Brass Monkey Books

Brass Monkey Books is a new imprint showcasing the distinctive style and cadence of writing from the Indian sub-continent, much of which has never been published outside of India.

Brass Monkey Books kicks things off in style with two titles by Anjum Hasan. We are delighted to announce that Anjum Hasan will be touring Australia in August and September and appearing at the Melbourne Writers Festival and Brisbane Writers Festival. More info plus relentless updates @ www.brassmonkeybooks.com.au


Current Brass Monkey Titles

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Alien Shores
Editor: Sharon Rundle & Meenakshi Bharat
RRP: 24.95 (inc. GST)
Pub. Date: 2012-05

Tales Of Refugees And Asylum Seekers From Australia And The Indian Subcontinent
Contibutors: Deepa Agarwal, Jamil Ahmad, Ali Alizadeh, Meenakshi Bharat, Michelle Cahill, Susanne Gervay, Amitav Ghosh, Adbul Karim Hekmat, Linda Jaivin, Tabish Khair, Anu Kumar, Andrew Y M Kwong, Julia Mackay-Koelen, Sophie Masson, Joginder Paul, Sharon Rundle, Sujata Sankranti, Bijoya Sawian and Arnold Zable


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If It Is Sweet
Author: Mridula Koshy
RRP: 24.95 (inc. GST)
Pub. Date: 2011-09

‘In brooding, other-worldly prose, Mridula Koshy tells us the stories other writers overlook, or do not wish to tell … If It Is Sweet is a book of savage, beautiful writing, whose empathy and curiosity flood over the usual barricades of the imagination’. — Rana Dasgupta, Winner of the 2010 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize


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Big Girl Now
Author: Anjum Hasan
RRP: 29.95 (inc. GST)
Pub. Date: Aug 2010

Set in contemporary India, Big Girl Now follows the story of a young woman who moves from a small hill town to Bangalore. This is one of the first Indian novels to explore the situation of a young girl in a big city and to do so in a way that balances cynicism with wit, warmth with uncertainty, existential doubts with the pulls of the everyday world.


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Lunatic In My Head
Author: Anjum Hasan
RRP: 29.95 (inc. GST)
Pub. Date: 2010

Set against the backdrop of a small Indian hill town called Shillong, this title is a beautiful lyrical novel about three lives in limbo. A compelling debut by a major new talent, will appeal to readers of Arundhati Roy.


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    • Alien Shoresalien-shores-cover

      Tales Of Refugees And Asylum Seekers From Australia And The Indian Subcontinent
      Contibutors: Deepa Agarwal, Jamil Ahmad, Ali Alizadeh, Meenakshi Bharat, Michelle Cahill, Susanne Gervay, Amitav Ghosh, Adbul Karim Hekmat, Linda Jaivin, Tabish Khair, Anu Kumar, Andrew Y M Kwong, Julia Mackay-Koelen, Sophie Masson, Joginder Paul, Sharon Rundle, Sujata Sankranti, Bijoya Sawian and Arnold Zable

    • Beneath Our ArmourBOA

      Beneath Our Armour is unique. This sequence of portrait poems covers vast tracts of history, geography, and personae in a way that is at once intimate and epic.

    • Big Girl NowBGN

      Set in contemporary India, Big Girl Now follows the story of a young woman who moves from a small hill town to Bangalore. This is one of the first Indian novels to explore the situation of a young girl in a big city and to do so in a way that balances cynicism with wit, warmth with uncertainty, existential doubts with the pulls of the everyday world.

    • Father’s DayFather's Day

      Tony Birch’s first collection of stories, Shadowboxing, was shortlisted for the Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards in 2006 and was voted top five in a State Library of Victoria poll of readers’ all-time favorite books set in Victoria.

    • Good On PaperGood on Paper

      ‘A flawless evocation of the literature machine, a witty remodelling of a crime caper, a perfectly formed entertainment.’ WINNER — MELBOURNE LORD MAYOR’S CREATIVE WRITING AWARDS