ANU Press

04/06/2026

The 2025 Lilith presents four research articles focused on gender-based issues and experiences in twentieth-century Australia and Britain. The Australian-focused articles examine Lillie Beirne’s maternal feminism and related campaigns for social credit in the 1930s and 1940s, and how the ‘Citrus...

04/06/2026

Huge congratulations to our author Erik Eklund, whose powerful book ‘Politics, Pride and Perversion: The Rise and Fall of Frank Arkell’ has been shortlisted for the 2026 ACT Literary Awards !

Don’t miss this compelling read. Get your copy today: http://doi.org/10.22459/PPP.2025

04/06/2026

New piece in ’The Conversation' by Heidi Norman and Nicholas Pitt, drawing on their latest 'Aboriginal History Journal’ article.

A powerful look at how Aboriginal communities on the western plains and river country fought back against smallpox.

02/06/2026

The words of the songs are important, even more so is understanding the deeper meaning and context of the song.'

We are proud to publish our latest title, 'Indigenous Songs of Victoria', during . This is the first book to focus on the music of Victoria’s First Nations communities and the first to unite this musical knowledge with detailed linguistic analysis.

This landmark work centres and preserves First Nations songkeepers and voices.

📚 Order now: http://doi.org/10.22459/ISV.2025

01/06/2026

In National Reconciliation Week, we’re proud to be the publisher of 'Aboriginal History Journal'.

For nearly 50 years, the journal has been on truth‑telling, sharing Indigenous oral traditions, languages, biographies and research that deepen understanding and drive real change.

Full backlist: https://press.anu.edu.au/publications/journals/aboriginal-history-journal?&p=1

28/05/2026

'Indigenous Songs of Victoria' is arriving during National Reconciliation Week 2026, and the timing couldn’t be more meaningful.

This landmark volume gathers more than 100 Victorian Indigenous song texts, bringing together the deep expertise of linguistics, musicology and history to honour the song-makers whose voices shaped Country long before colonisation.

These songs, preserved in manuscripts, journals and early sound recordings, are cultural treasures. This book marks the first time many of these can be read, heard and appreciated in one place.

Register your interest today: http://doi.org/10.22459/ISV.2025

28/05/2026

A quick reminder to secure your spot for Alison Booth’s 'Uneven Rewards' book launch next Thursday evening at The Street.

Please make sure to register.

Uneven Rewards: Milestones in Labour Economics

28/05/2026

We are proud to share some of our Indigenous titles and honour the cultures, histories and identities they represent for .

This year’s theme, ALL IN, calls on 'all Australians to commit wholeheartedly to reconciliation every day’.

Explore the full collection at press.anu.edu.au

26/05/2026

‘Aboriginal History Journal: Volume 49’ is now available.

This volume brings together research on Aboriginal histories of disease, activism, environmental knowledge and cultural resistance across the continent. Articles explore Wiradjuri, Gomeroi and Wailwan understandings of smallpox in the 1830s, the role of Black Power, Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations and Rock Against Racism concerts, Noongar cultural burning practices as well as literary depictions of Aboriginal life in tropical north Queensland.

Get your copy: doi.org/10.22459/AH.49.2025

26/05/2026

🚨Coming soon🚨

Our upcoming volume of Aboriginal History Journal presents new scholarship on Aboriginal histories of disease, activism, cultural knowledge and resistance.

Contributors examine subjects including Wiradjuri, Gomeroi and Wailwan experiences of smallpox in the 1830s, Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations and Black Power movements, Rock Against Racism concerts of the 1980s, Noongar cultural burning practices and literary representations of Aboriginal life in north Queensland.

Be the first to access it by registering your interest: doi.org/10.22459/AH.49.2025



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