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The Queen

Andrew Morton

The definitive biography of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, written by the world’s best-known royal biographer, Andrew Morton.

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Raised by Wolves: A Memoir with Bite

Jess Ho

Fierce, funny and razor-sharp, Raised by Wolves is a potent coming of age story from a savage new voice.

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big beautiful female theory

Eloise Grills

An anarchic and vital memoir unlike anything you’ve read before

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Telltale: Reading Writing Remembering

Carmel Bird

Carmel Bird seizes on an enforced isolation to re-read a rich dispensary of books from her past

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Between Me and Myself

Sandra Willson

A recently uncovered memoir, this extraordinary tale of murder, mental health institutions, love, desire and oppression in 1950s Sydney is an explosive and utterly unique work.

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Hip Hop & Hymns

Mawunyo Gbogbo

A memoir of loving hard, falling apart and fighting back, set to an unrivalled playlist.

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Swimming Home: A Memoir

Judy Cotton

In this stunning memoir, full of black humour and razor-sharp observations, visual artist Judy Cotton captures the intricacies of family relationships and the push-pull of home.

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What Goes Unsaid: A Memoir of Fathers Who Never Were

Emiliano Monge

From one of Mexico’s most important writers, a fictionalised memoir about three men who are driven to escape the confines of their traditional lives and roles.

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Love That Story: Observations from a Gorgeously Queer Life

Jonathan Van Ness

A collection of topical essays from author and star of Queer Eye, Jonathan Van Ness.

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Homesickness

Janine Mikosza

An extraordinary memoir that reflects on memory and finding your voice after decades of silence.

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Rattled

Ellis Gunn

A nail-biting, unputdownable memoir that brings a confronting new perspective on the safety of women and the many ways they are silenced.

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Runaways

Shaimaa Khalil,Shelley Davidow

Two women. Two cultures. And a friendship that freed them both.

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How to Be Between

Bastian Fox Phelan

In How to Be Between, Bastian Fox Phelan explores how something as seemingly trivial as facial hair can act as a catalyst for a never-ending series of questions about the…

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Scrubbed

Dr Nikki Stamp

The revealing, compelling memoir of one of Australia’s foremost cardiothoracic surgeons, Dr Nikki Stamp.

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My Tongue Is My Own: A Life of Gwen Harwood

Ann-Marie Priest

The first biography of Gwen Harwood (1920-1995), one of Australia’s most significant and distinctive poets.

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Managing Expectations: A Memoir

Minnie Driver

A book about how things not working out actually worked out in the end. Honest, funny, raw and brilliantly written: essays from Minnie Driver.

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Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

Akuch Kuol Anyieth

A moving, confronting and ultimately uplifting story about a young girl’s escape, with her family, from war-torn South Sudan to Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya, and then to Australia.

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Devil in a Coma

Mark Lanegan

The COVID diaries of the alternative rock star and bestselling author of Sing Backwards and Weep

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Please Miss: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Penis

Grace Lavery

A memoir of gender transition and recovery from addiction, a dance across genres, a ripping-up of the rulebook, Please Miss is unlike anything you’ve ever read before.

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Mothertongues

Eliza Bell

A genre-defying, collaborative marvel that brings the absurdity of motherhood to the page.

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Apollo and Thelma: A True Tall Tale

Jon Faine

A humorous and quintessentially Australian story, from broadcaster Jon Faine, a trusted and respected observer of Australian life

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Strangers on a Pier

Tash Aw

From the award-winning author of Five Star Billionaire and_ We, The Survivors _comes a whirlwind personal history of modern Asia, as told through his Malaysian and Chinese heritage.

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Pharmacopoeia: A Dungeness Notebook

Derek Jarman

A beautiful, full-colour compendium of Derek Jarman’s writing on nature, gardening and life in Dungeness - with a Foreword by Tilda Swinton

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The Jane Austen Remedy

Ruth Wilson

An uplifting and delightfully bookish memoir about an 89-year-old woman who reclaims her life by re-reading each of Jane Austen’s novels.

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In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss

Amy Bloom

An astonishing and brave memoir of life, love, and assisted death, from the author of White Houses.

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Am I Black Enough For You?: 10 Years On

Anita Heiss

The story of an urban-based high achieving Wiradyuri woman working to break down stereotypes and build bridges between black and white Australia.

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The Uncaged Sky: My 804 days in an Iranian prison

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

The extraordinary true story of Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s fight to survive 804 days imprisoned in Iran.

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The Bookseller at the End of the World

Ruth Shaw

A rich, immersive, funny and heartbreaking memoir of the charming bookseller who runs two tiny bookshops in the remote village of Manapouri in Fiordland, in the deep south of New…

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True Friends

Patti Miller

A revealing and powerful memoir about the making and unmaking of friendships

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Childless: A Story of Freedom and Longing

Sian Prior

A compelling, personal and fearless examination of a life lived without children of one’s own, from Melbourne writer, broadcaster and journalist Sian Prior.

