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Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Including new chapters. Frank, fearless, funny, articulate and inspiring, Yassmin Abdel-Magied is a dynamo, a young Muslim dynamo offering a bracing breath of fresh air - and hope.
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Saroo Brierley,Saroo Brierley
As a five-year-old in India, I got lost on a train. Twenty-five years later, I crossed the world to find my way back home.
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Joyce Morgan
The life of the charismatic, unconventional, unique and surprising Martin Sharp - pop artist and joint founder of the underground magazine Oz
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Helen Razer
A hundred dates in less than a year. Will they heal her broken heart or make it worse? Brilliant, hilarious and excruciating confessions from bestselling writer and journalist Helen Razer.
Gail Bell
Intricate, elegant, and beautifully realised, The Poison Principle is a masterful book about family secrets and literary poisonings.
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Rodney Syme
Rodney Syme has been an advocate for medically assisted dying for more than twenty years. In Time to Die he reflects on those living and dying in pain and shares…
Rob Snarski
From Perth to Europe and all points in between, Rob Snarski shares his observations and insights from the music world he has performed in, the people he has worked with…
Louis Nowra
It was no wonder I was glad to be down in Woolloomooloo. The Old Fitzroy reminded me of how Kings Cross used to be. Told in his vivid and entertaining…
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Caroline Baum
Caroline Baum’s fascinating and moving memoir about being an only child in a very unusual family.
Quentin Bryce
As Australia’s first female Governor-General, Quentin Bryce wrote to those she had met and connected with as her role took her around Australia, receiving letters from every corner of the…
Kerrie Davies
An innovative, imaginative work of biography, examining Bertha and Henry Lawson’s marriage through a modern lens.
Moana Hope
A high-flying athlete who is grounded by remarkable selflessness, Moana Hope is an inspiration for women and girls everywhere. My Way is her story.
Carol Baxter
The remarkable true story of a beguiling Melbourne housewife who in the 1920s seeks international fame, fortune and adventure as an aviator and finds herself as the central figure in…
Jessica Friedmann
In this stunning collection, Jessica Friedmann navigates her journey through postpartum depression after the birth of her son. Drawing on critical theory, popular culture, and personal experience, her wide-ranging essays…
Jenevieve Chang
Jenevieve Chang is a natural storyteller, and her absorbing memoir - spanning China, Britain and Australia - is told with grace, precision and unmatched�..
Mojgan Shamsalipoor,Milad Jafari,James Knight
The powerful and incredibly moving story of Mojgan Shamsalipoor and Milad Jafari - two young Iranian asylum seekers who are showing the power of love to conquer all obstacles.
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Mary-Rose MacColl
Memories and secrets buried for over twenty years surfaced after Mary-Rose MacColl gave birth to a much longed-for baby.
Nevo Zisin
Meet Nevo: girl, boy, he, she, him, her, they, them, daughter, son, teacher, student, friend, gay, bi, lesbian, trans, homo, Jew, dyke, masculine, feminine, androgynous, queer.
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Inga Simpson
A memoir about staying in one place, told through trees, by the award-winning author of MR WIGG, NEST and WHERE THE TREES WERE.
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Jenny Valentish
Journalist Jenny Valentish investigates the female experience of drugs and alcohol, using her own story to light the way.
Briohny Doyle
A wry and topical inquiry into how we respond when our cultural clock starts ticking.
Brodie Lancaster
No Way! Okay, Fine. is a memoir about pop culture, pop music, feminism and feelings from freelance journalist and editor Brodie Lancaster.
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Gordon Base
In 1948, Ben Carlin set out from New York City with an audacious, lunatic plan to circumnavigate the world in an army surplus amphibious jeep called .
Mark Raphael Baker
From the author of The Fiftieth Gate, Mark Raphael Baker’s new book Thirty Days is a meditation on life, death, love and marriage, written with an honesty that bares the…
Tex Perkins
The autobiography of Australian rock ‘n’ roll legend, Tex Perkins.
Hannah Robert
What happens when a death occurs within your body, but you survive? In Hannah’s struggle to make sense of the personal and legal aftermath, she had to find out what…
Gail Kelly
Inspiring, practical, generous and optimistic, one of our finest communicators and most successful businesswomen shares what she’s learned about leadership, the culture of the workplace and the vital importance of…
Les Twentyman,Robert Hillman
Award-winning writer, Robert Hillman, has collaborated with one of Australia’s best-known youth outreach workers and social campaigners, to bring his story to the public in that wonderful storytelling style that…
Dr Peter Monteath
The never-before-told story of World War II escape artist extraordinaire, Johnny Peck. In August 1941, an eighteen-year-old Australian soldier made his…..
Georgia Blain
In late 2015, Georgia Blain was diagnosed with a tumour sitting right in the language centre of her brain. Prior to this, Georgia’s only warning had been a niggling sense…
Kate Mathieson
Shortlisted for the 2017 Finch Memoir Prize, Ways to Come Home is a powerful memoir about the need to know who we really are, and what it means to find…
Stephen Dando-Collins
Australian entrepreneur, Robert Stigwood was the first media mogul in Britain to be dubbed ‘Mr Showbiz". After an extraordinarily large life he died 4 January 2016. This is his story…
Goldman
A fresh, spirited and engaging biography of a fascinating and influential woman who was absolutely instrumental in shaping modern Australia - but whose influence and importance has largely been forgotten.
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Gareth Evans
A colourful and central figure in Australian politics for two decades, Gareth Evans has also been applauded worldwide for his contributions to conflict resolution, genocide prevention and curbing weapons of…
Eddie Ayres
From the former ABC Classic FM classicist comes a remarkable story about the power of music and courage to be one’s self
Elisabeth Hanscombe
A memoir about surviving a childhood navigating around a violent and abusive father, and how the past influenced the author’s professional life and personal relationships.
Brenda Niall
An insightful and moving story of life in nineteenth and early twentieth century Australia, from one of the country’s most celebrated biographers.
Bruce Beresford
This entertaining collection of pieces from the acclaimed director of Breaker Morant, Driving Miss Daisy and Mao’s Last Dancer features memoirs, brief lives and revealing accounts of the film world.
Alexis Wright
Miles Franklin-winning author Alexis Wright has crafted a memoir in story form of the charismatic Indigenous leader Tracker Tilmouth, and an epic portrait of a important period in the political…
Terri Butler
People view politicians and politics with suspicion, if not downright hostility. But the decisions made in our parliaments affect everyday life. They also affect our future. So, politics matters. Deciding…
Heather Hawkins
At 41 - with two teenagers and a contentedly unadventurous life - Heather Hawkins made a doctor’s appointment. Diagnosed with stage one ovarian cancer, within nine days she had surgery…
Stephanie Asher
No tragedy, no challenge, has proved too hard for Susan Alberti. The woman from the working-class suburbs has battled boardrooms, courts, lymphoma and adult diabetes; and was one of the…
