University of Queensland Press

An extremely clever and entertaining collection of poems for younger readers. Some words are made of breath. Some words are made of stone. Listen, wei...

Suspenseful, vital and exquisitely observed, this unique horizontal narrative is a richly textured portrait of an afternoon in an Australian town in 1...

Hilarious, insightful and one hell of a wild ride, this is Bill Bryson for the new world. Blogging- it's a vicious, anonymous world - so why d...

Aboriginal Australia presents selected themes that relate to indigenous Australians against a background of traditional, colonial and contemporary exp...

Is there a place for personal beliefs in public life? In Acting on Conscience Frank Brennan tackles these issues head on. He looks at some of the lega...

Is there a place for personal beliefs in public life? Is a Catholic health minister in a fit position to legislate on women's issues such as the ri...

Speedy Simpson is the best at everything at Oompha Primary School, at least he is until Bebe LaMouche arrives in town. Bebe can swear better than anyo...

Nick Earls popular first young adult novel, After January, now re-released with the story, 'Juliet' that started it all. Originally published separa...

When a mother and daughter take the overseas trip of a lifetime, they discover that the past is never quite behind them.When Indigenous lawyer Jasmine...

A single mother resorts to extreme measures to protect her young son. A Nigerian student undertakes a United Nations internship in the hope of a bette...

"The waves, why are they breaking so suddenly?" asked Alex. "It's going from deep to shallow water real quick. It's called closing out...

Before Alex Jackson was a pro skateboarder he was a kid.Before he met Becky Tonella, beat up Billy Johnstone, boardslided 15 stairs, he was searching ...

Alex Jackson can pull moves on a skateboard other Year 8s only dream about. But when it comes to being popular at high school, standing up to the scho...

Satan Worshippers Association? Students who Want Acceptance? Alex doesn't know what the hell SWA stands for. Three simple letters that change everythi...

The gripping finale to Three Crooked Kings and Jacks and Jokers brings to a close Matthew Condon's best-selling true-crime trilogy. In 1983, the soo...

Suffused with wild beauty, and rendered with deep emotion, All Is Given is an exquisite tribute to curiosity, spontaneity and the joys of travel.In th...

Blind since her twenties, Barbara Blackman has been an artist's model, broadcaster, poet, librettist and essayist.All My Januariescelebrates this rema...

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE UNFORGETTABLE MEMOIR DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWNAll My Mob, Ruby Langford Ginibi's fifth book, is a compelling collection of r...

Charlie loves Beck. The thing is, her never told her and now after her bizarre disappearance he's left wondering why.And then his dad returns home fro...

Good News! God has obviously decided that my life has been horrible and boring long enough and that it's time to beam a little sunshine in my directio...

An engrossing account of a country on the edge In July 2009, Michael Brissenden traded political reporting in Canberra for a job in Washington as U...

Winner of the 2018 Thomas Shapcott Prize for Poetry.Now I knit myself back into a human. It's hard work relearning the steps - slip-stitch, drop-stitc...

Jez felt her luck had finally changed the year she left Melbourne to start Year 11 at Barbican High in Brisbane. That was the year she met Nick and wh...

Angela and Gracey. Friends forever. An easy promise to make but a harder one to keep. Especially when your best friend feels torn between yo...

The personal and the past, celebrated constants in the poetry of Bruce Beaver, form the core of this brilliant collection. The title poem "Anima" is a...

Whether meditating on life or letting her hair down, Anonymous Premonition gives the low down on what it is to be an Indigenous woman today. Yvette Ho...

Each eye like a polished mirror filled with time and sky, each mane like the curved harp of a beheaded player Crystalline yet richly allusive, vita...

An iridescent verse novel from award-winning author Steven Herrick that shines light on friendship, family and finding your way.'People like you and m...

Phil Brown's life has been one long existential crisis. His path to enlightenment has been uphill - think of climbing Everest with a colonic irr...

you feel with an ember in your mouth dreamt you were playing a stone trumpet a strange lament to accompany a cold ritual smashed souls with bullet hol...

Winner of the 2007 Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize Sarah Holland-Batt's Aria, winner of the 2007 Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize, is an impressive addition ...

This is an up-to-date analysis of a turbulent time in Australia's cultural policy and arts practice. Recent decades have seen fundamental changes in h...

From CBCA-shortlisted author Penny Tangeycomes this funny, heartfelt novel about ten-year-old Vivian and her quest to one day become an Olympic middle...

If we can see death looming, like a dark island on the navigator's horizon then we won't be shocked when time's run out. This means a life withou...

An outstanding collection of fresh, zesty poems about identity, sexuality, self-perception and relationships, with a futuristic narrative pulse.Full o...

Inside this book you'll find honest and deeply personal questions from teenage girls, just like you.How do you know if your friends really like you?' ...