As war crimes prosecutions seize Australia, Fiona Kovalenko discovers her own Ukrainian family is implicated in the darkest events of the twentieth century.

The Hand that Signed the Paper won The Australian/Vogel Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript in 1993 and, in 1995, the ALS Gold Medal and the Miles Franklin Literary Award. First published in 1994, under an assumed identity, it's a book that continues to raise urgent questions about history, responsibility, and truth. This edition includes the introduction Dale wrote for Untapped publishing partner Ligature's edition, revisiting the scandal the book caused.

Helen Dale grew up in Australia but now lives in London. The Hand that Signed the Paper was her first novel and she was the youngest winner of the Miles Franklin. She is also the author of the speculative fiction novels, Kingdom of the Wicked: Rules (2017) and Kingdom of the Wicked: Order (2018).