Biography & memoir

New biography & memoir

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New Australian biography & memoir

See a new side of athletes and politicians, discover fascinating figures from Australia’s history or start to understand contemporary Australia better, with these new biographies and memoirs from local authors.

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Recommended biography & memoir

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Letters & diaries

Discover the inner worlds of remarkable people with these deeply personal letters and diary entries.

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Political biography & memoir

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LGBTQIA+ history, culture & memoir

From heartfelt memoirs to insightful cultural analysis, these books explore the queer experience, past and present.

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Music biography & memoir

Discover the lives of iconic musicians with these insightful reflections and thrilling tell-alls.

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Writing about writers

From personal memoirs to biographies of literary greats, these fascinating books shed light on the lives of authors.

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Sport biography & memoir

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Recommended travel memoirs

Experience adventures around the world without leaving your chair, with these captivating travel memoirs.

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Biography & memoir

New biography & memoir

Fly, Wild Swans

Deep House

Poems & Prayers

Indignity

Beyond the Meeting of the Waters

58 Facets

New Australian biography & memoir

Beyond the Meeting of the Waters

58 Facets

The Eye of the Dragonfly

Inside Out

James Fairfax

The Man Who Planted Canberra

Recommended biography & memoir

The Season

Chameleon

Saving Five

Memorial Days

Australian Gospel: A Family Saga

Three Wild Dogs and the Truth

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Letters & diaries

A Life in Letters

The Children of Hiroshima

The Eyes of Gaza

Private Notebooks

The Illustrated Letters of Virginia Woolf: Volume 7

When The Bulbul Stopped Singing

Political biography & memoir

Hawke PM: The Making of a Legend

A Different Kind of Power

Something Lost, Something Gained

A Long March

Robert Manne

Citizen: My Life After the White House

LGBTQIA+ history, culture & memoir

Sex, Gender & Identity

Deep House

The Short Story of Queer Art

It Used to be Witches

Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything

Frighten the Horses

Music biography & memoir

The Essential… Beyonce

No Secrets

The Absence

John and Paul

In One Ear

Alanis

Writing about writers

Mother Mary Comes To Me

Always Home, Always Homesick

Fires Which Burned Brightly

Gertrude Stein

Unsettled: A Journey Through Time and Place

News Cowboys

Sport biography & memoir

Heartbeats

Being Carlos Alcaraz

Frosty

Katrina Gorry

The Warrior

The Racket

Recommended travel memoirs

Moonlight Express

The Sea in the Metro

A Training School for Elephants

The Explorer’s Gene

Five Seasons in Seoul

Beyond the Snow Leopard

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