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TIMPANO, Jessa

Jun 29, 2026 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Biography, Memoir, Relationships, Self-help \ Personal Development

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The Lies Life Tells: And Why We Need Them

 

A Collection of True Stories of Life Behind the Mask

Beneath every smile is an untold story. In The Lies Life Tells: And Why We Need Them, Jess Timpano explores the quiet truths behind the faces we show the world. This deeply moving collection of real-life–inspired narratives uncovers the lies people live—fabricated personas, masked emotions, curated lives—not out of malice, but out of necessity.

Through raw, vulnerable storytelling, the book sheds light on how we often hide our struggles to protect ourselves, to belong, to cope, and sometimes simply to survive. Each chapter offers a glimpse into the unseen battles of individuals who wear masks not to deceive—but to breathe.

This book is for anyone who has ever felt the pressure to pretend. It is a reminder that behind every composed exterior is someone doing their best to hold it together.

Sometimes, the lies we tell aren’t to escape the truth—but to endure it.

 

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About the Author

 

JESSA TIMPANO is a respected Beauty Educator with over 15 years of experience in the beauty industry. Throughout her career, she has worked closely with thousands of women, creating not only outward transformations but also safe spaces for honest, meaningful conversations.In these moments, she encountered stories that were raw, real, and deeply human revealing the quiet strength and unspoken struggles many women carry.

As an international trainer, Jessa’s work took her across Australia and overseas, educating beauty professionals from diverse cultures and backgrounds. Regardless of language or location, one truth remained constant: pain has no colour, and survival has no nationality. These shared experiences shaped her understanding of beauty as something that extends far beyond appearance.

Her debut book, The Lies Life Tells And Why We Need Them, is inspired by the voices she has heard throughout her years as an educator. The book explores how silence, stories, and even self-protective lies can become tools for survival and resilience. Through each chapter, Jessa brings to life the complexity of the human experience, reminding readers that while our circumstances may differ, our need to be seen, heard, and understood is universal.

BONFIELD, Niki

Jun 7, 2026 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Memoir, Poetry, Self-help \ Personal Development

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Becoming Me Neurodivergently

 

A Memoir of Unmasking, Belonging, and Becoming

I spent a lifetime trying to fit in; now I’m learning how to belong to myself. What does it mean to become yourself when the world has only ever known your mask?

In Becoming Me, Neurodivergently, the follow up to Fragmented, Yet Whole, the author returns with a raw, honest, and deeply human memoir about growing up misunderstood, surviving systems that weren’t built for her, and slowly learning to trust her own voice.

Through stories of childhood masking, therapy ruptures, sensory overwhelm, motherhood, advocacy, and the quiet work of healing, she explores what it means to belong, not by fitting in, but by finally allowing herself to exist as she is.

This is a book about neurodivergence, yes, but also about courage, identity, and the messy, beautiful process of becoming. It’s a reminder that belonging shouldn’t be earned through silence, that authenticity is a practice, and that the future can be different for the generations who come next.

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Fragmented Yet Whole

 

Embracing Neurodivergence, healing and self-dicovery

“Life isn’t meant to be easy.”

This poetic and reflective memoir traces the journey of a woman who spent much of her life feeling different, overwhelmed, and unseen, until a late autism diagnosis reframed everything. Through raw recollections, quiet reckonings, and deeply human moments, Niki invites readers into the rich, complex inner world she once tried to hide.

From childhood confusion to a therapy experience that fractured trust, from mental health struggles to finding her voice as a therapist, this is a story of what it means to come home to yourself, slowly and painfully, but with grace. Writing became part of healing. So did the truth.

For those who feel too much, question too often, and wonder if they’re the only ones—this book is for you. You’re not alone. You’re not broken. And healing is still possible.

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About the Author

 

NIKI IS A counsellor and art therapist with a late autism diagnosis, whose lived experience deeply informs her practice. After hitting rock bottom, writing became a way to externalise the internal, a gentle reckoning with pain, identity, and healing.

Her memoir is a reflective and poetic offering born from that process, written for those who feel deeply, question often, and carry quiet hurts.

Passionate about inclusive support for neurodivergent individuals and trauma-informed care, she feels deeply honoured to sit beside others as they make sense of their own stories. Creativity, authenticity, and nature ground her life and work. She lives in the hills, surrounded by trees and stillness.

SKINNER-SMITH, Simone

May 18, 2026 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Autobiography, Biography, Parenting & Family, Travel \ Tourism \ Adventure

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Passenger Princess

 

Underprepared and overcaffeinated for the big lap

“Ever dreamt of packing it all up, hitting the open road and living your best life?”

As a reality television producer, Simone was bored of creating onscreen chemistry between fame-hungry singles in hot tubs. Although happily married with two kids, she hit mid-life crisis territory and longed for something more.

