Magabala Books
@magabalabooks.bsky.social
Award-winning First Nations publisher based in the remote town of Rubibi (Broome), Western Australia. #MagabalaBooks
📍Unceded Yawuru & Jugan Country
📍Unceded Yawuru & Jugan Country
🖤 📖 Cover reveal 📖🖤
'Ruby's Web' is a powerful upper middle-grade story from award-winning author Ellen van Neerven about finding your voice, seeking help, and addressing cyberbullying and victimisation.
📆 Out 24 February.
Cover design by Desirai Saunders.
'Ruby's Web' is a powerful upper middle-grade story from award-winning author Ellen van Neerven about finding your voice, seeking help, and addressing cyberbullying and victimisation.
📆 Out 24 February.
Cover design by Desirai Saunders.
January 28, 2026 at 3:10 AM
🖤 📖 Cover reveal 📖🖤
'Ruby's Web' is a powerful upper middle-grade story from award-winning author Ellen van Neerven about finding your voice, seeking help, and addressing cyberbullying and victimisation.
📆 Out 24 February.
Cover design by Desirai Saunders.
'Ruby's Web' is a powerful upper middle-grade story from award-winning author Ellen van Neerven about finding your voice, seeking help, and addressing cyberbullying and victimisation.
📆 Out 24 February.
Cover design by Desirai Saunders.
"I’m dissociating, dissolving
in the birds-eye glamour: the earth is an abstract painting."
- Luke Patterson, 'A Savage Turn' (2025)
in the birds-eye glamour: the earth is an abstract painting."
- Luke Patterson, 'A Savage Turn' (2025)
January 25, 2026 at 2:00 AM
"I’m dissociating, dissolving
in the birds-eye glamour: the earth is an abstract painting."
- Luke Patterson, 'A Savage Turn' (2025)
in the birds-eye glamour: the earth is an abstract painting."
- Luke Patterson, 'A Savage Turn' (2025)
January 26 is a day of reflection for many people in Australia, and we invite you to reflect on the words and stories of First Nations people.
Check out our Invasion Day reading list: bit.ly/3NpDJgF
Every single book purchased directly supports Blak writers, so they can continue truth-telling.
Check out our Invasion Day reading list: bit.ly/3NpDJgF
Every single book purchased directly supports Blak writers, so they can continue truth-telling.
January 24, 2026 at 2:00 AM
January 26 is a day of reflection for many people in Australia, and we invite you to reflect on the words and stories of First Nations people.
Check out our Invasion Day reading list: bit.ly/3NpDJgF
Every single book purchased directly supports Blak writers, so they can continue truth-telling.
Check out our Invasion Day reading list: bit.ly/3NpDJgF
Every single book purchased directly supports Blak writers, so they can continue truth-telling.
It is important now more than ever to support Blak voices. If you’re looking for meaningful reads this Invasion Day, here are some deadly books by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers to start with.
See the full collection and support Blak books this January: bit.ly/3NpDJgF
#InvasionDay
See the full collection and support Blak books this January: bit.ly/3NpDJgF
#InvasionDay
January 23, 2026 at 7:00 AM
It is important now more than ever to support Blak voices. If you’re looking for meaningful reads this Invasion Day, here are some deadly books by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers to start with.
See the full collection and support Blak books this January: bit.ly/3NpDJgF
#InvasionDay
See the full collection and support Blak books this January: bit.ly/3NpDJgF
#InvasionDay
Magabala stands with our mates at Clothing The Gaps and their #NotTheDateToCelebrate campaign.
In the wise words of Kirli Saunders: "Mate, you're standing on stolen land." ('Returning', 2023)
In the wise words of Kirli Saunders: "Mate, you're standing on stolen land." ('Returning', 2023)
January 22, 2026 at 6:47 AM
Magabala stands with our mates at Clothing The Gaps and their #NotTheDateToCelebrate campaign.
In the wise words of Kirli Saunders: "Mate, you're standing on stolen land." ('Returning', 2023)
In the wise words of Kirli Saunders: "Mate, you're standing on stolen land." ('Returning', 2023)
🖤 📖 Cover reveal 📖🖤
'Wurnan, Sharing on Ngarinyin Country' is a stunning hardcover book written by the Wilinggin Aboriginal Corporation about the practice of 'Wurnan', the philosophy of sharing and sustainability that underpins their custodianship.
