Can words make Australia a better place? Can writing help to inform a collective national consciousness?
Over the past decade Australians have witnessed a significant shift to more insular and conserv ...
They have been worshipped as fertility goddesses and revered as symbols of peace. Domesticated since the dawn of humankind, they have been crucial to wartime communications for every major historical ...
When Europeans first reached Australian shores, a long-held and expedient perception developed that Australian Aboriginal people did not have houses or settlements, that they occupied temporary camps, ...
From grass roots activism to national politics and international human rights advocacy, Margaret Reynolds’ life has been one of passionate commitment to social justice, which has seen her at the foref ...
‘This fascinating and much needed book recognises the contribution of Brisbane’s artists, writers and creative spirits.’
– Thomas Shapcott
Post-war Brisbane has been a powerful source for the literar ...
Philosophy is a fascinating discipline that encourages us to think creatively about the BIG questions. What is life? What is space? What is time? Who are we, and why are we? Where do we belong, and ho ...
• Is the Australian publishing industry flourishing or floundering?
• What is the future of the book?
• Has lifestyle replaced literary publishing?
• Have new technologies revolutionised the nature of ...
Now for the first time I was going to live in and off the bush. Hard physical gut-busting work and stealing sheep and flocks of galahs overhead and clear hot days and keeping the fires stoked at night ...
Our Way: Contemporary Aboriginal Art from Lockhart River introduces the unique and stunning art of a group of young Aboriginal artists from far north Queensland's Lockhart River community. Lockhart Ri ...
This book is the first volume in an annual series inaugurated by the University of Queensland's TC Beirne Law School. Inspired by the famous Hamlyn Lecture Series in England, the McPherson Lecture Ser ...