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Affirm Press

Affirm Press is a new, Melbourne-based publishing company committed to publishing books that have a positive impact on the community. We aim to influence by delight, promote new talent and nurture emerging writers.

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Don't Peak at High School: From Bullied to A-List
Edited by Fiona Scott-Norman

$24.95

For the one in four Australian kids affected by bullying, the so-called ‘best days of your life’ can feel more like Guantanamo Bay for Teens. In Don’t Peak At High School, Australia’s most...

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The Bogan Delusion
David Nichols

$22.95

Nothing defies cultured Australia’s sense of itself more than the bogan – that boorish, racist, drunken, sexist, bethonged, Barnesy-loving embarrassment out there in the back blocks.

Part...

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A Break in the Chain: The Early Kozminskys
Tangea Tansley

$27.95

In 1856, Simon Kozminsky travelled from Prussia to begin a new life in the fledgling colony of Victoria. In the heady days of the gold rush, he established a jewellery house that would gain world r...

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Bearings
Leah Swann

$24.95

In this affecting novella and collection of stories, Leah Swann burrows deep into the souls of her characters to reveal universal complexities, frailties and strengths. From searching for love to c...

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1001 Australian Nights
Dave Graney

$29.95

In this memoir, legendary rock showman Dave Graney takes us on a journey about growing up, finding your voice and hitting the right pitch. In 1977, Dave sets off on a road-trip from small-town...

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Having Cried Wolf
Gretchen Shirm

$24.95

‘This collection is beautifully formed’ – The Age

‘Wintonesque’ – Sunday Herald Sun

‘A major new talent has arrived’ – Sydney Morning Herald

Small towns harbour secrets. Rising, receding and...

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Nineteen Seventysomething

$24.95

‘Divola dresses memories and musings in a sunburnt innocence that captures the hear of the era perfectly.’ – Rolling Stone

‘It is evocative, and very keenly observed.’ – The Sunday Age

Barry...

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Under Stones
Bob Franklin

$24.95

‘What a bruising collection this is…’ – Sonya Hartnett

Dip into the world of Bob Franklin’s fiction at your own risk. The calm surface belies a swift undertow and snags galore. These are not horror ...

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When We Think About Melbourne
Jenny Sinclair

$34.95

‘The spiritual heart of her city is the Fitzroy of Helen Garner […] Jenny Sinclair knows her town and people’ – The Age

What makes Melbourne unique? And where does it get its x-factor? Journalist...

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Rock and Hard Places
Andrew Mueller

$29.95

‘The best foreign correspondent of his generation’ – P.J. O'Rourke

‘Wonderful, exuberant and eccentric’ – Sydney Morning Herald

Andrew Mueller couldn’t decide between being a rock journalist, travel ...

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The Slow Guide to Melbourne (2nd ed.)
Martin Hughes and Simone Egger

$29.95

The Slow Guide to Melbourne is a lifestyle guide for Melburnians who want to slow down and live it up. Refashioned, refreshed and fully recharged, The Slow Guide is the perfect tonic in these...

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From Little Things Big Things Grow
Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody, illustrations by children from Gurindji Country

$19.95

The iconic song by Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody, our national anthem of hope and optimism, is now also a wonderful children’s book illustrated by Gurindji schoolchildren and featuring evocative...

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Lines of Wisdom: Young Writers, Old Stories, Timeless Encounters
Edited by Martin Hughes and Beth Hall

$24.95

A beautician smuggles her family out of communist Hungary; a man steps off a train and gets his life on track; a Pitjantjatjara woman guards the secrets of a sacred women’s Dreaming. In a...

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Paradise Updated
Mic Looby

$29.95

There are precious few places still untouched by tourism. Paradise Lost? Chance would be a fine thing. More like Paradise Packaged, Marketed and Sold in Easy-to-Enjoy Portions. And if there’s...

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From Sometimes Love Beth
Beth Sometimes

$29.95

From her new home in Central Australia, on the eve of 2008, postcard author Beth Sometimes embarked on a daring challenge: to write a postcard to somebody, everybody, anybody and anything every...