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Kate Ceberano

A beautiful illustrated memoir from beloved Australian musician Kate Ceberano, featuring her inspirational song lyrics, stories, paintings and embroidery, and celebrating four decades of songwriting and recording on the release…

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A Brilliant Life

Rachelle Unreich

A story of love, loss, wonder and the deepest kind of faith

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Rambling Man

Billy Connolly

A book of global adventures with Billy Connolly - an unconventional travel memoir that crisscrosses the world, encapsulating a lifetime of incredible journeys and hundreds of fascinating encounters.

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How to Say Babylon

Safiya Sinclair

There was more than one way to be lost, more than one way to be saved.

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Mab: The World of Mab Grimwade

Thea Gardiner

An exquisitely packaged hardback revealing the untold story of an influential Australian philanthropist.

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Making It So

Patrick Stewart

The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart!

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Love & Pain

Ben Gillies, Chris Joannou, Alley Pascoe

This is the powerful, untold story of two of the three members of Silverchair, Australia's most awarded musical act.

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Big Mouth

Matt Preston

A rock 'n' roll memoir of life, death and growing up with the occasional scandal.

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Ian Fleming

Nicholas Shakespeare

A fresh portrait of the man behind James Bond, and his enduring impact, by an award-winning biographer with unprecedented access to the Fleming Archive.

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The World According to Joan Didion

Evelyn McDonnell

An intimate exploration of the life, craft, and legacy of one of the most revered and influential writers, an artist who continues to inspire fans and creatives to cultivate practices…

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The Young Man

Annie Ernaux, Alison L. Strayer (trans.)

Annie Ernaux's most recent book, dazzling and breathtaking, published in France in 2022, is about her affair with a man 30 years her junior.

The Young Man is Annie Ernaux's…

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Unfinished Woman

Robyn Davidson

An unforgettable memoir from the author of the sensational international bestseller, Tracks, the story of a mother and daughter, of love, loss and the pursuit of freedom

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My Mother’s Eyes

Shanelle Dawson

The disappearance of Lyn Dawson captured the world's attention. But she was far more than just the teacher's wife. Now, in this brave, emotionally powerful memoir, Lyn's daughter reclaims their…

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Paul Bangay: A Life in Garden Design

Paul Bangay

Paul Bangay is Australia's most sought-after garden designer, with close to forty years' experience. Known for his mastery of scale, balance, form and colour, Paul draws on his lifelong study…

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Eventually Everything Connects

Sarah Firth

A delicious mix of daily life, science, philosophy, pop culture, daydreams and irreverent humour, Eventually Everything Connects is a work of graphic non-fiction that is comforting, confronting and mind-expanding in…

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My Life as a Jew

Michael Gawenda

A multi-award-winning journalist and former editor-in-chief of a major Australian newspaper searingly explores his Jewish identity

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Home to Biloela

Priya Nadesalingam, Rebekah Holt

The dramatic inside story of the Tamil refugee family which became a cause clbre all around Australia, and the epic fight by a small rural community to set them free.

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Finding My Bella Vita

Pia Miranda

From one of our most-loved actors comes a charming, honest and uplifting memoir full of heart and humour that reminds us all of the two things that matter most -…

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Berserker!

Adrian Edmondson

Berserker! is the one-of-a-kind, fascinating memoir from one of the UK's most beloved comedians, Adrian Edmondson.

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Frank Moorhouse

Catharine Lumby

The definitive biography of one of Australia's best-known men of letters.

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Elon Musk

Walter Isaacson

From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era-a rule-breaking visionary who helped…

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James Joyce

Gabrielle Carey

If you know nothing about James Joyce but would like to this is the book for you. If you know a little about James Joyce and would like to know…

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42: The Wildly Improbably Ideas of Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams

Over 60 boxes full of notebooks, research, letters, scripts, jokes, speeches, to-do lists, hard drives and even poems…Welcome to the incredible archive of Douglas Adams.

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Scattershot

Bernie Taupin

An evocative, clear-eyed, and revealing memoir by Bernie Taupin, the lyrical master and longtime collaborator of Elton John.

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Wandering Through Life: A Memoir

Donna Leon

The internationally bestselling author tells her own adventurous life story as she enters her ninth decade

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Oh Miriam!

Miriam Margolyes

Award-winning actress, bestselling author of her memoir This Much is True, and Britain's naughtiest national treasure is back, and she's as outrageous as ever.

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I’ll Let Myself In

Hannah Diviney

A defiant coming of age story about a young woman coming to terms with all that she is, the good, the bad and the ugly.

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Before the Light Fades

Natasha Walter

From the acclaimed writer and thinker, a moving memoir about losing her mother as well as honouring the legacy of a family whose members struggled bravely against some of the…

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The Villain Edit

Alisha Aitken-Radburn

A memoir about identity and authenticity in the smoke-and-mirror worlds of politics, reality TV and social media, from Bachelor star Alisha Aitken-Radburn.