📆 Out 10 February.
Designed by Emilia Toia.
'Wurnan, Sharing on Ngarinyin Country' is a stunning hardcover book written by the Wilinggin Aboriginal Corporation about the practice of 'Wurnan', the philosophy of sharing and sustainability that underpins their custodianship.
📆 Out 10 February.
Designed by Emilia Toia.
January 22, 2026 at 3:07 AM
🖤 📖 Cover reveal 📖🖤
'Wurnan, Sharing on Ngarinyin Country' is a stunning hardcover book written by the Wilinggin Aboriginal Corporation about the practice of 'Wurnan', the philosophy of sharing and sustainability that underpins their custodianship.
📆 Out 10 February.
Designed by Emilia Toia.
'Wurnan, Sharing on Ngarinyin Country' is a stunning hardcover book written by the Wilinggin Aboriginal Corporation about the practice of 'Wurnan', the philosophy of sharing and sustainability that underpins their custodianship.
📆 Out 10 February.
Designed by Emilia Toia.
To celebrate the publication of The Library That Made Me: 200 Years of the State Library of NSW, an illustrious line-up of contributors reflect on the libraries that shaped them as readers and writers.
Get tickets: www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/libra...
Get tickets: www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/libra...
January 19, 2026 at 3:00 AM
To celebrate the publication of The Library That Made Me: 200 Years of the State Library of NSW, an illustrious line-up of contributors reflect on the libraries that shaped them as readers and writers.
Get tickets: www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/libra...
Get tickets: www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/libra...
🖤 📖 Cover reveal 📖🖤
'Muttonfish Magic' is a vivid and immersive children's picture book written by Aunty Ruth Simms and Lucy Robertson, illustrated by Jasmine Seymour.
Check it out: bit.ly/4qa7yjH
📆 Out 10 February.
Cover designed by Jo Hunt.
'Muttonfish Magic' is a vivid and immersive children's picture book written by Aunty Ruth Simms and Lucy Robertson, illustrated by Jasmine Seymour.
Check it out: bit.ly/4qa7yjH
📆 Out 10 February.
Cover designed by Jo Hunt.
January 18, 2026 at 5:22 AM
🖤 📖 Cover reveal 📖🖤
'Muttonfish Magic' is a vivid and immersive children's picture book written by Aunty Ruth Simms and Lucy Robertson, illustrated by Jasmine Seymour.
Check it out: bit.ly/4qa7yjH
📆 Out 10 February.
Cover designed by Jo Hunt.
'Muttonfish Magic' is a vivid and immersive children's picture book written by Aunty Ruth Simms and Lucy Robertson, illustrated by Jasmine Seymour.
Check it out: bit.ly/4qa7yjH
📆 Out 10 February.
Cover designed by Jo Hunt.
We're thrilled to announce the acquisition of the experimental poetry collection 'Damn Good Television' by debut Jabirr Jabirr author and lead singer of rock band Selve, Loki Liddle.
Read more: bit.ly/3YDwG6o
Read more: bit.ly/3YDwG6o
January 14, 2026 at 5:27 AM
We're thrilled to announce the acquisition of the experimental poetry collection 'Damn Good Television' by debut Jabirr Jabirr author and lead singer of rock band Selve, Loki Liddle.
Read more: bit.ly/3YDwG6o
Read more: bit.ly/3YDwG6o
We stand in solidarity with the festival staff, authors and organisations who have withdrawn from the 2026 Adelaide Writers' Week, as a response to the alarmingly censorial removal from the program of Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah by the Adelaide Festival Board.
Read the statement: bit.ly/4sIHM7Y
Read the statement: bit.ly/4sIHM7Y
January 13, 2026 at 6:57 AM
We stand in solidarity with the festival staff, authors and organisations who have withdrawn from the 2026 Adelaide Writers' Week, as a response to the alarmingly censorial removal from the program of Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah by the Adelaide Festival Board.
