NewSouth Books

For Gallantry: Australians awarded the George Cross & the Cross of Valour

Craig Blanch

From the frozen wastes of Antarctica to the burning ruins of the Bali bombings, For Gallantry tells the stories of the 28 Australians awarded the nation's highest non-combat awards for bravery: the Imperial George Cross and its Australian Honours and ...

NewSouth
9781742236827, Hardback, AUD$69.99

The Red Bridge

Kylie Dunstan
Windy Hollow Books
9781922081940, Paperback, AUD$17.99

The Rock: Looking into Australia's ‘Heart of Darkness’ from the edge of its wild frontier

Aaron Smith
Transit Lounge
9781925760651, Paperback, AUD$29.99

CRISPR: A Powerful Way to Change DNA

Yolanda Ridge, illustrated by Alex Boersma
Annick Press
9781773214238, Paperback (Trade paperback US), AUD$24.99

Fable: A Novel

Adrienne Young
Titan Publishing Group
9781789094558, Paperback, AUD$19.99

The Best Australian Science Writing 2020

Edited by Sara Phillips, foreword by Peter C. Doherty
NewSouth
9781742236841, Paperback, AUD$32.99

Let's Get Glowing!: Revealing the Science of Radioactivity with Nuclear Physics

Chris Ferrie
Sourcebooks eXplore

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Oldcastle Books
9780857304568, Paperback, AUD$17.99

Into the Wild

Robert Vescio, illustrated by Mel Armstrong
New Frontier
9781921928789, Hardback, AUD$24.99

Let's Get Tiny!: Jumping into the Science of the Smallest Part of Matter with Quantum Physics

Chris Ferrie
Sourcebooks eXplore

News

AAANZ Arts Writing and Publishing Awards

Congratulations to Vanessa Finney who has been Highly Commended in the Best Medium Exhibition Catalogue category for her book 'Capturing Nature: Early Scientific Photography at the Australian Museum 1857–1893'.

The UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing 2020

Ceridwen Dovey has won the 2020 UNSW Press Bragg Prize for Science Writing with ‘True Grit’, originally published in WIRED. The $7000 winner’s prize was presented by UNSW Science Dean Professor Emma Johnston AO. Runners-up prizes of $1500 each were awarded to Ricky French for ‘The Case of the Missing Frogs’ and Konrad Marshall for ‘Jeepers Creepers.’

Les Carlyon Literary Prize

'The Sydney Wars: Conflict in the early colony, 1788-1817' by Stephen Gapps has won the Les Carlyon Literary Prize. Congratulations Stephen!