Read an extract online from Bad Cop by Lech Blaine

Where will Dutton lead the Coalition?

In this month’s instalment of Behind the Book – the series where we talk to the people who bring you the books you love from Black Inc. – we speak to Samantha Faulkner, editor of the forthcoming anthology Growing Up Torres Strait Islander in Australia. Samantha talks about the impact of the Growing Up series, how she selected the stories and essays that make up the book, and why she thinks Growing Up Torres Strait Islander in Australia will surprise readers.

For International Women's Day 2024, Arianne Beeston reflects on the books that inspired her in the writing of her debut memoir.

Out this month: Bad Cop, The Economy of Algorithms, Crimes of the Cross and The Shortest History of Italy

'Italian history has always been about resilience and rebirth ... It is a country that for so many centuries has offered up visions of the wonders to which we humans, at our very best, can aspire.'

An insider's guide to the invisible new economy that is reshaping our lives

'The secret of economics is that the most powerful insights come from a handful of big ideas that anyone can follow.'

Welcome back to Behind the Book. In this series, we chat to the people who bring you the books you love from Black Inc. – from the names you may know to those you definitely don’t. 

This month, we spoke to Ariane Beeston, author of the forthcoming Because I’m Not Myself, You See – a memoir of postpartum psychosis and coming back from the brink. In this interview, Ariane touches on the experiences that compelled her to write a memoir, protecting her mental health throughout the writing process, and how she’s feeling ahead of her book’s release in May.

A strange, pungent account of a decade in Australian politics: a dazzling chronicle from the editor of The Saturday Paper