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Lili Anolik
An outrageously provocative and profoundly moving new work on the complicated relationship between Joan Didion and her fellow literary titan, Eve Babitz.
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Patrick McCaughey
A generous and insightful glimpse into the private life and creative process of a giant of Australian landscape painting
Michael Palin
The fourth volume of Michael Palin's bestselling diaries
Hugo Greenhalgh
An utterly unforgettable account of lost gay history based on a set of real diaries, presented by the highly acclaimed journalist Hugo Greenhalgh
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Gillian Anderson
What do you want, when no one is watching? What do you want, when the lights are off? What do you want, when you are anonymous?
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Franz Kafka, Ross Benjamin (trans.)
An essential new translation of the author's complete, uncensored diaries - revealing the idiosyncrasies and rough edges of one of the twentieth century's most influential writers
Brigitta Olubas (ed.), Susan Wyndham (ed.)
Two extraordinary writers, one difficult mother and a vanished literary world.
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Helen Garner
The third instalment of diaries from the inimitable Helen Garner covers four eventful years in the life of one of Australia’s most treasured writers.
In this second volume of diaries from one of Australia’s greatest writers, we see Garner in love; asking herself questions about relationships, individuality, morality and contentment. For readers of Lisa…
Spanning forty years of work, True Stories is the collected essays, stories and diary entries of one of Australia’s greatest writers
Helene Hanff
This book is the story of the love affair between Miss Helene Hanff of New York and Messrs Marks and Co, sellers of rare and secondhand books, at 84 Charing…
Emily Dickinson
The Letters of Emily Dickinson collects, redates, and recontextualizes all of the poet's extant letters, including dozens newly discovered or never before anthologized. Insightful annotations emphasize not the reclusive poet…
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Susan R. Barry
When Susan Barry first wrote to Oliver Sacks, she never expected a response, let alone the deep friendship that blossomed over ten years of letters.Sue, herself a neuroscientist, wrote to…
An illustrated selection of Van Gogh’s letters, forming an extraordinary window into the life and creative thinking of one of the world’s most iconic artists.
Alan Rickman, Alan Taylor (ed.)
Alan Rickman was one of the world-class actors of his generation, as well as a tireless political activist, an avid traveller and a devoted confidant and friend. Through his never-before-seen…
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Ernesto Che Guevara
Che Guevara’s riotous diaries charting his motorcycle odyssey from Argentina through Chile and Peru ending finally in Venezuela.
The last diary of Che Guevara, with entries going up until two days before his death- the final, blazing record of a true revolutionary
In 1967 Che Guevara left Cuba…
Inge Bondi
Inge Bondi combines her recollections with Ernst Haas' letters, poems, photos, to narrate Haas's 40 year photography career. The book is in itself a letter from Bondi to Haas.
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Professor Jenny Hocking
What role did the queen play in the governor-general Sir John Kerr’s plans to dismiss prime minister Gough Whitlam in 1975, which unleashed one of the most divisive episodes in…
Henry James
Surrounded by the artists, writers and musicians who made up her court in Boston as they did in Venice, Isabella Stewart Gardner, a passionate art collector, was as revered and…
Colin Salter
A fascinating collection of some of the most significant, interesting and groundbreaking letters ever written.
Various,Ursula Doyle (Ed.)
Remember the wonderfully romantic book of letters by Beethoven, Byron and Napoleon that featured in the Sex and the City film? That collection didn’t actually exist, but all of the…
Paul Eggert, Chris Vening
This is the first collection in print of the letters of Australian colonial poet Charles Harpur (181368) and his circle. Supported by extensive annotation newly prepared for this edition, the…
Vita Sackville-West,Virginia Woolf
Eavesdrop on the affair that inspired Virginia to write her most fantastical novel, Orlando, and discover a relationship that - even a hundred years later - feels radical and relatable…
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf turned to her diary as to an intimate friend, to whom she could freely and spontaneously confide her thoughts on public events or the joys and trials of…
Dennis Altman
In this diarised memoir, moving between Australia, the United States, Europe and parts of Asia, Gore Vidal, James Baldwin, Susan Sontag, Christopher Isherwood and many others people a story of…
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Anne Frank
This translation of one of the most endearing documents of the 20th century captures Anne’s youthful spirit and restores original material omitted by Anne’s father–details about Anne’s emerging sexuality and…
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Samuel Pepys
The 1660s represent a turning point in English history, and for the main events - the Restoration, the Dutch War, the Great Plague, the Fire of London. This book offers…
Murasaki Shikibu
This is the diary of Lady Murasaki, the Japanese prose writer. It describes the Heian court at its apogee and offers an intimate picture of the author’s life as tutor…
Vincent Van Gogh
A selection of Vincent Van Gough’s letters, based on an entirely fresh translation, revealing his religious struggles, his fascination with the French Revolution, his search for love and his involvement…
Audre Lorde
First published in the United States of America by Aunt Lute Books 1980 –Coypright page.
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Shaun Bythell,Shaun Bythell
The funny and fascinating memoir of Bythell’s experiences at the helm of The Bookshop, Scotland’s largest second hand bookstore–and the delightfully unusual staff members, eccentric customers, odd townsfolk and surreal…
David Sedaris
The diaries that are the source of David Sedaris’ remarkable and bestselling autobiographical stories. ‘He’s like an American Alan Bennett’ Guardian
From bestselling author David Sedaris, the second volume of diaries - the source of his remarkable autobiographical stories.
Adam Kay
The often hilarious, at times horrifying and occasionally heartbreaking diaries of a former junior doctor, and the story of why he decided to hang up his stethoscope.
Shirley Jackson, Laurence Jackson Hyman (ed.)
A bewitchingly brilliant collection of never-before-published letters from the renowned author of “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill House
Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol kept these diaries faithfully from November 1976 right up to his final week, in February 1987. With appearances from and references to everyone who was anyone, from Jim…
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George Orwell
A major literary event-the long-awaited publication of George Orwell’s diaries, chronicling the events that inspired his greatest works.
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J. R. R. Tolkien
The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world's greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing…
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Jane Sinclair
These days the Heide Museum of Modern Art is a popular place to visit, but in 1969 it was home to John and Sunday Reed who were close friends of…
Francis Kilvert
This diary, which paints a unique picture of country life in mid-Victorian times, has come to be recognized as a classic. It was kept from January 1870 until March 1879…
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Mikhail Bulgakov
This selection from the diaries and letters of the Bulgakovs, mostly translated for the first time into English, provides an insightful glimpse into a fascinating period of Russian history and…
Judy Cassab
Judy Cassab is one of Australia’s best known portrait painters and the winner of many prestigious art awards, including the coveted Archibald Prize. In Judy Cassab Diaries, the artist tells…
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E.E. Dunlop
A first-hand account of Sir Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop’s experiences as senior medical officer in the infamous prisoner-of-war camps in Java and on the Burma-Thailand Railway. It is not only an…
