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ISBN: 9781786072382
Title: FEVER DREAM
Author: SCHWEBLIN SAMANTA
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

A deeply unsettling and disorientating debut novel about obsession, identity and motherhood

A young woman named Amanda lies dying in a rural hospital clinic. A boy named David sits beside her. She's not his mother. He's not her child. Together, they tell a haunting story of broken souls, toxins and the power and desperation of family.

Fever Dream is a nightmare come to life, a ghost story for the real world, a love story and a cautionary tale. One of the freshest new voices to come out of the Spanish language and translated into English for the first time, Samanta Schweblin creates an aura of strange psychological menace and otherworldly reality in this absorbing, unsettling, taut novel.

Imprint: ONE WORLD
RRP: $15.99

ISBN: 9781925355178
Title: STORY OF SHIT
Author: DEKKERS MIDAS
Format: TRADE PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

We are very discreet. We disappear into a small room, perform the task, flush, wash and reappear as if nothing happened. Of course, hygiene is necessary - some faecal bacteria, if re-ingested, can cause very serious problems - and unpleasant aromas are best kept at bay.

But in all this hygienic discretion have we lost touch with an integral part of ourselves - something as much a part of living as breathing, eating and sleeping? Something enriching, creative and even enjoyable.

In The Story of Shit, Dutch biologist Midas Dekkers presents a personal, cultural, scientific, historical and environmental account of shit, from the digestive process and the fascinating workings of the gut, to the act of defecation and toilet etiquette. With irreverent humour and a compelling narrative style, Dekkers brings a refreshing, entertaining and illuminating perspective to a once-taboo subject.

Imprint: TEXT PUBLISHING
RRP: $32.99

ISBN: 9781925603224
Title: CAGE
Author: JONES LLOYD
Format: TRADE PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

A powerful allegorical tale about humanity and dignity and the ease with which we can justify brutality.

Two mysterious strangers appear at a hotel in a small country town.

Where have they come from? Who are they? What catastrophe are they fleeing?

The townspeople want answers, but the strangers are unable to speak of their trauma. And before long, wary hospitality shifts to suspicion and fear, and the care of the men slides into appalling cruelty.

Lloyd Jones’s fable-like novel The Cage is a profound and unsettling novel.

Imprint: TEXT PUBLISHING
RRP: $29.99

ISBN: 9781925603347
Title: HEIDEGGER AND A HIPPO WALK THROUGH THOSE PEARLY GATES
Author: KLEIN DANIEL / CATHCART THOMAS
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

An hilarious take on the philosophy, theology and psychology of mortality and immortality, using jokes to explore life, death and everything in between.


Featuring Freud! Groucho Marx! Socrates! Lily Tomlin! Kierkegaard! Buddha! New Yorker cartoonists! Zombies! And of course, Heidegger!

Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein first made a name for themselves with the outrageously funny New York Times bestseller Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar. Now they turn their attention to the Big D and share the timeless wisdom of the great philosophers, theologians, psychotherapists and wiseguys.

From angels to zombies and everything in between, Cathcart and Klein offer a fearless and irreverent history of how we approach death, why we embrace life, and whether there really is a hereafter.

As hilarious as it is enlightening, Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates is a must-read for anyone and everyone who ever expects to die.

Imprint: TEXT PUBLISHING
RRP: $22.99

ISBN: 9781787330696
Title: ONLY STORY
Author: BARNES JULIAN
Format: HARD COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less? That is, I think, finally, the only real question.

First love has lifelong consequences, but Paul doesn’t know anything about that at nineteen. At nineteen, he’s proud of the fact his relationship flies in the face of social convention.

As he grows older, the demands placed on Paul by love become far greater than he could possibly have foreseen.

Tender and profound, The Only Story is an achingly beautiful novel by one of fiction’s greatest mappers of the human heart.


Imprint: JONATHAN CAPE
RRP: $32.99

ISBN: 9781509842827
Title: WIFE BETWEEN US
Author: HENDRICKS GREER
Format: TRADE PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

A romantic thriller filled with suspense and the first collaboration between Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen.