Read the statement: bit.ly/4sIHM7Y
Read the statement: bit.ly/4sIHM7Y
The Daisy Utemorrah Award is open for entries! 🌼🏆
Read more here: bit.ly/4pcpKYM
This Award is generously supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund and the State Government of Western Australia.
Illustration by Pat Torres from 'Do Not Go Around the Edges' by Daisy Utemorrah.
Read more here: bit.ly/4pcpKYM
This Award is generously supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund and the State Government of Western Australia.
Illustration by Pat Torres from 'Do Not Go Around the Edges' by Daisy Utemorrah.
January 11, 2026 at 11:03 PM
The Daisy Utemorrah Award is open for entries! 🌼🏆
Read more here: bit.ly/4pcpKYM
This Award is generously supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund and the State Government of Western Australia.
Illustration by Pat Torres from 'Do Not Go Around the Edges' by Daisy Utemorrah.
Read more here: bit.ly/4pcpKYM
This Award is generously supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund and the State Government of Western Australia.
Illustration by Pat Torres from 'Do Not Go Around the Edges' by Daisy Utemorrah.
Welcome our Programs and Impact Manager Alarna Maher and Project Officer Danielle Mills 🖤
These deadly women are in charge of Magabala’s cultural and creative development programs, special projects, and community partnerships.
Pop into our bookshop in Rubibi to say hello to Alarna and Danielle 👋📚
These deadly women are in charge of Magabala’s cultural and creative development programs, special projects, and community partnerships.
Pop into our bookshop in Rubibi to say hello to Alarna and Danielle 👋📚
January 4, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Welcome our Programs and Impact Manager Alarna Maher and Project Officer Danielle Mills 🖤
These deadly women are in charge of Magabala’s cultural and creative development programs, special projects, and community partnerships.
Pop into our bookshop in Rubibi to say hello to Alarna and Danielle 👋📚
These deadly women are in charge of Magabala’s cultural and creative development programs, special projects, and community partnerships.
Pop into our bookshop in Rubibi to say hello to Alarna and Danielle 👋📚
Happy New Year from Magabala Books 🌈
Poems 'NEW YEARS WISH (PART I)' and 'NEW YEARS WISH (PART II)' from poetry collection 'Kindred' (2019) by Kirli Saunders 🖤
Poems 'NEW YEARS WISH (PART I)' and 'NEW YEARS WISH (PART II)' from poetry collection 'Kindred' (2019) by Kirli Saunders 🖤
January 1, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Happy New Year from Magabala Books 🌈
Poems 'NEW YEARS WISH (PART I)' and 'NEW YEARS WISH (PART II)' from poetry collection 'Kindred' (2019) by Kirli Saunders 🖤
Poems 'NEW YEARS WISH (PART I)' and 'NEW YEARS WISH (PART II)' from poetry collection 'Kindred' (2019) by Kirli Saunders 🖤
Happy Holidays from all of us here at Magabala Books 📚 See ya next year!
December 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Happy Holidays from all of us here at Magabala Books 📚 See ya next year!
Heads up! We'll be shut from next Thursday 18 December 2025 - 5 January 2026 because we have very improtant work to do these holidays (like sleep in and kick back in the pool 😉).
Any purchases made via our website after 17 December 2025 will be posted 6 January 2026 📚
Any purchases made via our website after 17 December 2025 will be posted 6 January 2026 📚
December 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Heads up! We'll be shut from next Thursday 18 December 2025 - 5 January 2026 because we have very improtant work to do these holidays (like sleep in and kick back in the pool 😉).
Any purchases made via our website after 17 December 2025 will be posted 6 January 2026 📚
Any purchases made via our website after 17 December 2025 will be posted 6 January 2026 📚
10 December is #HumanRightsDay. Today we're reading 'Always Was, Always Will Be' (2024) by Aunty Fay Muir & Sue Lawson.
Winner of the 2025 CBCA Eve Pownell Award, this book takes a closer look at some of the iconic First Peoples protest movements of the last 200 years
Check it out: bit.ly/3Yei8JU
Winner of the 2025 CBCA Eve Pownell Award, this book takes a closer look at some of the iconic First Peoples protest movements of the last 200 years
