Biography & memoir 2018

The Dark Interval: Letters for the Grieving Heart

Rainer Maria Rilke

From one of the most famous poets in history comes a new selection of writings to bereaved friends and acquaintances, providing comfort in a time of grief and words to…

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Becoming

Michelle Obama

An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States

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Thanks A Lot Mr Kibblewhite

Roger Daltrey

The fascinating and revealing autobiography of rock legend Roger Daltrey, lead singer of The Who.

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Kathleen O'Connor of Paris

Amanda Curtin

Part biography, part travel narrative, this is the story of an artist in a foreign land who, with limited resources and despite the impacts of war and loss, worked and…

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Heartland

Sarah Smarsh

An eye-opening, topical, and moving memoir of one woman’s experience of working-class poverty in America.

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Unfettered and Alive

Anne Summers

The inspiring autobiography of one of Australia’s most influential women, from cadet journalist to policy maker to change agent at large.

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Imagine John Yoko

John Lennon,Yoko Ono

Featuring the lyrics of John Lennon’s iconic, beloved song and illustrations by award-winning artist Jean Jullien, this poignant and timely picture book dares to imagine a world at peace. Imagine…

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Mrs Gaskell and Me: Two Women, Two Love Stories, Two Centuries Apart

Nell Stevens

From the author of the beloved Bleaker House, Mrs Gaskell and Me is the story of two very modern women and their two love affairs, separated by a hundred and…

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My Thoughts Exactly

Lily Allen

British singer Lily Allen reflect on her music, career and life in her first memoir.

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Speaking Up

Gillian Triggs

As president of the Human Rights Commission, Gillian Triggs advocated for the disempowered, the disenfranchised, the marginalised. She withstood relentless political pressure and media scrutiny as she defended the defenceless…

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The Scandalous Freddie McEvoy

Frank Walker

Swashbuckler, daredevil racing-car champion, Winter Olympian, gambler, smuggler, scoundrel, stud and suspected spy - this is the fascinating story of the scandalous Freddie McEvoy.

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Magic

Jan Golembiewski

A young man heads off on a journey to find out if magic still exists in the world, to know its wonder, and to see if it might save him…

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A Long Way from No Go

Tjanara Goreng Goreng

This is a memoir of an Aboriginal woman, Tjanara Goreng Goreng, who began life without any of the advantages of her fellow non-Indigenous Australians except for grit, humour and diverse…

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Low Life in the High Desert: a California memoir

David Hirst

You are one crazy Australian’, David Hirst was informed when he met the locals of Pioneertown for the first time. ‘When are you gonna move out here?

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Sex, Drugs and the Electoral Roll

Fiona Patten

The incredible story of Fiona Patten, in her own inimitable words. Tireless fighter, courageous activist and effective politician who really is making a difference to her world.

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A Letter from Paris

Louisa Deasey

When Louisa Deasey receives a message from a French woman called Coralie, who has found a cache of letters in an attic, written about Louisa’s father, neither woman can imagine…

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Queerstories: Reflections on lives well lived from some of Australia’s finest LGBTQIA+ writers

Maeve Marsden

There’s more to being queer than coming out and getting married. This exciting and contemporary collection contains stories that are as diverse as the LGBTQIA+ community from which they’re drawn.

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Active Labour: Memoirs of a Working-Class Doctor

Percy Rogers

Active Labour is an inspiring, warm and moving memoir by one of the most pioneering and compassionate doctors in Australia, a key advocate for women’s reproductive rights. It is a…

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Turmoil: Letters from the Brink

Robyn Williams

Robyn Williams, presenter of The Science Show on ABC Radio, reveals all in Turmoil, a searingly honest and often blackly funny reflection on his life, friends, the people he loves…

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No Country Woman

Zoya Patel

‘I was born in a hospital in Suva, Fiji. I can’t recall ever seeing the building on my trips back to the city, first as a child or later as…

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Beyond the Break

Darren Longbottom,Tim Rushby-Smith

The story of Australian surfer Darren Longbottom’s epic rescue from a remote surf break in Indonesia

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Zami: A New Spelling of my Name

Audre Lorde

In a new literary form this book blends together history, biography and myth, telling a story that stretches from the Harlem of the author’s girlhood in the 1930s, to the…

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Fatherhood: Stories about being a dad

William McInnes

Bestselling author and acclaimed actor William McInnes returns with a book about a subject close to his own heart: Fatherhood.

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One Hundred Years of Dirt

Rick Morton

Social mobility is not a train you get to board after you’ve scraped together enough for the ticket. You have to build the whole bloody engine, with nothing but a…

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Happy Never After

Jill Stark

Jill Stark was living the dream. She had a coveted job as a senior journalist, she was dating a sports star, and her first book had just become a bestseller…

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Always Another Country

Sisonke Msimang

A moving portrait of the life journey and all the romance, heartache and grief that has helped to make Sisonke Msimang the writer, activist, mother and woman she is today.

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Leather Soul

Bob Murphy

Bob Murphy has never been a typical footballer. Music buff, Age columnist and Winnebago driver, he is as comfortable in a Fitzroy café or the front bar of a grungy…

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The Good Girl Stripped Bare

Tracey Spicer

From bogan to boned and beyond - a full-frontal femoir Tracey Spicer was always the good girl. Inspired by Jana Wendt, this bogan from the Brisbane backwaters waded

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The Barefoot Surgeon

Ali Gripper

Inspiring and uplifting, this is the extraordinary story of Dr Sanduk Ruit who, like his mentor Fred Hollows, took on the world’s medical establishment to give the life-changing gift of…

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Teacher

Gabbie Stroud

A woman’s struggle to keep the heart in teaching

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Run for Your Life

Bob Carr

Most Political memoirs are boring.

