne Kelly is a science writer working as an honorary research associate at La Trobe University. She is the author of The Memory Code and Memory Craft.
Over 80,000 copies in print across the series
First Knowledges for young readers
Songlines
By Margo Neale & Lynne Kelly
This younger readers adaptation of Songlines comes from the critically acclaimed, best-selling First Knowledges series, with striking illustrations by Archibald winner Blak Douglas.
How do you find your way around, get your food and drink, connect with your friends and family? How do you know the right and safe way to do things, or how to make things? Before the white people came to the continent, all Australian Aboriginal people knew how to do all these things – and much, much more.
Margo Ngawa Neale and Lynne Kelly invite you on a journey through the oldest, biggest library of knowledge on Earth. This knowledge isn’t held in books: you will find it in Songlines of the land, sea and sky.
Learn about history, art, song, science and more in this engaging and inviting introduction to Indigenous traditional knowledges, how they apply today and how they can help all people thrive into the future.
IAN J McNIVEN & LYNETTE RUSSELL
Lisa Harvey-Smith is an award-winning astronomer and Professor at The University of New South Wales. In 2018 she was appointed as the Australian Government’s Ambassador for Women in STEM. This is her sixth book. Sophie Beer is an author and illustrator who revels in colour, shape, and texture. She primarily works in children’s and editorial illustrations.
AU$24.99 NZ$29.99
GBP£12.99 Flexi
Universal Guide to the Night Sky
By Lisa Harvey-Smith
A guide to the stars for everyone around the world.
Wherever you are in this world, in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere, in the city or a remote region, this book guides you through the remarkable features of planet Earth’s starry sky.
On your tour explore comets, meteors, planets and moons; find galaxies and glowing gas clouds; spot supernovae and enjoy eclipses; learn everything you need to know about binoculars, telescopes and photographing the stars. You will never look up at the night sky in the same way again.
Kat Macleod is a Melbournebased illustrator, designer and artist, with over two decades’ experience working on client projects, commissions, exhibitions and books. Her signature linework and collaged textures feature in everything she creates.
AU$25.99
The Tiny Tailors
By Kat Macleod
Out in the garden, under the flowers, the search begins for costume treasures … but something is missing!
Join the Tiny Tailors in the garden as they stitch, weave and piece together their costumes for the upcoming Spring Parade.
Following on from the first book in the series, Kat Macleod’s signature mixed-media style captures all the wonders and possibilities of the garden.
Various verbs are used throughout to help young readers learn how to build their own creations. Explorers big and small are also encouraged to use their imagination and discover new natural artefacts in their own garden.
Minna Gilligan is a Naarm/ Melbourne-based Australian artist, working primarily with painting, drawing and collage. Her works are playgrounds of colour, often referencing 1960s/1970s psychedelia and evoking a nostalgic romanticism.
AU$29.99 NZ$35.00 GBP£14.99
PB 310 × 235 mm
160 pp
ISBN 9781760763725
At the Bookshop
A 1000-piece puzzle for book lovers
By Kim Siew
In this 1000-piece puzzle for book lovers, 20 hidden clues will lead to the ultimate ‘to be read’ list.
Mr Darcy, Matilda and Sherlock Holmes enter a bookshop. No, it’s not a joke, it’s the bookstore of your dreams. Bursting with beloved literary characters and clues to all your favourite works, prepare yourself for the most enchanting, exciting and unusual bookstore you’ve ever visited. There are 20 items to spot in the puzzle. Lift the lid to reveal the items and the books that they belong to. This bookshop? You’re bound to love it!
Collage Kit
A cut and create book
By Minna Gilligan
The most extensive collage book on the market, featuring over 1000 items to cut out, including handpainted backgrounds and illustrations by Minna.
Inspired by trips to the op shop and thrifted treasures, Minna Gilligan’s Collage Kit provides the most extensive collection of creative materials to help you discover the art of collage. Bespoke illustrations and handpainted backgrounds sit among handpicked and pressed flowers (straight from Minna’s garden), absurd knick-knacks, abandoned family pictures, wild animals, fabulous food, quirky slogans and vintage postcards sourced from markets around the world. For beginners and artists alike, all you need is a pair of scissors and a glue stick!
Gantharri
A First Nations colouring book
By Bobbi Lockyer
For Indigenous peoples and allies, this colouring book invites you to engage with the stories and artworks that bring Bobbi Lockyer’s world to life.
Kim Siew is an illustrator and mural artist living on Gadigal land, Sydney, Australia. Her work is bold and playful.
AU$34.99 NZ$39.99
GBP£16.99
Puzzle
485 × 680 mm
ISBN 9781760763510
Gantharri (gun-thar-dee: meaning ‘Queen bee’ and ‘grandmother’ in Ngarluma language) is a love letter to heritage, family and the land that we love. For Indigenous peoples and allies alike, Bobbi Lockyer invites you on her powerful journey of discovery as you colour your way through the stories, artworks and fashion that bring her rainbow world to life. Featuring 45 artworks to colour (including double page artworks), with personal stories and notes in Bobbi’s own words and an introduction by Bobbi.
