Discovering Melbourne

Melbourne's streets have always been marvellous--but the proud facades of the nineteenth-century boom aren't the half of it. What about the stories behind them? The great corset scandal of Melbourne's belle epoque; The heritage-listed toilets out the back of the Rialto; The exploits of the women ...

A thoughtful book that celebrates 'staycations' at a time when the world is grappling with the future of travel. In The Art of Being a Tourist at Home, Jenny Herbert takes us on a journey through our neighbourhood streets and our local parks, through museums and libraries, art galleries and books...

Save yourself hours of trolling through badly designed or dysfunctional websites. Save yourself time wandering aimlessly trying to decide on the best place to eat or drink while avoiding tourist traps. Save yourself all that both because we've already done the work for you. With The best of Melbo...

Brunswick Street, Art & Revolution is the story of a street that became a culture. Written by Anne Rittman and Maz Wilson, it consists of a series of interviews and colour photographs with and of the people who brought about that transformation. It teems with characters: baristas, hair-cutters, p...

Melbourne aka 'Burn City' is internationally renowned for its street art. For more than twelve years Lou Chamberlin has been photographing its painted streets, capturing the most memorable pieces of this ephemeral art form and creating an ongoing record of the city's robust street subculture.

A classic in its own right, this personal and public memoir by one of Australia's most observant and genial writers graces our bookshelves once again. Forty and flabby, Michael McGirr hits the Hume Highway on a cheap bicycle. Having stopped working as a Jesuit priest, he is on a quest to find hea...

Melbourne's favourite historian, as seen in the acclaimed documentary, The Lost City of Melbourne, takes us on an unorthodox tour of the city's streets and corners, telling stories about the events and people that have made these the most interesting places to be. What better defines a city than ...

Meet 200 years of Melbourne Women: pioneers of Music, Art, TV, Comedy, Theatre, Business, Politics, Food, Fashion, Science and Sport. Discover the real history of Melbourne through the lives of the fabulous women who built the city, its culture, community and commerce. Every one is a giant. Most ...