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Tim Minchin - You Don't Have To Have A Dream
‘The first non-fiction book from Tim Minchin: a beautifully idiosyncratic celebration of life, art, success, kindness, love and thriving in a meaningless universe, drawn from three iconic graduation speeches.’ Penguin Random House Australia
Good for:
Students graduating school or university
Those in need of inspiration
Science-loving, reality romantics
Amy Gallo - Bosses, Coworkers, and Building Great Work Relationships -
‘Managers, peers, work friends, mentors, frenemies, annoying people, romantic interests, your boss's boss, and so on. We probably spend more hours with our coworkers than with anyone else. So even if they're not all perfect, it's worth building connections with them that will provide you with support, help you network and learn, and keep your career moving forward.’ Harvard Business Review
Good for:
People in pursuit of work/life balance
Managers in corporate space
Those interested in professional development
Ben Shewry - Uses for Obsession
‘An intimate, searing and hopeful memoir meets manifesto that reframes the way we think about restaurants, cooking, hospitality, leadership and humanity from one of the most respected chefs in the world.’ Murdoch Books
Good for:
Anyone who has a passion for food
People who work in hospitality industry
The changemakers - the ones who dream of a different blueprint for both restaurants and workplaces.
Richard Harris - The Art of Risk
‘Diving doctor on the Thai Cave Rescue (now a Netflix series) and former joint Australian of the Year explores the stories of other people who regularly risk their lives and what we can learn from their expertise.’ Simon & Schuster
Good for:
Armchair explorers
Risk takers
Those wanting to step out of their comfort zones
Brian David Johnson - What You Need to Know About AI: A beginner's guide to what the future holds
‘A fun and definitive deep dive into AI by expert and futurist Brian David Johnson - learn what AI is, how it helps us to discover epic stuff about space, dinosaurs and the human body, and how it could help create and shape our future.
Good for:
Kids who are curious about AI
Adults who are confused about AI
Parents & kids who want to understand this new frontier together
Johann Hari - Stolen Focus
‘All over the world, our ability to pay attention is collapsing. In the US, college students now focus on one task for only 65 seconds, and office workers on average manage only three minutes. New York Times best-selling author Johann Hari went on an epic journey across the world to meet the leading scientists and experts investigating why this is happening to us – and discovered that everything we think we know on this subject is wrong.’ Bloomsbury Australia
Good for:
Those with scrolling addictions/doom scrollers
Managers understanding staff output
People in pursuit of longer focus time
Noelle Russell - Scaling Responsible AI
‘In Scaling Responsible AI: From Enthusiasm to Execution, celebrated speaker, AI strategist, and tech visionary Noelle Russell delivers an exciting and fascinating new discussion of how to implement artificial intelligence responsibly, ethically, and profitably at your organisation. Responsible AI promises immense opportunity, but unguided enthusiasm can unleash serious risks. Learn how to implement AI ethically and profitably at your company with Scaling Responsible AI.’ - pre order on fishpond.com.au for March 11th shipping.
Good for:
People with businesses wondering how to to implement AI responsibly
Executives, managers and board members
Lucy Blakiston & Bel Hawkins - Make it Make Sense
‘Shit You Should Care About’ was launched as a WordPress blog by three best friends in the back of a political science lecture in New Zealand. Today, it's a global ecosystem of content - two podcasts, 3.5 million Instagram followers and a daily newsy. They are your culture vultures, newsagents and (reluctant) agony aunts all rolled into one. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE is a collage of cultural analysis, anecdotes, personal essays, poems and lists, interplayed like a conversation between friends.’ Hachette Australia
Good for:
The chronically online
Gen z’s & millennials in your life
Those who struggle with the work/life/climate catastrophe/war/politics/pop-culture balance.
Andrew Meares, Caroline Pegram & Amy McLennan - Australian Cybernetic: A Point Through Time - purchase through Title Bookstore
A point through time includes over 100 Australian and international works of creativity and technology from the early 1960s to today. It follows a thread through time from the ground-breaking 1968 exhibition in London called Cybernetic Serendipity, to the 1975 program in Canberra called Computers and Electronics in the Arts, to contemporary pieces commissioned by the ANU School of Cybernetics in 2022.
These three moments – in 1968, 1975 and 2022 – represent points of expanding the cybernetic imagination, moments when audiences have been invited to consider a future through and with machines that can sense and act in the world. Moments where our technology-enabled present was imagined and created.
The limited-edition book showcases exhibition items and original research, and is richly illustrated with colour photographs and archival materials. Australian Cybernetic was imagined by Genevieve Bell and Andrew Meares, led by the curatorial team of Andrew Meares, Caroline Pegram and Amy McLennan, and supported by the ANU School of Cybernetics.
Good for:
People with an interest in the history of AI, computing and creativity
People who want to understand the intersection of creativity and computing
People who imagine futures
People teaching topics including AI, technology, computing, creative arts
Jennifer Robinson & Keio Yoshida - How Many More Women?
‘From Brittany Higgins and Grace Tame to the international spectacle of Johnny Depp v Amber Heard and the furore that followed that unwanted kiss at the Women's World Cup final, women are breaking through the historic expectation that they will not speak out. But as they grow more empowered, a new form of systematic silencing is becoming more evident: the spike in survivors speaking out is often followed by a spike in legal actions against them and the media.
The law is being wielded to reinforce the status quo that existed before MeToo. Significant passages in the first edition of this very book were blacked out due to the complex web of legal rules that impact women's ability to speak.
Now, in this uncensored, unredacted edition, internationally acclaimed lawyers Jennifer Robinson and Keio Yoshida examine the laws around the world that silence women, and ask how we can ensure that their freedoms are no longer threatened by the legal system that is supposed to protect them.’ Allen & Unwin
Good for:
Everyone in every industry - a must read of this decade.
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