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September 2025 new releases from Black Inc.
Out this month: Woodside vs. the Planet by Marian Wilkinson, Playtime by Emily Gallagher and On Alexis Wright by Geordie Williamson
Why is Australia doubling down on fossil fuels?
‘Playtime is a book of striking richness, originality and creativity that will change your understanding of the possibilities of Australian social history.’ —Frank Bongiorno, author of Dreamers and Schemers
An insightful exploration of one of Australia's most acclaimed writers, the award-winning Alexis Wright
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About the authors
Marian Wilkinson is a multi-award-winning investigative journalist and a reporter at ABC TV's Four Corners. She has been a foreign correspondent and deputy editor for The Sydney Morning Herald and an executive producer of Four Corners. Her books include The Fixer, Dark Victory (with David Marr) and The Carbon Club.
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Emily Gallagher is a historian at the Australian National University. Her PhD thesis was awarded the Lyndall Ryan Thesis Prize in Australian Studies and the Serle Award in Australian History.
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Geordie Williamson has been chief literary critic of The Australian since 2008. He is publisher of the Picador imprint at Pan Macmillan, a former editor of Island Magazine and Best Australian Essays, and author of The Burning Library, a collection of essays on neglected figures from Australian literature. He lives in Hobart. His forthcoming book is On Alexis Wright.
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