Current &
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2012
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february 2012
What more can I tell you about these two hours with Bea? They are like the first bend at the end of the Nullarbor.They prescribe a massive and unavoidable shift.They are like being tractor-beamed into the massive gravitational pull of a black hole. For me, Bea is unavoidable, pivotal, vital. It never occurs to me that I might be to her too. Unaccountable Hours Three novellas stephen scourfield
Set in and defined by the Australian landscape, Unaccountable Hours brings the reader into the intimate spaces of a craftsman and maker of musical instruments, a biologist facing the ultimate ethical test, and two unlikely soulmates, born generations apart, as each devotes their unaccountable hours to the passions, beliefs, and loves of their lives. Stephen Scourfield is an award-winning author of fiction and non-fiction. His novel Other Country won the Western Australian Premier’s Book Award for fiction in 2007 and was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Prize.
Fiction ISBN 9781742583884 352 PP $32.95 ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK
february 2012
This book contributes to the recurring public debate about the intrusions of past trauma, conflict, and discord into the controversies of the present. Exhuming Passions The pressure of the past in Ireland and Australia katie holmes and stuart ward
Exhuming Passions is an interdisciplinary collection of writings by highly esteemed Australian and Irish scholars about the different ways in which the past is remembered and contested in Ireland and Australia. This book deals with highly topical issues: the memory and commemoration of war, government apologies for previous harms, constructs of the past in film and literature, and the scholars’ obligation to record and interpret truths about the past.
History ISBN 9781742583877 352 PP $45.00 ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK
february 2011
I had steadily developed and gained what I thought was a pragmatic compilation of cultural competencies, but nothing prepared me for what I was bestowed. Reform and Resistance in Aboriginal Education Fully revised edition edited by quentin beresford, gary partington and graeme gower
The revised edition of Reform and Resistance in Aboriginal Education takes a fresh look at the challenges and achievements that have occurred in this important area since the book’s original release in 2003. Examining the impact of initiatives such as the Shared Responsibility Agreements, the Follow the Dream program, the NT Intervention, Noel Pearson’s blueprint for educational reform on Cape York, and drawing on data from numerous sources including the MySchool website, Reform and Resistance in Aboriginal Education provides a comprehensive look at the effects on Indigenous students of these reform efforts. Education ISBN 9781742583891 512 PP $45.00 ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK
february 2012
How have the Middle Ages shaped Australian culture? Have there been forms of interest in, or ways of understanding, the medieval period that can be identified as Australian? What cultural forces have shaped these local responses? Old Songs in the Timeless Land Medievalism in Australian literature 1840–1910 louise d’arcens
A diverse body of medievalist texts was produced in late colonial and early Federal Australia. Novelists, poets and dramatists drew on motifs, events, and personages of the European medieval past to illuminate their Australian present. Old Songs in the Timeless Land is the first close examination of the diverse texts produced during this time. It provides new information about nineteenth-century literary and theatrical medievalism. This fine exploratory work shows how medievalist discourses and idioms came to be taken up within a major branch of Anglophone literature.
Cultural Studies ISBN 9781742582542 342 PP $39.95 ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK
MARCH 2012
‘There is a grand tension in his work. It is the tension between a writer who wants the razzle-dazzle of interior landscape and the way it can project itself out on an enrapturing world…He has all the surface qualities of a show pony but he also has something else. Sportsmen would say guts. Let’s call it moral depth.’ peter craven, sydney morning herald
Crimson Crop peter rose
Crimson Crop is Peter Rose’s fifth poetry collection and his first since 2005. This volume has at its core a series of elegies, several about his late father, thus continuing the themes of his bestselling memoir Rose Boys (2001). The volume also contains new ‘Catullan’ poems, imitations of Catullus that Rose has been writing and publishing since the 1980s. Crimson Crop is elegant, poignant and, at times, wickedly droll. Peter Rose, a poet, memoirist and novelist, is the editor of Australian Book Review, and former publisher at Oxford University Press Australia. Peter’s memoir Rose Boys won the National Biography Award in 2002. His recent books include the novel Roddy Parr in 2010. Poetry ISBN 9781742583907 124PP $24.95 ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK
MARCH 2012
