Memoir
GLEESON, David
The author, David J Gleeson, was a high ranked station manager and detective in Victoria before joining the Australian Federal Police to work overseas. Following a series of incidents whilst deployed in Papua New Guinea in 2014, Federal Agent David J Gleeson is diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. His bucket was filled.
COSTER, DJ
D.J. Coster describes his life journey against the background of profound socioeconomic change in Australia in the 80 years since the end of WWII. It is not a story of personal achievement against the odds, but a description of factors that made the baby boomer generation more privileged than any other generation before or since, and the way national and global events, chance encounters, and luck, shape lives.
CHI, Jenny
Jenny shares her personal experience with music, how it has impacted her own life and especially how she utilized it so effectively in various and numerous ways. The book also contains the stories of her friends and family members and what music meant to them and how it enriched their lives.
RUSSELL, Dyson
In this debut anthology entitled Marching with a Broken Shadow, readers are invited to embark on that journey; delving profoundly into their innermost thoughts and prevailing feelings – from the deepest and darkest layers of hurt and confusion, to the most hypnotic forms of happiness and dream.
WHITE, John
This book is about coming from nothing and ending up in a reasonably good place. I’m not quite at peace with myself yet; I’m a work in progress and I’m looking to turn the next page and see what awaits. Read this book and learn how I survived, what drove me and how I keep moving forward.
DE PALO, Tania
This powerful book chronicles Tania’s life of unimaginable trauma, captured in stunning poetic form. From the young age when a brick was thrown at her head, to the brutal medical procedure that left her with the worst pain imaginable, Tania’s journey has been a constant battle.
MARTIN, Cassy
Cassy was hidden away from the community, just tolerated at home, and told she was an embarrassment, useless and would have no future. Light at the End of the Tunnel is an autobiography chronicling Cassy’s journey through hard times and tough lessons supported by good friends and personal achievements.
BAUTISTA, Shane
A Story of Survival. Shade of all shades, many sights go unseen still beckoned in confusion, of a most stormy dream. These eyes will shut, the light will cut upon opening; an unexplored valley of shock and disbelief, of many streams coping.
HUXTABLE, Warren Henry
Warren Henry Huxtable was born on the 8th of October 1937 in Mallala, South Australia. This book is published that he may forever be remembered.
DICKSON, Peter
One phone call, one sudden unexpected tragic event in a distant land. That’s all it took to shatter one man’s world and his close-knit family into a thousand pieces.
HABERLE, Irene
After years of violence and abuse, Emma finally broke free. How did this fresh start affect her and the children? The years that followed were fraught with struggle and hardship and more abuse, although not for Emma.
JEFFERY, Samantha
Self medicating mental health is the illness that you cannot see all our souls have meaning to feel productive to feel safe and needed.
HYDE, Deborah
The family were so excited about having a pet lamb to look after. But life on the farm got pretty interesting for the whole family, as Tiny grew… and grew… and grew!
WATTS, Kaaren
In these recollections, the author captures the charm and innocence of her rural childhood. The memoir has a fresh and witty voice. It provides the reader with an engaging snapshot of the resourcefulness, stoicism and pragmatism of Australian farmers.
TIERNEY, Dennis
Dive deeply into this feast of fine food, photographs and folk tales by The Stranded Chef living in one the most remote communities in the world—World Heritage listed Lord Howe Island—where he forages for mushrooms and free-dives for crayfish.
DIMITRIJEVIC, Nicole
In her memoir ‘Living with Epilepsy’ Nicole explores the challenges and obstacles she faced because of the disorder.
HARTLEY, Simon
All I had was a few seconds to think of something, anything. Perhaps a distraction of some kind…
SAUNDERS, Stavroula
Lula Saunders has written a heart-warming memoir, which brings to life a migrant experience of living in two cultures in Australian society. Follow her journey from a Greek café in a country town to urban Sydney.
WALES, Stephen
“Unbreakable”: On their honeymoon in remote Northern India, Steve and Terri’s lives would be forever changed when their tour vehicle collides with an oncoming bus. “Fork in the Road”: Putting the pieces of lives torn apart back together is a challenge that will test Steve and Terri well beyond the accident that forever changed them.
EMERY, Peter
Peter Emery’s two books: Five Minutes to Midnight, recollections of my wife Jo and myself, who count ourselves fortunate to be based in Adelaide; and Unsent Letters, a wry take on contemporary trends in the increasingly crazy world we inhabit.