(ˈbriːəʊ ) noun; liveliness; invigorating and spiritedness.

Brio Books is one of Australia’s most respected boutique publishers with an award-winning and acclaimed list of titles and authors. Dedicated to championing an array of Australia’s brightest talent and social luminaries and giving them access to the global market.

Discover a range of exclusive books you can’t find anywhere else from a number of familiar faces from the world of entertainment and social media. From tantalising cookbooks, lifestyle, memoirs to comedy and thrilling fiction, we have you covered, for whatever your interest and whatever you like to read.

We aren’t just another retailer - we’re publishers too. So the books you see here, we also made, collaborating with some amazingly talented humans. 

Founded as Xou Creative in 2006 by Jon MacDonald and David Henley as a design business, the company rapidly grew and started a dedicated a publishing program in 2010. Since then, Brio has forged a strong reputation for consistently producing beautiful, entertaining and important books that contribute to Australian and international culture.

Proudly Australian owned and operated, we are an online marketplace, shipping across Australia and internationally, helping shine a light on homegrown talent and giving them access to the world stage.

Brio Books acknowledges Australia’s First Nations Peoples as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land and gives respect to the Elders – past and present – and through them to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.