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Sleeping on Islands

Sir Andrew Motion

Andrew Motion has been close to the centres of British poetry for over fifty years. Sleeping on Islands is his clear-sighted and open-hearted account of this remarkable career.

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Would that Be Funny?: Growing up with John Clarke

Lorin Clarke

A family memoir about the beloved comedian John Clarke by his daughter, writer Lorin Clarke. A warm, witty and uplifting book about how our families make us who we are..

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My Grandfather’s Clock

Graeme Davison

Four Centuries of a British-Australian Family

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Her Sunburnt Country

Deborah FitzGerald

The first definitive biography of Australian poet and writer Dorothea Mackellar, author of the celebrated poem 'My Country.'

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Bee Miles

Rose Ellis

The untold story of the uncompromising and fearless woman who captivated mid-20th century Australia with her spectacular acts of defiance.

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My Father’s Shadow

Sandra Goldbloom Zurbo

A powerful father–daughter story of a young woman’s political and social coming of age, and a portrait of life on the Left during a time of great social change

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Winnie & Nelson

Jonny Steinberg

From one of South Africa's foremost nonfiction writers, a deeply researched, shattering new account of Nelson Mandela's relationship with Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

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Woody Guthrie: A Life

Joe Klein

The classic biography of the hugely influential American folk singer who inspired a generation of songwriters, including Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan.

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Among Others: Friendships and Encounters

Michael Frayn

Michael Frayn would like to say a brief word about a few of the friends who have shaped his life - ‘before my memory goes’. Some have had a profound…

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Don’t Dream Its Over: The Remarkable Life of Neil Finn

Jeff Apter

Don't Dream It's Over is the first biography to focus exclusively on Neil Finn, the man who wrote the timeless hits of Split Enz and Crowded House.

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A Real Piece of Work

Erin Riley

An exhilarating, thought-provoking and joyful debut that asks how we create our identities and how we can transcend them.

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The Swimmer

Patrick Barkham

The definitive biography of Roger Deakin, beloved author of cult classic Waterlog

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Stray

Stephanie Danler

From the author of the international bestseller Sweetbitter, a memoir of survival, starting over, and love in all its complicated guises.

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Donald Horne: A Life in the Lucky Country

Ryan Cropp

The fascinating biography of a brilliant man who captured the nation's imagination and boldly showed Australians who we were and how we could change

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Tell Her She’s Dreamin'

Simone Amelia Jordan

A rallying call for anyone who dreams big. And a deeply personal story of family, culture and music from Australia's most successful hip-hop journalist, a high-achieving Lebanese-Australian woman who refused…

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Women We Buried, Women We Burned

Rachel Louise Snyder

Following the acclaimed No Visible Bruises, a piercing account of the author's childhood in an Evangelic Christian community, her teenage escape, and her career as a reporter at the…

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Sleepless

Marie Darrieussecq

Sleepless is both a personal account of the author's inability to sleep and a poetic survey of a range of artists and others who have suffered from chronic insomnia-a book…

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Ballet Confidential

David McAllister

It’s not all tutus and tiaras: an in-depth look into the gritty and transformative world of ballet.

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Shake Some Action

Stuart Coupe

The story of how a gangly, music-obsessed kid from Tassie did everything and met everyone - Shake Some Action is a rip-snorting rock 'n' roll ride through a life of…

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New biography & memoir

Unsung

A Brilliant Life

Rambling Man

How to Say Babylon

Mab: The World of Mab Grimwade

Making It So

Love & Pain

Big Mouth

Ian Fleming

The World According to Joan Didion

The Young Man

Unfinished Woman

My Mother’s Eyes

Paul Bangay: A Life in Garden Design

Eventually Everything Connects

My Life as a Jew

Home to Biloela

Finding My Bella Vita

Berserker!

Frank Moorhouse

Elon Musk

James Joyce

42: The Wildly Improbably Ideas of Douglas Adams

Scattershot

Wandering Through Life: A Memoir

Oh Miriam!

I’ll Let Myself In

Before the Light Fades

The Villain Edit

Sleeping on Islands

Would that Be Funny?: Growing up with John Clarke

My Grandfather’s Clock

Her Sunburnt Country

Bee Miles

My Father’s Shadow

Winnie & Nelson

Woody Guthrie: A Life

Among Others: Friendships and Encounters

Don’t Dream Its Over: The Remarkable Life of Neil Finn

A Real Piece of Work

The Swimmer

Stray

Donald Horne: A Life in the Lucky Country

Tell Her She’s Dreamin'

Women We Buried, Women We Burned

Sleepless

Ballet Confidential

Shake Some Action