Bob Carr tears up the rules. He plunges in, beginning with the despair of a young man pining for a political career, convinced he’s going…

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Her Mother’s Daughter: A Memoir

Nadia Wheatley

“Why didn’t you and Daddy want people to give you any wedding presents?” I used to ask. But my mother could never be drawn into talking about the wedding. Later…

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Radical Heart

Shireen Morris

Neither Indigenous nor white, Shireen Morris is both outside observer and inside player in the fight for Indigenous rights. Framed by her family’s Indian and Fijian migrant story, Morris gives…

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Simply Ing

Helen (Ing) Nellie

Ing has lived through many family tragedies. Her honest experiences reflect her indomitable spirit and give insight into the lives of Aboriginal people

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Am I Doing This Right?: Life lessons from the Encyclopedia Bri-Tanya

Tanya Hennessy

An honest, hilarious, and incredibly relatable A-Z guide to adulting from one of Australia’s most loved entertainers and radio presenters.

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The Bootle Boy: an untidy life in news

Les Hinton

A brilliantly evocative memoir from the golden age of newspaper publishing, from a man who helped define our modern media.

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Room to Dream

David Lynch,Kristine McKenna

As unusual as the man himself, Room to Dream is the highly anticipated memoir from the revolutionary and elusive David Lynch, co-creator of Twin Peaks and director of groundbreaking films…

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Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces

Michael Chabon

Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Manhood for Amateurs and Moonglow, returns with a collection of heartfelt, humorous and insightful essays on the meaning of…

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A Man Called Yarra

Robert Hillman,Stan Yarramunua

A Man Called Yarra is an inspiring memoir of overcoming hardship and striving for a better life.

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Get Up Mum

Justin Heazlewood

Told with youthful exuberance, Get Up Mum is a wildly endearing, entertaining and incredibly powerful memoir about love, family, and coming-of-age.

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Eggshell Skull

Bri Lee

A fiercely intelligent, heartbreakingly honest memoir and feminist call to arms in the tradition of Fight Like A Girl

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Remembering the Myall Creek Massacre

On the 180th anniversary of the Myall Creek Massacre of 1838, acclaimed writers, historians, lawyers and artists explore the impact of one of the most horrifying events of Australian colonial…

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Women of a Certain Age

Jodie Moffat, Maria Scoda and Susan Laura Sullivan

Anne Aly, Liz Byrski, Sarah Drummond, Mehreen Faruqi, Goldie Goldbloom, Krissy Kneen, Jeanine Leane, Brigid Lowry and Pat Mamanyjun Torres are among fifteen voices recounting what it is like to…

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Traumata

Meera Atkinson

In this extraordinary book, Meera Atkinson explores the ways trauma reverberates over a lifetime, unearthing the traumatic roots of our social structures and our collective history.

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Headstrong Daughters: Inspiring stories from the new generation of Australian Muslim women

Nadia Jamal

Nadia Jamal takes us inside the lives of ordinary Muslim women from around Australia, showing how they find ways to stay true to their faith, and to themselves as well…

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Miss Ex-Yugoslavia

Sofija Stefanovic

Unpolished Gem with a touch of Stasiland: a funny, dark and tender memoir about growing up between the lunacy of Yugoslavia’s civil war and suburban Australia.

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The Motherhood

Jamila Rizvi

Australia’s favourite women share what they wish they’d known about life with a newborn, in this funny, moving collection edited by Jamila Rizvi

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Staying: A Memoir

Jessie Cole

A searing memoir by acclaimed novelist Jessie Cole, about surviving the suicide of loved ones, and finding a place to heal.

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Biography & memoir 2018

The Dark Interval: Letters for the Grieving Heart

Becoming

Thanks A Lot Mr Kibblewhite

Kathleen O'Connor of Paris

Heartland

Unfettered and Alive

Imagine John Yoko

Mrs Gaskell and Me: Two Women, Two Love Stories, Two Centuries Apart

My Thoughts Exactly

Speaking Up

The Scandalous Freddie McEvoy

Magic

A Long Way from No Go

Low Life in the High Desert: a California memoir

Sex, Drugs and the Electoral Roll

A Letter from Paris

Queerstories: Reflections on lives well lived from some of Australia’s finest LGBTQIA+ writers

Active Labour: Memoirs of a Working-Class Doctor

Turmoil: Letters from the Brink

No Country Woman

Beyond the Break

Zami: A New Spelling of my Name

Fatherhood: Stories about being a dad

One Hundred Years of Dirt

Happy Never After

Always Another Country

Leather Soul

The Good Girl Stripped Bare

The Barefoot Surgeon

Teacher

Run for Your Life

Her Mother’s Daughter: A Memoir

Radical Heart

Simply Ing

Am I Doing This Right?: Life lessons from the Encyclopedia Bri-Tanya

The Bootle Boy: an untidy life in news

Room to Dream

Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces

A Man Called Yarra

Get Up Mum

Eggshell Skull

Remembering the Myall Creek Massacre

Women of a Certain Age

Traumata

Headstrong Daughters: Inspiring stories from the new generation of Australian Muslim women

Miss Ex-Yugoslavia

The Motherhood

Staying: A Memoir