When you read this book, you will make many assumptions. It’s about a jealous wife, obsessed with her replacement. It’s about a younger woman set to marry the man she loves. The first wife seems like a disaster; her replacement is the perfect woman. You will assume you know the motives, the history, the anatomy of the relationships. You will be wrong. The Wife Between Us is the first collaboration between Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen.

Imprint: MACMILLAN
RRP: $29.99

ISBN: 9781760552206
Title: DYSCHRONIA
Author: MILLS JENNIFER
Format: TRADE PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

One morning, the residents of a coastal small town wake to discover the sea has disappeared, leaving them 'landlocked'. However, the narrator has been seeing visions of this cataclysm for years. Is she a prophet? Does she have a disorder that skews her perception of time (the 'Dyschronia' of the title). Or is she just a liar?

Mills' novel takes contemporary issues of resource depletion and climate change and welds them to one young woman's migraine-inducing nightmares. Her narrator's prevision anticipates a world where entire communities are left to fend for themselves: economically drained, socially fractured, trapped between a hardscrabble past and an uncertain future.

Imprint: PICADOR
RRP: $29.99

ISBN: 9781843449935
Title: FIGHTER
Author: SMITH MICHAEL FARRIS
Format: TRADE PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

In this brilliant novel set against the dark and desolate backdrop of the Mississippi Delta, a washed-up bare-knuckle fighter, battles against decades of booze and drug abuse as he returns home to try and save all he has lost.

The acres and acres of fertile soil, the two-hundred year old antebellum house, all gone. And so is the woman who gave it to him, the foster mother who saved Jack from a childhood of abandonment in the care system, who now rests in a hospice, her mind eroded by dementia, the family legacy she entrusted to Jack now owned by banks and strangers. And Jack's mind has begun to fail, too, as concussion after concussion forces him to carry around a notebook of names that separate friend from foe and remind him of dangerous haunts to avoid.

But in a single twisted night he is derailed. Hijacked by a no-good harmonica player out to settle a score, Jack loses the money that will clear his debt with Big Momma Sweet, the queen of Delta vice, whose deep backwoods playground offers sin to all those willing to pay. Yet this same chain of events introduces an unlikely saviour in the form of a sultry, tattooed carnival worker. Guided by what she calls her ‘church of coincidence’, Annette pushes Jack toward redemption in her own free-spirited way, only to discover that the world of Big Momma Sweet is filled with savage danger.

Damaged by regret, crippled by twenty-five years of fists and elbows, heartbroken at his own betrayals, Jack is forced to step into the fighting pit one last time, the stakes nothing less than life or death.

Imprint: NO EXIT PRESS
RRP: $19.99

ISBN: 9781409176466
Title: ROBICHEAUX : You Know My Name
Author: BURKE JAMES LEE
Format: TRADE PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

Set against the backdrop of New Orleans, Detective Dave Robicheaux is fighting his demons to overcome his toughest case yet.

Powerful mob boss Tony Nemo has a Civil War sword he'd like to give to Levon Broussard, a popular local author whose books have been adapted into major Hollywood films. The sword's history can be traced back to Broussard's ancestors, and Tony figures it belongs to Levon. But Tony's intentions aren't so pure; he believes the gift will lead to a slice of Broussard's lucrative film adaptations.

Then there's Jimmy Nightengale, the young poster boy of New Orleans wealth and glamour. Jimmy's fond of Levon's work, and even fonder of his beautiful, enigmatic wife, Rowena. Tony thinks Jimmy can be a US Senator someday, and has the resources and clout to make it happen. There's something off about the relationship between these three men, and after a vicious assault, it's up to Robicheaux to uncover the truth.

Complicating matters is the sudden death of T.J. Dartez, the New Iberian local responsible for Robicheaux's wife's death, and all are looking to the detective as the murderer. Can Robicheaux clear his name before it's too late?

Imprint: ORION
RRP: $29.99

ISBN: 9781526304544
Title: THIS IS AUSTRALIA : An Illustrated Guide to an Extraordinary Country
Author: PETTMAN KEVIN
Format: HARD COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

Welcome to Australia! Discover the hidden wonders, fascinating facts, amazing wildlife and famous landmarks

Did you know ... Australia has more beaches than any other country in the world? Over 22 million jars of Vegemite are sold every year. Just one of Australia's deserts is nearly three times the size of England. And it is home to around 60 million kangaroos!