Scrolling online, she became obsessed with posts of families doing the Big Lap of Australia in caravans. Not content on waiting until retirement, these families were switching the suburban grind for endless adventure… and she wanted in.

Convincing her husband that they should go on a year-long family road trip, they hire a caravan, quit their jobs and pull the kids out of school. But they quickly discover the Big Lap is nothing like it looks on social media and the brutal unpredictability of #vanlife can make or break you.

From barely surviving to utterly thriving in the Australian Outback, Passenger Princess is a funny and yet heartfelt story of resilience, connection and rediscovery – a reminder that the life you’re craving might just be waiting on the other side of brave.

Because riding shotgun isn’t the passenger seat – it’s the power seat.

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About the Author

 

Simone Skinner-Smith is a television producer and writer.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and has worked in the Australian Media Industry for over twenty-five years, most recently as a reality television producer on Farmer Wants a Wife, FBOY Island, Love Triangle, and just about every other dating show you’ve ever flicked past on telly.

As a writer, she has had a number of travel features published in the Sydney Morning Herald and short stories published in anthologies.

Simone currently lives in Sydney with her husband, two children, two bunnies and two guinea pigs. She loves travelling and can’t wait to plan their next big adventure (preferably not in a caravan).

DOLLING, Susie

May 11, 2026 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Biography, Memoir, Parenting & Family

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The Days Before You Went Away

 

Caring for my father helped me heal the wounds of the past

Healing the past, one goodbye at a time.

As the black sheep of the family, I never expected to be the one caring for my father in his final days. Yet, there I was, caught between the past I thought I had buried and the present I was so desperately holding on to. The Days Before You Went Away isn’t just about saying goodbye; it’s about the years that led to that moment, shaped by a difficult childhood and a complicated relationship with my mother.

This book is a deeply personal journey, one I took while caring for my father and one I now share with you. In telling this story, I found healing, and in it, I hope you find understanding. For anyone who has felt like the odd one out, who has struggled with their family dynamic, this is a story about discovering that sometimes, the journey home is the one you least expect to take.

It’s a story for anyone who has been through, or is going through, the difficult journey of caring for a dying parent, showing that the patterns we see are not isolated, but part of a universal experience.

WHITTAKER, Charles

Apr 23, 2026 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Parenting & Family, Self-help \ Personal Development

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Edifying Success

 

A self-help book inviting young fathers to redefine success and how to track their progress

It’s about filtering what we want, to optimise what we can become.

Edifying Success is the first book in a series of experiences of Profit & Learning that are intended for future release. This specific experience aims to invoke insightful reflection on the various hungers we face in life so as to better determine the helpfulness of our most common responses to those cravings.

It argues that we can all unintentionally pursue our own demise to the extent we remain blind to the desensitising effects of feeding ‘instant gratification’ and that we also possess a surprisingly large capacity for personal change and improvement that becomes unlocked as we learn how to edify each of our hungers instead of gratify them.

Once edification is understood, we come to see why it’s important to deprioritise things we ‘want to have’ for things we ‘want to do’ and why both should be trumped by the things we ‘want to be’. When ‘what we’re becoming’ is clearly seen as our top priority we’re suddenly far more impervious to distraction by less helpful metrics of progress, like ‘quantity of possessions’ or ‘how we compare to others’. We learn what actions and measures edify us ‘in the now’.

About the Author

 

Charles lives in Brisbane Australia and felt the desperate need to write Edifying Success after spending more than 15 years in the Financial Planning industry where it became painfully evident how many people are trying to solve life problems with money solutions.

The comatose living brought on by not edifying his own hunger for success eventually grew too painful to bear so he resigned in 2019 to finish the book he started five years earlier in an effort to help others escape from comatose living themselves.

He loves philosophy and theology but perhaps neither as much as a good bakery.

FARRAR, James

Mar 30, 2026 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Self-help \ Personal Development

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Breaking the Aussie Bloke Cycle

 

The no-fluff handbook for blokes who want more than average

There’s something happening to Aussie men that no one’s talking about it. More and more of us are falling into a cycle of bad habits, distractions, and poor decisions. Sound familiar?

This book is for men who have drifted. Men who have made mistakes they’re not proud of, or choices they regret. It’s for those who can’t see the habits holding them back from living the life they dream, but know there’s more they could be.

By reading Breaking the Aussie Bloke Cycle, you’ll start to understand what’s really in your way, and be able to face the hard topics like decision making, daily habits, finances, and even choosing a partner.

Start on your path to overcoming the average Aussie bloke and live your life with purpose.

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About the Author

 

James Farrar is a Sydney-based author, tradie, and ‘Aussie bloke’ survivor. After a string of financial, business, and relationship crashes, James picked up the pieces of his life and now owns a successful joinery installation company while being a father to three kids and two stepsons.

Now, James decided it was time to pick up the pen and help other men like him realise their potential and break the cycle.