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Ten Steps to Nanette

Hannah Gadsby

The memoir from Australia’s much-loved comedian, Hannah Gadsby, whose stand-up show and self-described swan-song, Nanette, played to sold-out houses in Australia, the UK and the US. Its launch on Netflix…

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Gay Bar: Why We Went Out

Jeremy Atherton Lin

An indispensable, intimate and stylish celebration of the institution of the gay bar, from the post-AIDS-crisis 1990s to today’s fluid queer spaces.

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Eat a Peach: A Chef’s Memoir

David Chang

Its young chef-owner, David Chang, served ramen and pork buns to a mix of fellow restaurant cooks and confused diners whose idea of ramen was instant noodles in Styrofoam cups.

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True North: A Memoir

Catherine Deveny

An uplifting, heartfelt memoir about surviving life’s upheavals - and how to live authentically

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Elizabeth Macarthur’s Letters

Kate Grenville

Kate Grenville’s collection of Elizabeth Macarthur’s letters, the inspiration for her bestselling, award-winning novel A Room Made of Leaves

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My Accidental Career

Brenda Niall

Australia’s leading biographer Brenda Niall, now in her nineties, turns the spotlight on her own story in this fascinating memoir of a remarkable life and career

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Diagnosis Normal

Emma A. Jane

Combining brilliant storytelling with rigorous research, Diagnosis Normal is an incisive and darkly funny memoir from journalist turned academic Emma Jane.

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Bob Hawke

Troy Bramston

The definitive full-life biography of Australia’s 23rd prime minister; the only one that Hawke cooperated with after exiting the prime ministership.

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The Lonely Hunter: How Our Search for Love is Broken

Aimee Lutkin

The Lonely Hunter explores the rise of singledom, the realities of loneliness, and whether it is possible to live contentedly alone.

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We’ve Got This: Stories by Disabled Parents

Eliza Hull

The first major anthology by parents with disabilities.

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Osebol: Voices from a Swedish Village

Marit Kapla

Luminous, illuminating - lose yourself in the lives and stories of a woodland village in Sweden, at the quiet edge of a turning world

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Renegades: Born in the USA

Barack Obama,Bruce Springsteen

Two long-time friends share an intimate and urgent conversation about life, music and their enduring love of America, with all its challenges and contradictions, in this stunningly-produced expansion of their…

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Girl, Transcending: Becoming the Woman I Was Born to Be

AJ Clementine

Real-world life lessons about acknowledging and celebrating all the things that make you unique, from TikTok sensation, model and LGBTQI+ advocate, AJ Clementine.

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Bypass: The Story of a Road

Michael McGirr

A classic in its own right, this personal and public memoir by one of Australia’s most observant and genial writers graces our bookshelves once again.

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Why Karen Carpenter Matters

Karen Tongson

A radical, literary and intimate insight into one of the twentieth century’s most vital vocalists.

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Mala’s Cat

Mala Kacenberg

A moving Holocaust memoir about the unlikely friendship between a young Jewish girl and a stray cat and their survival against the odds

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Allegorizings

Jan Morris

Published one year on from her death, at the age of ninety-four, Jan Morris’ Allegorizings is the final despatch from one of the greatest chroniclers of the Twentieth Century.

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Delia Akeley and the Monkey

Iain McCalman

By telling this story, Iain McCalman illuminates much about human-animal relations and the tyranny of gender inequality. He reinstates a twentieth century story of a dedicated amateur primatologist and her…

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New biography & memoir

The Queen

Raised by Wolves: A Memoir with Bite

big beautiful female theory

Telltale: Reading Writing Remembering

Between Me and Myself

Hip Hop & Hymns

Swimming Home: A Memoir

What Goes Unsaid: A Memoir of Fathers Who Never Were

Love That Story: Observations from a Gorgeously Queer Life

Homesickness

Rattled

Runaways

How to Be Between

Scrubbed

My Tongue Is My Own: A Life of Gwen Harwood

Managing Expectations: A Memoir

Unknown: A Refugee’s Story

Devil in a Coma

Please Miss: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Penis

Mothertongues

Apollo and Thelma: A True Tall Tale

Strangers on a Pier

Pharmacopoeia: A Dungeness Notebook

The Jane Austen Remedy

In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss

Am I Black Enough For You?: 10 Years On

The Uncaged Sky: My 804 days in an Iranian prison

The Bookseller at the End of the World

True Friends

Childless: A Story of Freedom and Longing

Ten Steps to Nanette

Gay Bar: Why We Went Out

Eat a Peach: A Chef’s Memoir

True North: A Memoir

Elizabeth Macarthur’s Letters

My Accidental Career

Diagnosis Normal

Bob Hawke

The Lonely Hunter: How Our Search for Love is Broken

We’ve Got This: Stories by Disabled Parents

Osebol: Voices from a Swedish Village

Renegades: Born in the USA

Girl, Transcending: Becoming the Woman I Was Born to Be

Bypass: The Story of a Road

Why Karen Carpenter Matters

Mala’s Cat

Allegorizings

Delia Akeley and the Monkey