The shortlist for this year’s Human Rights Nonfiction Literature Award has been announced by the Australian Human Rights Commission as part of the Human Rights Awards.

The shortlisted titles are:

The Black War: Fear, Sex and Resistance in Tasmania by Nicholas Clements (UQP)

Poetic Justice: Contemporary Australian Voices on Equality and Human Rights (Right Now)

Is There No Place for Me? Making Sense of Madness by Kate Richards (Penguin)

Missing Christopher: A Mother’s Story of Tragedy, Grief and Love by Jayne Newling (A&U).