Check it out: bit.ly/3Yei8JU
December 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
10 December is #HumanRightsDay. Today we're reading 'Always Was, Always Will Be' (2024) by Aunty Fay Muir & Sue Lawson.
Winner of the 2025 CBCA Eve Pownell Award, this book takes a closer look at some of the iconic First Peoples protest movements of the last 200 years
Check it out: bit.ly/3Yei8JU
Winner of the 2025 CBCA Eve Pownell Award, this book takes a closer look at some of the iconic First Peoples protest movements of the last 200 years
Check it out: bit.ly/3Yei8JU
Say hello to our final new release of 2025! 😍
In 'Dingo's Dream', Dingo keeps dreaming there is someone in distress, but who? With the help of the Bush Mob he mounts a search and rescue mission. What - or who - will they find?
Check it out: bit.ly/48rhSNJ
In 'Dingo's Dream', Dingo keeps dreaming there is someone in distress, but who? With the help of the Bush Mob he mounts a search and rescue mission. What - or who - will they find?
Check it out: bit.ly/48rhSNJ
December 9, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Say hello to our final new release of 2025! 😍
In 'Dingo's Dream', Dingo keeps dreaming there is someone in distress, but who? With the help of the Bush Mob he mounts a search and rescue mission. What - or who - will they find?
Check it out: bit.ly/48rhSNJ
In 'Dingo's Dream', Dingo keeps dreaming there is someone in distress, but who? With the help of the Bush Mob he mounts a search and rescue mission. What - or who - will they find?
Check it out: bit.ly/48rhSNJ
Feel like a winner? One lucky person will receive an EPIC Magabala Books x Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council Aboriginal Corporation package - just in time for Christmas!
Head over to our Instagram or Facebook accounts for the deets 👀
Head over to our Instagram or Facebook accounts for the deets 👀
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Feel like a winner? One lucky person will receive an EPIC Magabala Books x Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council Aboriginal Corporation package - just in time for Christmas!
Head over to our Instagram or Facebook accounts for the deets 👀
Head over to our Instagram or Facebook accounts for the deets 👀
The Magabala team hosted our staff Secret Santa event today 🎅🏾 It's always a fun time when we all get together remotely to yarn and give thoughtful gifts... and maybe someone some prank ones too!
Tip for any fellow Secret Santas: a Magabala book is the perfect gift for even the hardest to buy for 🎁
Tip for any fellow Secret Santas: a Magabala book is the perfect gift for even the hardest to buy for 🎁
December 2, 2025 at 7:47 AM
The Magabala team hosted our staff Secret Santa event today 🎅🏾 It's always a fun time when we all get together remotely to yarn and give thoughtful gifts... and maybe someone some prank ones too!
Tip for any fellow Secret Santas: a Magabala book is the perfect gift for even the hardest to buy for 🎁
Tip for any fellow Secret Santas: a Magabala book is the perfect gift for even the hardest to buy for 🎁
ONLY 48 HOURS LEFT ⚡Get your Magabala books and merch on us: www.magabala.com
This weekend, every online order goes into the draw to have your entire purchase fully refunded. One lucky customer = their whole order free!
This weekend, every online order goes into the draw to have your entire purchase fully refunded. One lucky customer = their whole order free!
November 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
ONLY 48 HOURS LEFT ⚡Get your Magabala books and merch on us: www.magabala.com
This weekend, every online order goes into the draw to have your entire purchase fully refunded. One lucky customer = their whole order free!
This weekend, every online order goes into the draw to have your entire purchase fully refunded. One lucky customer = their whole order free!
⚡ 24 November - 1 December ⚡
We’re running our first ever Black Friday promo… our own way! Blak Friday online now: www.magabala.com
This week, every online order goes into the draw to have your entire purchase fully refunded. One lucky customer = their whole order free!!
We’re running our first ever Black Friday promo… our own way! Blak Friday online now: www.magabala.com
This week, every online order goes into the draw to have your entire purchase fully refunded. One lucky customer = their whole order free!!
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
⚡ 24 November - 1 December ⚡
We’re running our first ever Black Friday promo… our own way! Blak Friday online now: www.magabala.com
This week, every online order goes into the draw to have your entire purchase fully refunded. One lucky customer = their whole order free!!