Find out everything you ever wanted to know about Australia, from its amazing landscapes and fascinating wildlife to the country's most famous sports people and important dates in history.

This glorious guide book is brought to life in bold, bright graphics, maps and fun visuals. A real treat for curious kids and a perfect travel guide for holidays!

Imprint: HODDER HEADLINE
RRP: $24.99

ISBN: 9780008217464
Title: LOVE PARISIENNE : The French Woman's Guide to Love and Passion
Author: BESSON FLORENCE
Format: HARD COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

Secrets in seduction from the city of love...

Whether you're wondering where to buy last-minute lingerie, which restaurant has the best view of the Eiffel Tower or how to keep things hot between the sheets, the answer is simple: think like a Parisienne! Straight from the world's most romantic city and filled with fabulous tips and plenty of tongue-in-cheek humour, this is the French woman's ultimate guide to love and passion - in and out of the bedroom...

Imprint: HARLEQUIN AUSTRALIA
RRP: $24.99

ISBN: 9780857897015
Title: ALTRUISM : The Science and Psychology of Kindness
Author: RICARD MATTHIEU
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

The concern for the well-being of others could be the saving grace of the 21st century. Matthieu Ricard's Altruism, an erudite, brilliantly ranging synthesis of philosophy, psychology and ages old wisdom, is a radical call to kindness, which has the potential as a new global movement to answer the biggest problems of our time: the economy in the short term, life satisfaction in the mid-term, and the environment in the long term. As the faultlines of inequality and nationalism leave us ever more divided, Ricard challenges us to be better people - and in the process, make the world a better place.
Matthieu Ricard is a Buddhist monk who had a promising career in cellular genetics before leaving France to study Buddhism in the Himalayas forty years ago. He is also a bestselling author, translator and photographer, and an active participant in current scientific research on the effects of meditation on the brain. He lives in Tibet and Nepal and is involved in humanitarian projects in both these countries.

Imprint: ATLANTIC BOOKS
RRP: $24.99

ISBN: 9781760632755
Title: STAKES
Author: SANDERS BEN
Format: TRADE PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

An NYPD robbery detective uses his insider knowledge to rob criminals. The dazzling new stand-alone thriller from the bestselling author of American Blood and Marshall's Law.

'It's easy to see what the fuss is about. Sanders' prose is sharper than a switchblade ... It's like Raymond Chandler, Lee Child and Elmore Leonard rolled into one.' Sydney Morning Herald
Rip-offs are a dangerous game, but NYPD robbery detective Miles Keller thinks he's found a good strategy: rip off rich New York criminals and then retire early, before word's out about his true identity. New town, new name, no worries.

Retirement can't come soon enough, though. The NYPD is investigating him for the shooting of a hitman named Jack Deen, who was targeting a former police informant who also happened to be Miles's ex-lover.

Miles thinks shooting hitmen counts as altruism, but in any case a murder charge would make life difficult. He's ready to go to ground, but then Nina Stone reappears in his life.

Nina is a fellow heist professional and the estranged wife of an LA crime boss. Miles last saw her five years ago, when he was investigating her for bank robbery and looked the other way, for reasons he is still trying to figure out. Since then her life has grown more complicated: her husband wants her back, and he's dispatched his go-to gun thug to play repo man.

Complicating matters is the fact that the gun thug in question is Bobby Deen, cousin of the dead Jack Deen - and Bobby wants vengeance.

The stakes couldn't be higher, but Nina has an offer that could be lucrative. Maybe Miles can stick around a while longer and get the big payoff he's been waiting for? But luck has a way of running out and soon Miles is in way over his head.

Effortlessly cool, suspenseful as hell and pure reading pleasure, The Stakes confirms Ben Sanders as one of our finest writers of crime fiction.

Imprint: ALLEN AND UNWIN
RRP: $29.99

ISBN: 9781408878699
Title: LOST CONNECTIONS : Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions
Author: HARI JOHANN
Format: TRADE PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs, a startling challenge to our thinking about depression and anxiety.

