IMPERFECT MEMORIES EXPLORES THE RELIEF OF STORYTELLING, DELVING DEEP INTO WORKS BUILT FROM REMINISCENCE AND DISCONNECTION, HUMOUR, STRENGTH AND LOVE... For many, telling stories is a means of survival, of making it through days, weeks, months, years. But capturing the past is tumultuous and flawed at best, influenced always by our capability to grasp the fleeting moments when we can...

In this collection, some of Australia's most talented authors weave threads of their lives - in familiar settings in Australia and in unfamiliar settings in India, Italy, England, Turkey, Russia and beyond. These powerfully evocative and poignant reflections help make sense of their personal and collective experiences.

Author contributions within are from:

DENNIS ALTMAN, PETER KENNEALLY, JOHN BAILEY, DESMOND MANDERSON, KAVITA BEDFORD, LENORE MANDERSON, KERRIE CLARKE, JILL MOONIE, KATE COLE-ADAMS, KALPANA RAM, JEANNE DALY, K.M. REES, ROSALIE HAM, ALFREDA STRESSAC, CHRISTOPHER HOUSTON, BARBARA TONER, MARCIA JACOBS, SUSAN WALD, MICHAEL JACKSON, BIFF WARD, MEGAN JENNAWAY, L.L. WYNN