Also available
Bobbi Lockyer is a proud Ngarluma, Kariyarra, Nyulnyul and Yawuru woman born and based on Kariyarra Country in Port Hedland, WA. In 2021, she was named National NAIDOC Artist of the Year.
AU$24.99 NZ$29.99
GBP£12.99
PB
250 × 250 mm
80 pp
ISBN 9781760763718
Backlist
Ramesh R M Nithiyendran, J Babington
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HB 290 × 215 mm 368 pp 9781760762483
Ken Done
A Creswell Bell, K Done
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HB 280 × 215 mm 320 pp 9781760760854
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Painted Landscape, A Amber Creswell Bell
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HB 280 × 235 mm 272 pp 9781760760113
Chromatopia David Coles
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PB 220 × 165 mm 240 pp 9781760760618
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HB 254 × 194 mm 256 pp 9780500500729 Still
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HB 295 × 215 mm 272 pp 9781760760977
Colony
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HB 293 × 237 mm 392 pp 9781760760502
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HB 185 × 140 mm 112 pp 9781760760786
Dreaming the Land
Marie Geissler
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HB 295 × 250 mm 364 pp 9781760761455
Utsuwa K Johnson, T Johnson
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HB 270 × 190 mm 224 pp 9781760760595
Tamara Dean
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HB 310 × 240 mm 176 pp 9781760762339
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HB 185 × 149 mm 112 pp 9781760760793
WHO ARE YOU S Gerhard, J Gilmour, P Grist, D Hurlston, H Presley, B Rozentals
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HB 310 × 240 mm 304 pp 9781760762742
Doug Aitken
Rachel Kent
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HB 316 × 242 mm 288 pp 9781760761981
William Beckwith McInnes: An Artist’s Life M Tasca
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HB 310 × 245 mm 232 pp 9781760763091
New Queensland House, The C Bruhn, K Butler
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HB 290 × 235 mm 296 pp 9781760762469
Light Fades but the Gods Remain, The B Henson
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HB 327 × 270 mm 168 pp 9781760760434 Painting the Ancient Land of Australia
Paradise Camp Yuki Kihara
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HB 295 × 216 mm 176 pp 9781760761424
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HB 275 × 215 mm 240 pp 9781760760953
Terrace House, The C Bruhn, K Butler
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HB 283.5 × 198 mm 272 pp 9781760760199
Neeson Murcutt Neille A Johnson, R Black
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HB 280 × 200 mm 272 pp 9781760762216
Australia Modern
Hannah Lewi,Philip Goad
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GBP£39.95
HB 305 × 241 mm 336 pp 9781760760151
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HB
J Arent, S-J Pyke
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GBP£29.95
Eat Weeds Diego Bonetto
AU$39.99 NZ$45.00
GBP£25.00
FB
Kitchen Garden, The Lucy Mora
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GBP£19.99
HB 248 × 190 mm 208 pp 9781760762322
AU$69.99
HB
Land Gardeners, The B Elworthy, H Courtauld
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HB
Super Bloom Jac Semmler
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GBP£45.00
HB 275 × 215 mm 528 pp 9781760762698
City Gardener, The Richard Unsworth
AU$49.99
Ivankovic-Waters
Living Outside S Mackay, D Snape
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GBP£35.00
HB 285 ×
Indoor Green
Bree Claffey
AU$39.99 NZ$45.00
GBP£18.99
PB 265 × 204 mm 208 pp 9780500501061
Suzanne Turley: Private Gardens of Aotearoa
Arent & Pyke
+ Klein Interior
Gunyah Goondie + Wurley Paul Memmott
A House Party in Tuscany
Amber Guinness
AU$64.99 NZ$69.99
GBP£29.99
HB 275 × 215 mm 215 pp 9781760761752
Surf Life
G Hutchison, W-D du Toit
AU$49.99 NZ$55.00
GBP£25.00
HB 250 × 200 mm 192 pp 9781760761080
Cosmic Numerology
Jenn King
AU$39.99 NZ$45.00
GBP£18.99
HB 200 × 150 mm 312 pp 9781760762476
Nature Style
Alana Langan, Jacqui Vidal
AU$34.99 NZ$39.99
GBP£17.50
HB 210 × 170 mm 160 pp 9781760761103
Day Trip Sydney
Andrew Grune, Evi O
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GBP£17.99
PB 210 × 130 mm 240 pp 9781760761714
Songlines
Margo Neale, Lynne Kelly
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GBP£12.95
PB 198 × 130 mm 216 pp 9781760761189
pp 9781760762773 Bird Planet Tim Laman
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HB 304 × 304 mm 224 pp 9781760762988
Life at the Edge
Jo Turner
