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November 2026 new releases from Black Inc.
November 2026 brings three standout new titles: Origins by James Boyce; Quarterly Essay 104, Another Nation: The Rise and Rise of One Nation by John Birmingham and Going Digital by Margaret Simmons, who unveils the tumultuous story of how the ABC transformed itself for the digital age
James Boyce's Origins is a remarkable new account of Australia's colonial beginnings which sets aside the clichés of Australian history and asks us to look again.
In Another Country, John Birmingham maps One Nation's Australia and explores where our politics goes from here.
Drawing on candid interviews with key players and Simons's deep understanding of Australian media, Going Digital is a gripping, behind-the-scenes look at the ABC, one of our most beloved public institutions.
About the authors
James Boyce is a multi-award-winning historian. His first book, Van Diemen’s Land, was described by Richard Flanagan as ‘the most significant colonial history since The Fatal Shore’. He is also the editor of Inga Clendinnen and the author of Losing Streak, Born Bad, Imperial Mud and 1835, which was The Age’s 2012 Book of the Year.
Author photograph by Matt Newton
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John Birmingham's books include He Died with a Felafel in His Hand, Leviathan: The Unauthorised Biography of Sydney, On Father and many works of fiction, including the Axis of Time and Cruel Stars series. He is the author of two previous Quarterly Essays, Appeasing Jakarta and A Time for War.
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Margaret Simons is an award-winning journalist and the author of thirteen books, including biographies of Penny Wong, Tanya Plibersek and Malcolm Fraser; the latter won the Book of the Year and the Douglas Stewart Prize at the 2011 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. She won the 2015 Walkley Award for Social Equity Journalism and has been honoured with several Quill Awards for Journalistic Excellence. Her forthcoming book is Going Digital: The Transformation of the ABC.
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