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A toe curling, laugh out loud collection of worst day disasters. I’d always rolled my eyes when people describe things as 'happening in slow motion'. Surely everything happens in regular time and it's only when you replay it in your head that it seems to slow down?But as the car lurched...

An intimate memoir from beloved Australian musician Kate Ceberano, featuring her inspirational song lyrics and stories, to celebrate four decades of songwriting and recording on the release of her 30th album. Kate Ceberano is used to a hush descending as she draws breath to release that...

Brilliantly reconstructed from contemporary narratives, The Last Outlaws is both a gripping work of historical true crime and a richly revealing examination of our nation at its birth. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith meets Killing for Country. In the winter of 1900, Wiradjuri man Jimmy Governor...

Winner of the 2022 Nib Literary Awards. Chosen as a 2021 ‘Book of the Year’ in The Age, Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian Book Review. The celebrated, Walkley Award-winning author on how global warming is changing not only our climate but our culture. Beautifully observed, brilliantly...

Hard hitting. Fast paced. High stakes. Welcome to the final instalment of the Black Force Shorts series from Matt Rogers, a million-copy bestseller and 'a bright new talent shaking up the genre' (Candice Fox). Nursing the mother of all hangovers, Will Slater skydives into the Taklamakan Desert...

From the acclaimed author of An Academic Affair comes a steamy romance about a single mum who’s absolutely not looking for another relationship . . . only to fall for the younger owner of her favourite wine bar. Fiona Fisher thought she had it all: a loving husband, three kids, and a life far...

Plunged into a ruthless off-grid training regime under an enigmatic ex-Special Forces legend, Jason King is pushed to his limits when a deadly clash with mercenaries threatens his very survival. The third book in The Jason King Files series from Matt Rogers, million-copy bestseller and ‘the...

Hard hitting. Fast paced. High stakes. Welcome to the fourth instalment of the Black Force Shorts series from Matt Rogers, a million-copy bestseller and 'a bright new talent shaking up the genre' (Candice Fox). Twenty-three-year-old Will Slater has been part of the shadowy government division...

A multi-billion-dollar casino complex in Macau. A nine-year-old with information capable of ruining its owner. An ex-black ops killer looking for trouble. The second book in a pulse-pounding series from Matt Rogers, a million-copy bestseller and 'a bright new talent shaking up the genre'...

The Australia Director at Human Rights Watch shares her experiences defending human rights – from human trafficking in Nepal to the 'drug war' in the Philippines to treatment of detainees in Papua New Guinea and in Australia – offering an extremely involving personal account of how far...

Jason King has proved his worth and saved Black Force – now it’s time to recruit. But has the division set its sights on the right target? The second book in The Jason King Files series from Matt Rogers, million-copy bestseller and ‘the most successful writer you’ve never heard of’...

Hard hitting. Fast paced. High stakes. Welcome to the first instalment of the Black Force Shorts series from Matt Rogers, a million-copy bestseller and 'a bright new talent shaking up the genre' (Candice Fox). Government operative James Xu arrives in the peaceful suburb of Greenpoint on a stormy...

We were promised a global village; we got a gladiatorial arena. Social media is no longer a tool for connection but a viral outrage machine that harvests and monetises our worst impulses. As a result, we are being driven apart: politics is becoming more extreme, young women are following...

Hard hitting. Fast paced. High stakes. Welcome to the ninth instalment of the Black Force Shorts series from Matt Rogers, a million-copy bestseller and 'a bright new talent shaking up the genre' (Candice Fox). Sam Rollins has life figured out. Between Black Force operations, he lives in a lavish...

Hard hitting. Fast paced. High stakes. Welcome to the eighth instalment of the Black Force Shorts series from Matt Rogers, a million-copy bestseller and 'a bright new talent shaking up the genre' (Candice Fox). Deep in Northern Mali in the midst of its coup, Jason King demolishes a compound of...

Hard hitting. Fast paced. High stakes. Welcome to the seventh instalment of the Black Force Shorts series from Matt Rogers, a million-copy bestseller and 'a bright new talent shaking up the genre' (Candice Fox). Will Slater – one of the most violent and effective operatives in Black Force...

For many years Josephine Moon struggled with the question of eating meat, fervently wishing to live as a vegetarian yet requiring meat in her diet. From Josephine’s philosophical, spiritual and physical battle with eating meat came, Buddhism for Meat Eaters – a book for animal lovers, the...

A glimpse into the brutal past of Will Slater, told at breakneck speed in this page-turning novella from Matt Rogers, million copy bestseller and ‘the most successful writer you’ve never heard of’ (The Story). Chicago, 2003. For twenty-year-old Will Slater, each day is a matter of survival...

A tale from Jason King’s brutal past, told at breakneck speed in this page-turning novella from Matt Rogers, million copy bestseller and ‘the most successful writer you’ve never heard of’ (The Story). Florida, 2010. Three years into his tumultuous career as a black-ops wrecking ball, a...

A heartwarming queer romance debut about two exes forced to work together on a whirlwind book tour, from a beloved bookseller and influencer – for fans of Cara Bastone, B.K. Borison and Alexis Hall. Carlos Reyes is having a quarter life crisis. Once a hopeless romantic who believed in the...