We’re running our first ever Black Friday promo… our own way! Blak Friday online now: www.magabala.com
This week, every online order goes into the draw to have your entire purchase fully refunded. One lucky customer = their whole order free!!
🎄 CHRISTMAS CUT OFF DATES 🎄
We've all ordered something online that hasn't made it in time for Christmas! Take note of these dates to get your Magabala book or merch in time 🎁
We've all ordered something online that hasn't made it in time for Christmas! Take note of these dates to get your Magabala book or merch in time 🎁
November 20, 2025 at 7:10 AM
🎄 CHRISTMAS CUT OFF DATES 🎄
We've all ordered something online that hasn't made it in time for Christmas! Take note of these dates to get your Magabala book or merch in time 🎁
We've all ordered something online that hasn't made it in time for Christmas! Take note of these dates to get your Magabala book or merch in time 🎁
Buy Blak 🎅🏾 this Christmas 🎄🎁 and join us for some Christmas shopping 🛒📖 and festive joy! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Magabala Bookshop, 1 Bagot St, Rubibi (Broome)
Saturday 29 November, 9am–12pm
📚 Every purchase goes into the draw to win a Magabala Christmas hamper📚
🎁 Gifts 🎁
🎀 Wrapping 🎀
🧑🏾🎨 Activities 🧑🏾🎨
Magabala Bookshop, 1 Bagot St, Rubibi (Broome)
Saturday 29 November, 9am–12pm
📚 Every purchase goes into the draw to win a Magabala Christmas hamper📚
🎁 Gifts 🎁
🎀 Wrapping 🎀
🧑🏾🎨 Activities 🧑🏾🎨
November 17, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Buy Blak 🎅🏾 this Christmas 🎄🎁 and join us for some Christmas shopping 🛒📖 and festive joy! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Magabala Bookshop, 1 Bagot St, Rubibi (Broome)
Saturday 29 November, 9am–12pm
📚 Every purchase goes into the draw to win a Magabala Christmas hamper📚
🎁 Gifts 🎁
🎀 Wrapping 🎀
🧑🏾🎨 Activities 🧑🏾🎨
Magabala Bookshop, 1 Bagot St, Rubibi (Broome)
Saturday 29 November, 9am–12pm
📚 Every purchase goes into the draw to win a Magabala Christmas hamper📚
🎁 Gifts 🎁
🎀 Wrapping 🎀
🧑🏾🎨 Activities 🧑🏾🎨
It's release day for these two deadly titles! 🤩
🖤 'Traditional Healers of Central Australia: Ngangkari (New Edition)' by Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council Aboriginal Corporation
🖤 'Turbo Turtle' by Gregg Dreise
Congrats to all 📚
🖤 'Traditional Healers of Central Australia: Ngangkari (New Edition)' by Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council Aboriginal Corporation
🖤 'Turbo Turtle' by Gregg Dreise
Congrats to all 📚
November 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
It's release day for these two deadly titles! 🤩
🖤 'Traditional Healers of Central Australia: Ngangkari (New Edition)' by Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council Aboriginal Corporation
🖤 'Turbo Turtle' by Gregg Dreise
Congrats to all 📚
🖤 'Traditional Healers of Central Australia: Ngangkari (New Edition)' by Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council Aboriginal Corporation
🖤 'Turbo Turtle' by Gregg Dreise
Congrats to all 📚
We were lucky enough to see the 2024 and 2025 recipients of our Mid-Career Fellowship, Jane Harrison and Jeanine Leane, at Blak & Bright's Blak Ink event last week.
Magabala Books acknowledges Serp Hills Foundation for their generous support of this award.
Magabala Books acknowledges Serp Hills Foundation for their generous support of this award.
November 12, 2025 at 12:17 AM
We were lucky enough to see the 2024 and 2025 recipients of our Mid-Career Fellowship, Jane Harrison and Jeanine Leane, at Blak & Bright's Blak Ink event last week.
Magabala Books acknowledges Serp Hills Foundation for their generous support of this award.
Magabala Books acknowledges Serp Hills Foundation for their generous support of this award.