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GBP£29.95
HB 285 × 243 mm 160 pp 9781760761202
In an Australian Light
Jo Turner
AU$59.99 NZ$65.00
GBP£29.95
HB 317 × 270 mm 160 pp 9781760760472
China Adorned Deng Qiyao
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GBP£50.00
HB 270 × 230 mm 400 pp 9781760760588
Plants Z Cumpston, M Shawn-Fletcher, L Head
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GBP£12.95
PB 198 × 130 mm 224 pp 9781760761875
Secret Life of Stars, The Lisa Harvey-Smith
AU$34.99 NZ$39.99
GBP£17.99
HB 208 × 151 mm 192 pp 9781760761226
Dog Trip Sydney
Andrew Grune, Evi O
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GBP£17.99
PB 210 × 130 mm 240 pp 9781760762643
Design Alison Page, Paul Memmott AU$24.99 NZ$29.99 GBP£12.95
PB 198 × 130 mm 228 pp 9781760761400
2022: Reckoning with Power and Privilege The Conversation AU$32.99
NZ$37.99 GBP£16.99
TPB 234 × 153 mm 240 pp 9781760762995
Soar D McAllister
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TPB 234 × 153 mm 256 pp 9781760762278
Country
B Pascoe, Bill Gammage
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GBP£12.95
PB 198 × 130 mm 224 pp 9781760761554
Evergreen
Tim Entwisle
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TPB 234 × 153 mm 360 pp 9781760762254
Age of Seeds, The Fiona McMillan-Webster
AU$34.99 NZ$39.99
GBP£18.00
TPB 234 × 153 mm 320 pp 9781760761783
Words
With a Little Kelp from Our Friends M Bate
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GBP£15.00
HB 345 × 250 mm 64 pp 9781760760946
123 Under the Sea Kat Macleod
AU$12.99 NZ$14.99
GBP£6.99
BB 187 × 143 mm 24 pp 9781760761073
Hello, Melbourne!
Megan McKean
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GBP£12.95
HB 295 × 220 mm 32 pp 9780500501085
The Family Hour in Australia Tai Snaith
AU$25.99 NZ$29.99 GBP£12.99
HB 250 × 225 mm 36 pp 9781760763732
Aliens and Other Worlds
Lisa Harvey-Smith
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GBP£14.99
HB 230 × 165 mm 120 pp 9781760761165
Shapes at the Party
Kat Macleod
AU$12.99 NZ$14.99 GBP£6.99
BB 187 × 143 mm 24 pp 9781760761134
Hello, New Zealand!
Megan McKean
AU$17.99 NZ$19.99 GBP£8.99
PB 295 × 220 mm 32 pp 9781760763442
Wonders Under the Sun
Tai Snaith
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GBP£14.99
HB 297 × 225 mm 44 pp 9781760762438
Hello, Australia!
Megan McKean
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GBP£12.99
HB 295 × 220 mm 32 pp 9781760760212
ABC Fruit Salad
Kat Macleod
AU$12.99 NZ$14.99
GBP£6.99
BB 187 × 143 mm 24 pp 9781760761066
Hello, Sydney!
Megan McKean
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GBP£12.95
HB 295 × 220 mm 32 pp 9780500500767
You Might Find Yourself
Tai Snaith
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HB 270 × 246 mm 36 pp 9781760760335
Tiny Explorers, The
Kat Macleod
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GBP£12.99
HB 279 × 198 mm 32 pp 9781760761158
Colours in the Garden
Kat Macleod
AU$12.99 NZ$14.99
GBP£6.99
BB 187 × 143 mm 24 pp 9781760761141
In an Artist’s Garden
Claire Orrell
AU$24.99 NZ$29.99
GBP£12.95
HB 300 × 230 mm 36 pp 9781760761479
My Strange Shrinking Parents Z Sworder
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HB 287 × 210 mm 40 pp 9781760761233
This Small Blue Dot Zeno Sworder
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HB 278 × 210 mm 32 pp 9781760761110
Found! Around Australia Megan McKean
AU$24.99 NZ$29.99 GBP£12.99 Game 9781760763671
Hop, Skip, SNAP! Megan McKean
AU$17.99 NZ$19.99 GBP£8.99 Game 9781760762582
Mulganai
Emma Hollingsworth
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GBP£12.95
PB 250 × 250 mm 80 pp 9781760762735
Quack, Flap, SNAP! Megan McKean
AU$17.99 NZ$19.99 GBP£8.99 Game 9781760762407
Buzz, Hiss, SNAP!
Megan McKean
AU$17.99 NZ$19.99
GBP£9.00 Game 9781760762599
Splish, Splash, SNAP! Megan McKean AU$17.99 NZ$19.99 GBP£9.00 Game 9781760762391
At the Bookshop Kim Siew
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Dinner with Monet Iratxe López de Munáin
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Jigsaw 270 × 270 mm 9781760761912
At the Gallery Kim Siew
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Dinner with Dali Iratxe López de Munáin
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Jigsaw 270 × 270 mm 9781760761950
At the Museum Kim Siew
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with
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Jigsaw 270 × 270 mm 9781760762728
Plant Portal, The Erin Lovell Verinder
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Dinner with Frida Iratxe López de Munáin
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Jigsaw 270 × 270 mm 9781760762933
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