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John Hull
A unique and moving account of one man’s struggle to come to terms with losing his sight.
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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.
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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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Jenevieve Chang
Jenevieve Chang is a natural storyteller, and her absorbing memoir - spanning China, Britain and Australia - is told with grace, precision and unmatched�..
Mia Freedman
A fearless, hilarious, inspiring collection of modern-day misadventures.
Jane Hutcheon
How one woman turned her life upside down to help those who needed it most - half a world away.
Every orphan comes with a story. Every journalist has a…
Ailsa Piper,Tony Doherty
A celebration of friendship, renewal, nature and the human spirit told through letters between a writer and an 80-year-old priest. Original, surprising - both highly entertaining and deeply moving.
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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…
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Kerrie Davies
An innovative, imaginative work of biography, examining Bertha and Henry Lawson’s marriage through a modern lens.
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…
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.
Samone Bos
A long time ago, way before Facebook and Instagram, and when no one had even considered Snapchat, there were blogs. One day, bored at work, Momo, a typical twenty-something, discovered…
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Joan Didion
From the best-selling author of the National Book Award-winning The Year of Magical Thinking: two extended excerpts from her never-before-seen notebooks-writings that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and…
Gail Bell
Intricate, elegant, and beautifully realised, The Poison Principle is a masterful book about family secrets and literary poisonings.
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Thordis Elva,Tom Stranger
It wasn’t without fear that Thordis Elva kissed her three-year-old son and her loving partner goodbye before boarding a plane in Reykjavik, Iceland on March 27, 2013. The aim was…
Thi Bui
An intimate and moving portrait of one family’s journey from their war-torn home in Vietnam to new lives in America
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…
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…
Caroline Baum
Caroline Baum’s fascinating and moving memoir about being an only child in a very unusual family.
Sergio Luzzatto, Frederika Randall (trans.)
No other Auschwitz survivor has been as literarily powerful as Primo Levi. Yet Levi was not only a victim or a witness. In the fall of 1943, at the very…
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Robin Dalton
A surprising, lively and fun memoir of love, relationships and a young woman’s sexual liberation
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.
Joyce Morgan
The life of the charismatic, unconventional, unique and surprising Martin Sharp - pop artist and joint founder of the underground magazine Oz
H Fallada
I lived the same life as everyone else, the life of ordinary people, the masses.