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July 2025 new releases from Black Inc.
Out this month: The Immigrants by Moreno Giovannoni, Looking for Elizabeth by Helen Trinca, The Shortest History of Turkey by Benjamin C. Fortna and John Hirst edited by Chris Feik.
‘Giovannoni writes about his subjects with such care, tenderness, and gentle humour … The Immigrants, a compelling, emotionally rich work, offers a poetic and at times moving treatment of a little-known part of Australian history.’—Australian Book Review
'A masterful deep dive into the enigmatic life of a writer who stunned, and then stopped. This is a monumental addition to Australian literary biography that's destined to become a classic.' —Nikki Gemmell
The world-changing story of Turkey – a country caught between two worlds
A historian like no other, John Hirst captured what is distinctive about Australia
About the authors
Moreno Giovannoni is the author of the critically acclaimed The Fireflies of Autumn and The Immigrants. He is a freelance translator and was the inaugural winner of the Deborah Cass Prize for Writing in 2016. His most recent novel, The Immigrants, won the 2026 Age Book of the Year Award, and was shortlisted for the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards and the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards.
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Helen Trinca's biography of Madeleine St John was co-winner of the Prime Minister's Prize for Non-fiction in 2014. As a journalist, she has held senior positions at The Australian, including deputy editor, managing editor, European correspondent and editor of The Weekend Australian Magazine.
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Benjamin C. Fortna is a professor of history and director of the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Arizona. He has published numerous books on the Ottoman Empire, the early Turkish Republic and modern Turkey, and has appeared on the BBC programs Who Do You Think You Are? and The Ottomans: Europe's Muslim Emperors.
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Chris Feik is editor of Quarterly Essay, associate editor of the Monthly and publisher at Black Inc.
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