We publish books that matter — narrative and literary nonfiction on important topics, and the best of local, international, and translated fiction.

This month we’re publishing three exceptional novels and three fascinating works of nonfiction.

The Speechwriter by Martin McKenzie-Murray is a frantic, funny, and surreal journey through the corridors of power, The Beach Caves by Trevor Shearston is a powerful story about jealousy, guilt, the choices we make, and How We Are Translated by Jessica Gaitán Johannesson is a novel about home, language, barriers, and belonging.

Literary Lion Tamers by Craig Munro weaves his own reminiscences of a life in publishing while tracking down some of Australian literature’s most fascinating stories, The New Climate War by renowned scientist Michael E. Mann outlines a plan for forcing our governments and corporations to wake up and make real change, and Promises to Keep by President Joe Biden tells the story of his extraordinary life and career prior to his emergence as Barack Obama’s beloved, influential vice president.