Biographies

With her trade mark warmth and sense of fun Melissa Doyle offers us a small insight into her world – that of mother, wife and […]

Now all the uproar associated with the launch of Bob Carr’s latest book has died down you can sit back and take a look at […]

In a moment of complete impulsiveness, some may even say madness, Trudi-Ann Tierney agreed to go to Afghanistan to help out a friend of a […]

Joe Bugner: Well some people just don’t know when to quit which seems to be why the man has had a career that has had […]

When David Menasche was given days, maybe weeks or possibly even a year to live, it was not what he wanted to hear. He did […]

When Normie Rowe finally decided to tell his story it was a choice of what bits do I tell? Should it be a tell-all tale […]

A true story from the memoirs of an inspiring man. The author, Stephen Jin-Nom Lee was born in the village of Dai Waan in Zhongshan, […]

Funny, completely irreverent, intimate  and “in your face”, take a walk in Michelle Lee’s life: be prepared to be fascinated, fed-up, annoyed and  informed, particularly […]

The most extraordinary tales of heroic feats and mateship come out of every conflict and none more so than the heart-warming, astonishing tale of Horrie […]

When Germaine Greer was sixty two she bought a forest: she was not sure why she bought a forest other than she did, because at […]

The face of Kings Cross is changing: gone is the character that once made The Cross what it was, gone is the infamous Pink Pussy […]

There’s not a lot of sex in this book but there are a lot of lies which makes for more than interesting reading on one […]

A young Alexandra immigrated with her family to Australia from Greece for a better life. Like all immigrant children, Alexandra and her brother grew up […]

Delia Ephron has offered us a raw and deeply personal look into some of the many deciding moments that have gone into making up the […]

There is just one word that sums up this memoir by Sophie Fontanel and that is LIBERATING – Just simply that – Liberating in the […]

An interesting read into the life of a professional swimmer.  The hardships, challenges and sheer strength of will required. This biography takes you along with […]

Hard Times is a true and ingenious travel tale all the better for having been hidden in box for more than 50 years. Written by […]

Memoirs are strange fruit indeed and always one wonders when memoirs are written by someone who has lived a comparatively short time, as in 40 […]

Memoirs are strange fruit indeed and always one wonders when memoirs are written by someone who has lived a comparatively short time, as in 40 […]

“In the beginning there was the Law and the law was held in the balance of the land.” And so begins perhaps the only comprehensive […]

L. Bernard Shaw: who was he and what part has he had to play in the history of Australian Art Collections?  You may well ask […]