UNSW Press

Dear Prime Minister is a fascinating insight into the concerns, assumptions and political beliefs of 1950s and 1960s Australians.

A classic of Australian literature, The Education of Young Donald Trilogy combines Donald Horne’s three autobiographies — The Education of Young Donald (1967), Confessions of a New Boy (1985) and Portrait of an Optimist (1988) — in one volume.

Captivating yet devastating, Upheaval is an under-the-hood look at Australian journalism as it faces seismic changes.

During Tasmania’s gruesome Black War of 1823-31, Tongerlongeter led the most effective Aboriginal resistance campaign in Australian history. His Oyster Bay Nation of southeast Tasmania and his ally Montpelliatta’s Big River Nation of central Tasmania embarked on 710 attacks, killing 182 colonists and wounding a further 176.

How do we find courage when climate change overwhelms us emotionally?

The Sixties — an era of protest,free love, civil disobedience, duffel coats, flower power, giant afros and desert boots, all recorded on grainy black and white footage — marked a turning point for change. A time when radicals found their voices and used them.

Edited and annotated by Mark Johnston, one of Australia's leading authorities on World War II, this book provides unprecedented insights into the mind and the remarkable career of one of Australia's most decorated and renowned servicemen.

WINNER of the Nonfiction Award 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature

'At both ends of the world, I have found confusion and profound disagreement about how to read the story of the past, about who should write or speak it, and what parts of it should be written or spoken about at all.'

*WINNER of the 2020 Colin Roderick Award* *Longlisted for the 2020 Stella Prize*

'I'm going plastic free next month, who wants to join me?'

Shortlisted for the 2020 NSW Premier's Literary Awards  Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction

WINNER of the Australian Book Design Awards 2020  Best Designed Autobiography/Biography/Memoir Nonfiction Cover

*Winner of the Australian History Prize in the NSW Premier's History Awards 2020*

LONGLISTED for the 2020 ABIA Small Publisher's Children's Book of the Year

Smell the chlorine, taste the hot chips and feel the burning concrete underfoot as you read these stories of Australian childhoods at the pool.

'To eat is to build upon our collective story. We use food to say, again and again, who we are.'

An epic journey of discovery into the heart of a vast and contested Australian wilderness.

An original and riveting biography of two of the most singular women Australia has ever seen.

This is our Sydney, the brightest and best of it, North to the south to the east and the west of it. Bats and cicadas, lawn bowls and the zoo, This is our town. Let us share it with you.

Age range 3 to 8 Count as you walk up Numerical Street. Every page has a numerical treat. Get your pants altered, get your keys cut, Open the book before the shops shut.