Spinifex Press Books on Goddesses, Mythology, Ecology and Spirituality
Spinifex Press has published many books over the past 34 years, and we hope the following titles will be of interest to readers seeking feminist perspectives on goddess traditions, matriarchal cultures, ecological justice, and spiritual renewal. Our titles include both new releases and enduring works that celebrate women's wisdom and challenge patriarchal worldviews. From ancient myths to contemporary activism, these books honour the earth, uplift feminist voices, and reimagine the past and future. Explore the full Spinifex Press catalogue here
NEW RELEASE
Minoan Footsteps: A Novel by Coleen Clare
Set on the Greek island of Crete—home to Europe’s earliest known civilisation—Minoan Footsteps blends myth, memory, and modern-day tensions in a compelling feminist mystery. Four women join a two-week tour guided by Eve, an expert in Minoan culture, and Bethan, her co-leader. Among them are lovers trying to reconnect, a woman confronting trauma, and a mother seeking solitude. As the group travels through archaeological sites, ancient rituals, and matriarchal echoes, the island’s past begins to stir.
Life changes for the six women who set out on a journey through Crete following in Minoan footsteps. Will any of them emerge unscathed? READ MORE
Also of interest
The Good-Hearted Gardeners by Suniti Namjoshi
Chinongwa by Lucy Mushita
Not Sacred, Not Squaws: Indigenous Feminism Redefined by Cherry Smiley
Wild Politics: Feminism, Globalisation and Biodiversity by Susan Hawthorne
I Will Not Bear You Sons by Usha Akella
Vortex: The Crisis of Patriarchy by Susan Hawthorne
The Aerial Letter by Nicole Brossard
Parallax by Robin Morgan
A fable for the future, a prediction about the past, Parallax is a luscious story that enfolds you and demands immediate rereading the moment you finish, a story that surprises you and invites you to play with the patterns inside its paradoxes, a story whose characters will accompany you for the rest of your life.
I read it because I started it and did not want to stop. The more I read, the more I did not want to stop. I loved the mixture of frame and stories . . . the good-natured tone, the wit, the generosity. This is vintage Morgan.
—Ursula K. Le Guin
Karu: Growing Up Gurindji by Biddy Wavehill Yamawurr, Felicity Meakins, Topsy Dodd Yamawurr and Violet Wadrill
The Sacking of the Muses by Susan Hawthorne
Susan Hawthorne’s poems span millennia of resistance by women. The earth itself is implicated. She writes about women's bodies, how they are used, abused and celebrated in birthing, in sexual pleasure, in grief, in imagining. She draws on stories from ancient and contemporary India, from Greece and Rome, through language, storytelling and translation.
Oneness vs the 1%: Shattering Illusions, Seeding Freedom by Vandana Shiva
Aesop the Fox by Suniti Namjoshi
Dark Matter: New Poems by Robyn Morgan
Lady of the Realm by Hoa Pham
Touched by the Lady of the Realm, Liên dreams of bones and bodies under the sea. The prescient warnings from the Lady weigh heavily on Liên, who is burdened by her inability to save everyone. But she knows that the Lady speaks most to those who listen.
Locust Girl: A Lovesong by Merlinda Bobis
Winner of the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, this lyrical novel sings of migration, climate justice, and the resilience of young girls.
Lupa and Lamb by Susan Hawthorne
Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin: A World That Is, Was, and Will Be by Diane Bell
Suki by Suniti Namjoshi
Invisible Women of Prehistory: Three Million Years of Peace, Six Thousand Years of War by Judy Foster and Marlene Derlet
We often think of history as a linear development in which we are steadily moving out of a violent and patriarchal past to a more equitable and peaceful future. While we have no shortage of wars – and the incidence of violence against women is alarmingly high – we are told that humans have never lived in such peaceful times. We continually hear that our predecessors were violent but also that patriarchy is inevitable and universal. But what if none of this were true? What if we were descended from peaceful societies in which women were respected and equal to men? Would this inspire us to seek new ways of organising our lives and of interpreting the present?
The Fabulous Feminist by Suniti Namjoshi
Making Peace with the Earth: Beyond Resource, Land and Food Wars by Vandana Shiva
Remember the Tarantella by Finola Moorhead
Cow by Susan Hawthorne
An intriguing approach to the rewriting of myth, this book takes the reader on a journey through the history of languages and symbolic traditions. Through a main character, Queenie, a cow of many abilities and a history that takes in the creation of the universe, readers come to see the world in new ways. The collection draws on the author’s knowledge of ancient languages and its structure draws on philosophy and the Sangam poetry tradition of South India.
The Abbotsford Mysteries by Patricia Sykes
My Sister Chaos by Lara Fergus
Staying Alive: Women, Ecology and Survival by Vandana Shiva
Soil Not Oil: Climate Change, Peak Oil and Food Insecurity by Vandana Shiva
Eco-Sufficiency and Global Justice: Women Write Political Ecology edited by Ariel Salleh
Listen to Ngarrindjeri Women Speaking edited by Diane Bell
Holding Yawalyu: White Culture, Black Women’s Law by Zohl dé Ishtar
Moebius Trip by Giti Thadani
Giti Thadani has been driving her jeep around India for fifteen years. Blessed with a rare historical sensibility, including an eye for architectural detail, she ventures off-road in search of lost temples, sculptures and cosmological sites from Madhya Pradesh to Kanyakumari to Gujarat. One thought, one reflection leads to another as she contemplates the cultures and mythologies that produced these marvels, and the more recent cultures and mythologies that have left them to neglect and desecration. Her inner and outer journeys unfold each other. Available as an ebook only.
Seven Sisters of the Pleiades: Stories from Around the World by Munya Andrews
The Falling Woman by Susan Hawthorne
Trauma Trails, Recreating Song Lines: The Transgenerational Effects of Trauma in Indigenous Australia by Judy Atkinson
Daughters of the Dreaming by Diane Bell
Cowrie by Cathie Dunsford
Daughters of the Pacific by Zohl dé Ishtar
Feminist Fables by Suniti Namjoshi
Outercourse by Mary Daly
Sybil: The Glide of Her Tongue by Gillian Hanscombe