Award-winning journalist Johann Hari suffered from depression since he was a child and started taking anti-depressants when he was a teenager. He was told – like his entire generation – that his problem was caused by a chemical imbalance in his brain. As an adult, trained in the social sciences, he began to investigate this question – and he learned that almost everything we have been told about depression and anxiety is wrong.

Across the world, Hari discovered social scientists who were uncovering their real causes – and they are mostly not in our brains, but in the way we live today. Hari´s journey took him from a life-threatening experience in Vietnam, to an Amish community in Indiana, to an uprising in Berlin – all showing in vivid and dramatic detail these new insights. They lead to radically different solutions to the ones we have been offered up to now.

Just as Chasing the Scream transformed the global debate about addiction, The Lost Connections will lead us to a very different debate about depression and anxiety – one that shows how, together, we can end this epidemic

Imprint: BLOOMSBURY
RRP: $27.99

ISBN: 9780571337538
Title: LULLABY
Author: SLIMANI LEILA
Format: PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

The number-one bestseller and winner of the Prix Goncourt - set in contemporary Paris, a compulsive, riveting and bravely observed exploration of power, class, race, domesticity and motherhood.

The baby is dead. It only took a few seconds.

When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer, decides to return to work after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect caretaker for their two young children. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite and devoted woman who sings to their children, cleans the family's chic apartment in Paris's upscale tenth arrondissement, stays late without complaint and is able to host enviable birthday parties.

The couple and nanny become more dependent on each other. But as jealousy, resentment and suspicions increase, Myriam and Paul's idyllic tableau is shattered...

Imprint: FABER AND FABER
RRP: $27.99

ISBN: 9781925418682
Title: WORLDS BEST BFFS : A Celebration of Truly Perfect Friendships
Author: BAILEY NADIA
Format: HARD COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

Is there anything better than seeing photos of Sir Ian McKellen & Sir Patrick Stewart palling around? Anything more satisfying than seeing comedy queens Tina Fey & Amy Poehler slay together at the Golden Globes? A great friendship makes us better people – more loyal, more true, more generous and funny, and more able to face the world.

The World’s Best BFFs profiles 40 of the most awesome and inspiring friendships (real and fictional) throughout history, including Abbi & Ilana, Tina Fey & Amy Poehler, Sir Ian McKellan & Sir Patrick Stewart, Matt Damon & Ben Affleck, Oprah & Gayle, Leslie Knope & Ann Perkins, Iggy Pop & David Bowie, and many more.

Imprint: SMITH STREET BOOKS
RRP: $24.99

ISBN: 9781925418699
Title: LOVE SUCKS : The Truth About Romance from the World's Greatest Cynics
Author: SUMMERS DARIA
Format: HARD COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

Tired of hearing about how ‘love is all you need’ and that ‘love will conquer all’? Does the idea of balloons, love hearts, boxes of chocolates and birds suddenly appearing make your teeth ache with the sickly saccharine clichéd insanity? How about some real talk? It’s all a farce. Love sucks. As Charles Bukowski said, ‘If there are junk yards in hell, love is the dog that guards the gates.’

The reality is, love is a madness that makes fools of all of us, and we’re better off without it. Whether you’re broken-hearted or just wise to the idiocy of love, know that you’re not alone. Love Sucks is a gorgeously illustrated collection of funny, bitter and brutally truthful quotes about how truly terrible love is, from music, film, TV, literature and history’s greatest and most jaded minds.

Imprint: SMITH STREET BOOKS
RRP: $24.99

ISBN: 9781925685596
Title: WASHERWOMANS DREAM - The Extraordinary Life of Winifred Steger
Author: LINDSAY HILARIE
Format: TRADE PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

The epic true story of the indomitable Winifred Steger and her extraordinary life in 19th century outback Australia.

Winifred Steger travelled to Australia with her father in the 1880s when he took up a land grant in north Queensland. The grant proved to be worthless, and faced with poverty, endless backbreaking work and isolation, Winifred's father spiralled into depression and alcoholism.