Art histories of the western desert are dominated by the story of the genesis of desert painting at Papunya and its progression since then through the agency of Papunya Tula Artists. However, within the last decade there has been a major realignment of artistic practice, with greater diversity and stunning developments in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands. Ngaanyatjarra Art of the Lands tim acker and john carty
Ngaanyatjarra: Art of the Lands captures the elegant complexity of desert life, revealing the worlds within worlds that is Ngaanyatjarra culture. It is an art movement that defies conventions while remaining deeply rooted in tradition: demonstrated by the extraordinary craftsmanship of the purnu artists, the magisterial authority of the Tjukurrpa painters, the technical nous and whimsical play of the Tjanpi Desert Weavers and the explosive eclecticism of the women artists. This book invites us to share in honouring the ancient heritage of the Ngaanyatjarra community, celebrating its myriad contemporary expressions, and is a testament to the importance of Aboriginal-owned and governed art enterprises. Art ISBN 9781742583914 304 PP $49.95 ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK
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MARCH 2012
I consider myself as an author who has been put under ‘internal exile’ and under ‘sanctions’ by the power-centers for the last two and a half decades. Subjected to slanders and vicious campaigns by the upper caste groups consistently, but despite all has remained a cherished writer of those who live in the margins and on edges of society. The Walls of Delhi uday prakash translated by jason grunebaum
The stories in The Walls of Delhi centre around the lives of individuals who are struggling not to be left behind in a fast-changing India. Mohandas, the eponymous hero of one story, fights caste discrimination and identity theft; Suri, in ‘Mangosil’, is the slum-dwelling victim savant of an incurable and unknowable disease that makes his head grow larger and larger; and Ramnivas, the sweeper who finds a hidden cache of money in ‘The Walls of Delhi’ finds out what it means to be suddenly rich in the New India. Acclaimed in India and translated from Hindi by Jason Grunebaum, The Walls of Delhi provides an insight into the daily hidden struggles of millions of less well-connected Indians. Fiction ISBN 9781742583921 240 PP $29.95 ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK
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April 2012 ‘A unique look at Gallipoli in all its tragedy, calamity and complexity. An eloquent and pacy narrative that will engross all readers who have any interest in this mythfounding event.’ tom keneally
‘Suspenseful and theatrical, it lights up the Anzac war from angles not available to conventional history.What daring! The 1915 narrative is itself a tour de force.’ ken inglis
On Dangerous Ground bruce scates
In 1915 Lt Roy Irwin goes missing at Gallipoli. The young woman who loves him and the men who fought beside him begin their search. In 1919, historian CEW Bean returns to Anzac with artist George Lambert and soldier Harry Vickers to solve the greatest mystery of the campaign, to discover Gallipoli’s secret. Forward to 2015, and Dr Mark Troy’s quest to preserve the peninsula from roadworks is sidetracked by political intervention and diplomatic intrigue. But a flirtation with a dynamic young woman from Army Intelligence uncovers long-forgotten documents protecting Gallipoli’s graves. Eagerly awaited, one of Australia’s leading war historians uses fact and fiction to recreate the most dramatic moments of the Gallipoli campaign. Fiction ISBN 9781742583938 320 PP $29.95 ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK
april 2012
Fragmentary, poetic, and intriguing, Gibson describes, ponders and interprets Dawes’ notebooks, pages of which are reproduced throughout. 26 Views of the Starburst World William Dawes at Sydney Cove 1788–1791 ross gibson
Ross Gibson continues his speculative brilliance with this work on the astronomer and colonist William Dawes, using his notebooks as source material. It is an intellectual adventure around the tensions and pleasures of language and meaning, particularly Dawes’ encounters under southern stars, sharing ideas with a small group of Indigenous people from all around Sydney Harbour. Dawes called his collaborators ‘the Eora’. They told him it was their word for ‘people’, and it might have been the first thing they watched him write down. These were the years when Britain seized the Eora country, leading eventually to the establishment of the modern nation of Australia. cultural studies isbn 9781742582979 206 PP $32.95 ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK
may 2012
Taking Stock The Humanities in Australia edited by mark finnane and ian donaldson
The 40th anniversary of the Academy of Humanities in Australia provided reflection on the significance of the humanities in research, in intellectual debate and in cultural life. How have research agendas altered over the last four decades, and how have the disciplines that address them changed? Are national frameworks any longer adequate for understanding social and cultural life and experience? Have we changed the way we answer leading research questions, or altered the ways we communicate with our various audiences? This volume collects some of the dynamic presentations from the 2009 symposium featuring our leading humanities scholars. Humanities and Social Sciences ISBN 9781742583730 256 PP $19.95 AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK only
