Books

When Nelson Mandela stepped out of prison in 1990, the elation in South Africa and around the world was palpable. But true freedom for his people remains a distant dream. John Pilger describes how people battling to free themselves often glimpse freedom, only to see it taken away. In South Africa, India, Palestine, Afghanistan and […]

Over the past few decades, ‘investigative journalism’ has come to mean the kind of brave reporting that exposes injustice, wrongdoing and, above all, the abuse of power. John Pilger has selected articles, broadcasts and book extracts that have cut through the facade of official silence to reveal important and disturbing truths. The collection features many […]

Following his 2002 film of the same name, John Pilger collects both original work and expanded versions of his essays on power, its secrets and illusions in a book that illuminates the nature of modern imperialism. He discloses how up to a million Indonesians died as a price for being the World Bank’s ‘model pupil’ […]

The close relationship between journalist and photographer is studied in this breathtaking selection of work by a wide range of photographers with whom John Pilger has worked or been inspired by. Spanning 35 years, the book covers trouble spots in regional locations from South East Asia, Africa, South America to the USA and UK and […]

‘Hidden Agendas’ is one of John Pilger’s most substantial and challenging books. It strips away the layers of deception, dissembling language and omission that prevent us from understanding how the world really works. From the invisible corners of Tony Blair’s New Britain to Burma, Vietnam, Australia and South Africa, Pilger unravels the hidden histories of […]

Published to coincide with John Pilger’s television documentary Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy, the centrepiece of ‘Distant Voices’ is East Timor, which Pilger entered secretly in 1993 to expose the death of a third of the population as a result of Indonesia’s genocidal policies. Featuring a preface by Martha Gellhorn, ‘Distant Voices’ also […]

Going beyond the euphemistic and romantic popular misconceptions of Australia, Pilger reveals the often invisible past and the present subterfuge of his native country. Since its very beginning the history of white Australia has been shrouded in secrecy and silence with more cenotaphs per head of population than any other nation, but not one stands […]

First published in 1986, ‘Heroes’ is John Pilger’s classic work. With a new introduction, it is a vivid, engrossing and at times blackly amusing history and personal story covering the periods for which his journalism is renowned. The heroes of Pilger’s narrative are the many ordinary people he has witnessed coping with their lives in […]