Left to fend for herself, Winifred battled insurmountable odds to maintain her dignity and sanity, finding solace in writing to ease her hardship. Fleeing an abusive marriage also meant the heartbreak of abandoning her four children – but then miraculously she found love with an Indian trader, Ali. Together with their children, they moved to outback Australia where they ran a camel line. A new phase began in Winifred's life, taking her to places she had only ever dreamed of.

The Washerwoman's Dream is the story of a remarkable woman with a tenacious spirit, and is now an enduring Australian classic. Pieced together by Hilarie Lindsay from Winifred’s memoirs, short stories, letters and unpublished novels, this is an account of the amazing life of a forgotten Australian writer.

Imprint: SIMON & SCHUSTER
RRP: $32.99

ISBN: 9780143786115
Title: SHEPHERDS HUT
Author: WINTON TIM
Format: HARD COVER
Publishing status: MARCH 2018 NEW RELEASE

SPECIAL PRE-ORDER OFFER: Pre-order and pay for your copy of The Shepherd's Hut to secure the special price of $29.99 and the chance to win a Penguin/Random House Prize Pack! Offer ends 28 February, with publication due 12 March, 2018.

Jaxie dreads going home. His mum's dead. The old man bashes him without mercy, and he wishes he was an orphan. But no one's ever told Jaxie Clackton to be careful what he wishes for.

In one terrible moment his life is stripped to little more than what he can carry and how he can keep himself alive. There's just one person left in the world who understands him and what he still dares to hope for. But to reach her he'll have to cross the vast saltlands on a trek that only a dreamer or a fugitive would attempt.

The Shepherd's Hut is a searing look at what it takes to keep love and hope alive in a parched and brutal world.

Don't miss this limited-time offer! Pre-order your copy now.

Imprint: HAMISH HAMILTON
RRP: $39.99

ISBN: 9780241300657
Title: SKIN IN THE GAME : Hidden Asymmetries in Daily LIfe
Author: TALEB NASSIM NICHOLAS
Format: TRADE PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

Is the pope atheist? Why can a stubborn minority easily end up ruling? Should you take advice from a salesperson? This book is all about why having skin in the game matters. For a society to function properly, those who benefit should also risk something and those who risk something should benefit. Full of philosophical tales and practical stories, Skin in the Game offers a key rule to live by- do not do to others what you don't want them to do to you, with its practical extension- never take advice from someone who gives advice for a living.

Imprint: ALLEN LANE
RRP: $35.00

ISBN: 9781926428598
Title: IN THE GARDEN OF THE FUGITIVES
Author: DOVEY CERIDWEN
Format: TRADE PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

Almost twenty years after forbidding him to contact her, Vita receives an email from
Royce. Once, he was her benefactor and she was one of his brightest protUgUes. Now
Royce is ailing and Vita's career has stalled, and both have a need to settle accounts.


Beyond their shared, murky history, both have lost beloveds, one to a strange
disappearance, another to an untimely death. And both are trying to free themselves from deeper pasts - Vita from the inheritance of her birthplace, Royce from the grip of the ancient city of Pompeii, and the secrets of the Garden of the Fugitives. Between
what's been repressed and what has been excavated are disturbances that reach back
through decades, even centuries.


Profoundly addictive and unsettling, In the Garden of the Fugitives is a masterpiece of
duplicity and counterplay, as brilliantly illuminating as it is surprising - about the obscure
workings of guilt in the human psyche, the compulsion to create and control, and the
dangerous morphing of desire into obsession. It is the breakthrough work of one of
Australia's most exciting emerging writers.

Imprint: HAMISH HAMILTON
RRP: $32.99

ISBN: 9780143784074
Title: RATHER HIS OWN MAN : Reliable Memoirs
Author: ROBERTSON GEOFFREY
Format: HARD COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

In this deliciously gossipy and enthralling memoir Australia's inimitable Geoffrey Robertson pays homage to his family and an extraordinary, fifty-year career as a lawyer across the world.

Shaped by his forebears' history, his childhood as a Bondi baby turned Eastwood boy, and his great success at Sydney University, where he was a prominent figure in the student politics of the era, Geoffrey railed from a young age against the social constraints of the Menzies years; and it was the restrictive fifties and sixties that finally propelled him away from Australia to the UK, when in 1970 he took a ship to England, to Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.

