Old Vintage Melbourne

Chris Macheras

An enchanting collection of annotated historical images and contemporary photographs, revealing the change and development that Melbourne has experienced over the years. In 1835, as he walked the sacred grounds of the Boon Wurrung and Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nations, John Batman wrote in his d...

The Ink Dark Moon

Ono no Komachi and Izumi Shikibu

Here is a collection of sexy, brief, fleeting poems about love, lust and longing. They originate from a time in Japanese history where aristocratic women of the Heian court were free to marry and conduct love affairs according to their desires. Education and refinement were so highly valued that the cou...

Halliday Wine Companion 2024

James Halliday

For over thirty years James Halliday AM has been Australia's most respected wine critic, and his Halliday Wine Companion is recognised as the industry benchmark for Australian wine.  A best-selling annual, the Halliday Wine Companion 2024 has been completely revised to bring readers the latest wine rat...

Beautiful Chaos: On Motherhood, Finding Yourself and Overwhelming Love

Jessica Urlichs

Selected poems from bestselling author and Instagram poet, Jessica Urlichs. Motherhood is messy and beautiful, and hard and humbling. We adore our children and sometimes we miss ourselves. Beautiful Chaos is a collection of raw, honest poems about motherhood - capturing everything from pregnancy to scho...