Celebrating ten years of the acclaimed Tarnanthi Festival, the Tarnanthi 2025 catalogue showcases the richness and diversity of contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art. Spanning 328 pages with full-colour imagery, it captures the vibrancy of the 2025 festival across AGSA and partner venues throughout South Australia. This beautifully bound hardcover includes essays from leading First Nations voices reflecting on a decade of Tarnanthi, alongside commentary on new works premiering in 2025. Both a keepsake and a tribute, this landmark publication is essential for anyone passionate about First Nations art and cultural expression.

After the Rain offers an evocative insight into the creative processes behind ten powerful contemporary art projects commissioned for the National Gallery of Australia’s flagship exhibition of First Nations art, the National Indigenous Art Triennial. Now in its fifth iteration, it showcases work from leading artists and collectives across the country. Edited by artistic director Tony Albert, the richly illustrated publication features artist profiles, original portraits by Vincent Namatjira, and compelling essays by First Nations writers exploring identity, legacy and climate. It’s an invitation to honour past, present and future cultural warriors.

‘Here was I with the status of little more than a telephone mechanic, taking out the biggest scientific expedition in history.’ In this way the legendary Charles Mountford immodestly described his biggest assignment: to lead an expedition of American and Australian scientists to Arnhem Land in northern Australia, investigating traditional Aboriginal life and the tropical environment. Backed by National Geographic, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Australian government, it was also a display of the friendship between Australia and the US. But the adventure turned out to be anything but friendly. In this compelling account, award-winning historian Martin Thomas tells how they set out with fanfare in 1948 and how quickly the expedition turned toxic. Thomas uncovers the secrets, scandals, and unlikely achievements. He also reveals how Indigenous communities, including the elders known as ‘clever men’, dealt with the intrusion of these foreign ‘experts’. Drawing on years of collaborative research with Arnhem Land communities, Clever Men is a poignant portrayal of colliding worlds. In this encounter between scientific hubris and the world’s oldest surviving cultures, Thomas finds a story of global significance and profound long-term impacts.

An important study of the basketry and other non-loom fiber art of the Aboriginal Australian Yolngu people. “The most comprehensive and consummate insight yet published into the Indigenous fibre art of northeast Arnhem Land, Containers of Power investigates the complex set of relationships between fibre works and their makers. Based on the long term engagement of anthropologist Louise Hamby with the women of Gapuwiyak (Lake Evella) in Arnhem Land, this book retrieves recognition for the relatively unknown creative practice of the Gapuwiyak community. Celebrating both the women artists of this area and the bathi that are integral to all aspects of Yolngu life, 700 images illustrate the work of Gapuwiyak women past and present, highlighting their individual styles and demonstrating their cultural identity.”

Originally published in 1994, The Little Red Yellow Black Book has established itself as the perfect starting point for those who want to learn about the rich cultures and histories of Australia’s First Peoples. Written from an Indigenous perspective, this highly illustrated and accessible introduction covers a range of topics from history, culture and the Arts, through to activism and reconciliation. In this fourth edition, readers will learn about some of the significant contributions that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have made, and continue to make, to the Australian nation. Common stereotypes will be challenged, and the many struggles and triumphs that we’ve experienced as we’ve navigated through our shared histories will be revealed. Readers will also learn about some of the key concepts that underpin Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander worldviews including concepts such as the Dreaming, the significance of Ancestral Heroes and Country. The Little Red Yellow Black Book is for readers of all backgrounds and provides an opportunity to discover more about the diverse, dynamic and continuing cultures of Australia’s First Peoples.