MAY 2012
‘Hewett has lived out a soap opera of a life. If she were a man, her life would be described as Rabelaisian, and she, a hell-raiser.’ independent
Wild Card An autobiography 1923–1958 dorothy hewett
Republished for a new generation of readers, this extraordinary autobiography of one of Australia’s most celebrated female writers, Dorothy Hewett, traces the personal and political metamorphoses of her first thirty-five years. After university, several failed love affairs, an attempted suicide and a major poetry prize, Dorothy Hewett joined the Australian Communist party in 1945. Four years later she left her husband and moved to Redfern, Sydney with her lover, a boilermaker. Hers was a life of extremes: the pleasures and purgatories of a woman who has tackled everything placed in her path with a searing honesty, energy and intellect. AUTOBIOGRAPHY ISBN 9781742583952 288 PP $29.95 ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK
may 2012
In what has become a highly individualistic and often isolating society, All the Way Home examines another universal human dilemma, the trade-off between personal freedom and belonging. All the Way Home kristin henry
It’s the end of the 60s. American Jesse travels light. He has no family, just a guitar and a desire to do what he’s always done – keep moving. Flannery is attached to plenty of strings in her Northern Ireland home, but she’s worn out by sectarian violence and looking for a place to help her forget. Australia is waiting to give them both a fresh start. And so is the charismatic and enigmatic Leon – who dreams of creating the perfect community on the New South Wales coast. All the Way Home explores the importance of family bonds, home and belonging, and the seductiveness of a well-intentioned but ultimately flawed dream. FICTION ISBN 9781742582825 172 PP $24.95 ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK
june 2012
Nostalgia, true nostalgia, has nothing to do with a longing for a lost time but is rather a visitation from time yet to come.Which is why I knew then what I only know now. The Remnants john hughes
The Remnants is set in pre-war Russia, contemporary Australia and Renaissance Italy. The novel’s central story explores exile, memory and loss. At its centre is an ageing Russian emigre, a woman who claims to have nursed the poet Osip Mandelstam in his final days. It is a lyrical novel of translations: between languages, cultures, experience and its representation, and the translation of past and present. John Hughes is a Sydney-based writer and teacher. His first book of autobiographical essays, The Idea Of Home, published by Giramondo in 2004, was widely acclaimed and won both the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards for Non-Fiction (2005) and the National Biography Award (2006). Fiction ISBN 9781742583327 240 PP $29.95 ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK
june 2012
Politics, Society, Self Occasional Writings geoff gallop
Since retiring as Premier of Western Australia in 2006, Geoff Gallop has returned to his pre-political career as an academic. In the role of public intellectual — his post-political thinking — he has focused on matters of the self in society: of contemporary politics, pragmatics, fundamentalism, fairness, and the meaning and importance of well-being for public policy and the person. Professor Geoff Gallop is Director of the Graduate School of Government at the University of Sydney. He was Premier of Western Australia from 2001 to 2006. He is now a regular media columnist and public speaker in high demand across Australia. Cultural Studies/Politics ISBN 9781742583426 200 PP $29.95 ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK
ebooks
These new ebook titles will be available for purchase throughout 2012 from: Amazon Kindle, Apple iBookstore, Books for Cooks, Google eBookstore, Readings and Kobo.
Non-fiction Between the Leaves Stories of Australian women, writing and gardens
KATIE HOLMES Degustation A Master Chef’s life through menus
ALAIN FABRÈGUES Desert Fishing Lessons Adventures in Australia’s rivers
ADAM KEREZSY
Fiction
Mr Big of Bankstown The scandalous Fitzpatrick and Browne affair
ANDREW MOORE
Francis Webb Collected Poems
TOBY DAVIDSON
Must Eat
RUSSELL BLAIKIE
Crooked Little Heart
ANNE LAMOTT
The Allergy Epidemic A mystery of modern life
Inherited
SUSAN PRESCOTT
AMANDA CURTIN
The Imago
Lines for Birds
E. L. Grant Watson & Australia
Poems and paintings
BARRY HILL & JOHN WOLSELEY
SUZANNE FALKINER
Rosie
The search for the perfect pizza
Theo & Co.
THEO KALOGERACOS
ANNE LAMOTT
Wine and Food
Spiel
KATE LAMONT
DAVID SORNIG
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Rosie
Crooked Little Heart
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Imperfect Birds ISBN 9781742580975 $24.95 Fiction
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The Allergy Epidemic ISBN 9781742582917 $29.95 Health
9-11: Was genre There An Alternative? ISBN 9781742583655 isbn $19.95 pages Current Affairs
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Maonomics ISBN 9781742582924 $32.95 Economics
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