Books

A mystery set in the wilds of Tasmania Vietnam veteran Daniel Gardner is constantly fighting his demons. He often needs to ‘go bush’, seeking refuge in the Tasmanian wilderness. Occasionally...

HARDBACK - LIMITED EDITION of 300, SIGNED BY AUTHOR Following the success of Hobart’s Yesterday’s Today (Hobart City Council, 2013), Colin Dennison has compiled another wonderful collection of historic and...

Following the success of Hobart’s Yesterday’s Today (Hobart City Council, 2013), Colin Dennison has compiled another wonderful collection of historic and contemporary images for a street-by-street look at Hobart’s past...

A delightful tale of four horsey friends by new Tasmanian author, Vanessa Beaumont, with illustrations by Tabitha Osztreicher. The perfect gift for children who love horses. Four horsey friends live...

PLEASE NOTE THAT MOUNTAIN STORIES VOLUME 1 IS OUT OF PRINT but still available in some retail outlets.  Mountain Stories: Echoes from the Tasmanian High Country, Volume 2 is a collection of...

My Cathedral in the Sea traces the story of the Conway from its 1851 construction in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, to its final resting place in the Atlantic. Conway...

Andrew Scott, an Associate Professor at Deakin University in Melbourne, had an idyllic boyhood in an idyllic place. My Tasmanian Childhood tells of carefree days and great adventures in the best...

Pufferfish, aka Detective Inspector Franz Heineken, scourge of Tasmania's villains is back. And back with a refreshed vengence. Prickly and as curmudgeonly and irony-charged as ever, he has to neutralise...

Listed as a 'notable' in the Children's Book Council Awards, 2020 (Eva Pownell Award for non-fiction).  There is a little wooden house in our town. It has been there a...

A tender, funny and moving story of how a love for wild things can heal the wildness of the human heart. Donny Taylor, a reclusive Vietnam veteran, lives in Granville...

The fascinating and spirited story of the rise of Tasmanian women’s cricket. A story that acknowledges past hardships and celebrates those who believed in change…and made it happen.  The story of...

Foreword by Professor Emeritus Arthur Conigrave Edited by Anita Hansen   This rich and varied collection of essays and other writings of Dr Norelle Lickiss AO, an emeritus professor with...

The revealing story of Mike Wilson, always championing the Huon Valley A remarkable and sometimes raw story that reveals the truth of Mike Wilson's business adventures that, over the years,...

Taken out of an orphanage and put to work as domestic servants in Tasmania’s early colonial days, several children find themselves treated like slaves. A carefully planned escape sees them...

Our Gang, with bonus story, Under Martial Law is Max Campbell's second book with Forty South Publishing.  In 1950s Australia, boy heaven was a clubhouse for your gang, even if...

Paper Tiger is an exciting new history of the thylacine, or Tasmanian tiger in which the reader it taken on a journey behind artists’ brushstrokes and photographers’ lenses into the...

With fancy feathers, enchanting songs,  stunning crests and noisy chatter;  Each bird tries to be the best.  But wait does it ever really matter?  Join the journey of a colourful...

Grand Prix cars competing against home-built specials and humble family sedans on a suburban road in a seaside town in north-west Tasmania, large crowds watching the best drivers from Tasmania...

The first biography of Tasmanian modernist, Eileen Brooker, written using published sources, notes, interviews and 40 years of personal correspondence with the artist.    Born in 1922, Eileen Brooker grew...