At Oxford Geoffrey offered to work with John Mortimer QC on the infamous, surreal Oz trial, and it didn't take long for his legal career to take off in London. He writes riveting accounts of his most memorable trials, including his extraordinary and varied work for human rights and freedom of speech causes; working with Malcolm Turnbull on the Spycatcher trial, for Assange, with Amal Clooney, and many other both hilarious and grave cases. And he talks deeply honestly about his personal life, girlfriends, meeting and marrying Kathy Lette, fatherhood and the challenges of bringing up a son on the autistic spectrum, and his greatly loved parents.

This is a riveting read from one of Australia's most individual talents. By turns funny, fascinating, compelling and poignant - Geoffrey Robertson's life is as colourful as the Hypotheticals he used to host.

Imprint: KNOPF
RRP: $45.00

ISBN: 9781910701676
Title: SPRING : (Seasons Quartet 3)
Author: KNAUSGAARD KARL OVE
Format: HARD COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

Today is Wednesday the thirteenth of April 2016, it is twelve minutes to eleven, and I have just finished writing this book for you. What happened that summer nearly three years ago, and its repercussions, are long since over.

Sometimes it hurts to live, but there is always something to live for.

Spring follows a father and his newborn daughter through one day in April, from sunrise to sunset. A day filled with everyday routine, the beginnings of life and its light, but also its deep struggles and its darkness.

Imprint: HARVILL
RRP: $35.00

ISBN: 9780241351642
Title: 12 RULES FOR LIFE : An Antidote to Chaos
Author: PETERSON JORDAN B
Format: TRADE PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

What does everyone in the modern world need to know?

Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research.

Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate awaits those who criticize too easily, and why you should always pet a cat when you meet one on the street. What does the nervous system of the lowly lobster have to tell us about standing up straight (with our shoulders back) and about success in life? Why did ancient Egyptians worship the capacity to pay careful attention as the highest of gods? What dreadful paths do people tread when they become resentful, arrogant and vengeful? Dr. Peterson journeys broadly, discussing discipline, freedom, adventure and responsibility, distilling the world's wisdom into 12 practical and profound rules for life.

12 Rules for Life shatters the modern commonplaces of science, faith and human nature, while transforming and ennobling the mind and spirit of its readers.

Imprint: ALLEN LANE
RRP: $35.00

ISBN: 9781743794807
Title: SILENT INVASION : China's influence in Australia
Author: HAMILTON CLIVE
Format: TRADE PAPER COVER
Publishing status: ACTIVE TITLE

In 2008 Clive Hamilton was at Parliament House in Canberra when the Beijing Olympic torch relay passed through. He watched in bewilderment as a small pro-Tibet protest was overrun by thousands of angry Chinese students. Where did they come from? Why were they so aggressive? And what gave them the right to shut down others exercising their democratic right to protest? The authorities did nothing about it, and what he saw stayed with him.

In 2016 it was revealed that wealthy Chinese businessmen linked to the Chinese Communist Party had become the largest donors to both major political parties. Hamilton realised something big was happening, and decided to investigate the Chinese government’s influence in Australia. What he found shocked him.

From politics to culture, real estate to agriculture, universities to unions, and even in our primary schools, he uncovered compelling evidence of the Chinese Communist Party’s infiltration of Australia. Sophisticated influence operations target Australia’s elites, and parts of the large Chinese-Australian diaspora have been mobilised to buy access to politicians, limit academic freedom, intimidate critics, collect information for Chinese intelligence agencies, and protest in the streets against Australian government policy. It’s no exaggeration to say the Chinese Communist Party and Australian democracy are on a collision course. The CCP is determined to win, while Australia looks the other way.

Thoroughly researched and powerfully argued, Silent Invasionis a sobering examination of the mounting threats to democratic freedoms Australians have for too long taken for granted. Yes, China is important to our economic prosperity; but, Hamilton asks, how much is our sovereignty as a nation worth?

Imprint: HARDIE GRANT BOOKS
RRP: $34.99