Australian dames - new releases
17 March, 2008
In April, HarperCollins will release Stella Miles Franklin: A Biography, by Jill Roe. Roe, who was recently named an Officer of the Order of Australia

Slow Journey South by Paula Constant
23 February, 2008
Australian Paula Constant has written a lifeaffirming, positive, inspiring and informative narrative of her emotional and physical journey to give up a teaching job in London and walk for three years with her husband

Paper Cranes: A Mother’s Story of Courage and Determination by Cheryl Koenig
23 February, 2008
This is the inspiring and uplifting story of the determination, dedication and sacrifice of a mother, and her unwavering quest to help her 12-year-old son, Jonathan, after he was hit by a car and left brain-damaged.

Me, Myself and Prague by Rachael Weiss
23 February, 2008
Weiss is marriage-less, childless and of Czech origin, so decides to abandon her life in Sydney and spend a year in Prague. She goes because there is nothing to stop her, but finds it isn’t as easy as she first thought.

I Peed on Fellini by David Stratton
23 February, 2008
David Stratton is a big name in cinema in Australia. As co-presenter of film review shows on the ABC and SBS, and with regular columns in The Australian, Stratton’s position as a first-grade reviewer is undeniable.

Holding Up the Sky: An African Life by Sandy Blackburn-Wright
23 February, 2008
South Africa was a tumultuous place at the end of apartheid. As a community aid worker in the townships, Sydneysider Sandy Blackburn-Wright was uniquely placed to observe the effects and after effects of apartheid and its demise.

God of Speed by Luke Davies
23 February, 2008
Howard Hughes was a man of huge ambitions: a perfectionist who directed the most expensive movie ever made; a mogul who bedded dozens of starlets; a pioneering aviator who insisted on test-piloting his own planes

Pastures of the Blue Crane by Hesba Fay Brinsmead
2 February, 2007
What a great idea to reissue this book, a favourite of many when first published in 1964, and one of the first CBCA winners with a teenager as the main character.

Kostya by Tszyu With Kostya
2 February, 2007
Zab Judah had a big mouth. And when he opened it, he couldn't help himself. Self-effacement wasn't a word in his vocabulary. But self-importance and self-promotion certainly were.

Jessie Street by Jessie Street
2 February, 2007
Jessie Street was a key public figure for 50 years-a pioneering Australian feminist, instrumental in setting up the UN, and the initiator of the 1967 amendment to the constitution that gave Aborigines basic rights. This autobiography was first published in 1967, and has been re-edited to eliminate inconsistencies and restore chronology.

A Life in Children's Books by Walter McVitty
2 February, 2007
Anyone interested in Australian children’s literature will be familiar with the contribution that Walter McVitty Books has made to the field.

Inside Out by Robert Adamson
2 February, 2007
Adamson is one of Australia’s most important modern poets and publisher of Paper Bark Press.

The Bone Woman by Clea Koff
2 February, 2007
Clea Koff began her training in forensic anthropology in the US in the early 1990s.

A Foreign Affair by Valerie Barnes
2 February, 2007
Valerie Barnes has lived an extraordinary life.

Peter Brock Tribute Book
4 December, 2006
Bathurst: The Race for the Peter Brock Trophy (RRP $59.95, ISBN 1921203188, EAN 9781921203183). This primarily photographic tribute to Peter Brock and this year's Bathurst 1000 race will be available early December from Woodslane. Featuring a 30-page review of Peter Brock's career and 160 pages of action from this years' race, this book will be a great keepsake for the 60,000 fans who attended the race and the millions who admired Peter Brock throughout his life. This is a high-quality, full-colour coffee table book put together by three very dedicated motorsport journos and photographers.

The Tattooed Flower by Suzy Zail *
1 May, 2006
The life story of Czech-Australian Holocaust survivor Emil Braun is movingly told in a first-person narrative as well as lovingly through the eyes of his daughter Suzy.

Great Writers, Great Loves by Ann-marie Priest
1 May, 2006
Ann-Marie Priest puts her prize-winning essay skills to work in this examination of eight 20th-century writers and their ‘great loves’.

Drink Me by Skye Rogers
23 April, 2006
The sub-genre of substance-abuse autobiography­think Running with Scissors, A Million Little Pieces et al-has taken up an increasing portion of the shelves in recent years. Rogers, author of nonfiction titles like Thirtysomething, varies the format with Drink Me as she delves into the story of her ex-partner Dan's alcoholism and how it eventually destroyed an intense and very loving relationship.

A Room in Bombay and Other Stories by Dorothy Wentworth-Walsh
23 October, 2005
Dorothy Wentworth-Walsh first travelled to India in the 1950s and fell in love with the country, particularly with Bombay. She returned many times over the following 40 years and spent long periods living in the city. Over time, she became more and more involved with the local people and their issues.

Hoi Polloi by Craig Sherborne
16 October, 2005
Craig Sherbourne’s wry outlook on life was shaped by growing up in a small town in the north island of New Zealand, where his parents owned the only pub in town.

A Crazy Occupation by Jamie Tarabay
16 October, 2005
Jamie Tarabay spent her childhood moving around the world, but spent formative parts of it here in Australia and—for a sharp contrast—in her family’s homeland of Lebanon, where there was a civil war going on.

Witnessing History by Jennifer Zeng
20 March, 2005
There is an air of mystery and ignorance about Falun Gong that has caused many people to turn a blind eye to the plight of its practitioners. This is the story of one practitioner’s struggle and persecution at the hands of the Chinese government. Although Zeng’s writing style is quite raw, it is exactly this that brings life and sincerity to her story. She is a typical, average Jane Chinese citizen, who fell upon Falun Gong in an attempt to overcome a debilitating form of hepatitis.

Safari: I Won't Cry Mumma by Janet Seath with Frank Scaysbrook
28 February, 2005
Can you imagine having nothing to eat but sand? Life in Gosford, on the NSW central coast, is a far cry from the tragedies encountered in the drought- and famine-afflicted villages of Kenya—a place where inadequate medical facilities and a lack of electricity mean that burns accidents and death by snakebite pose a daily threat.

Memoirs of Moving On by Dorothy McRae-McMahon
26 February, 2005
Dorothy McRae-McMahon is a remarkable woman and her life story is inspirational. A retired minister of the Uniting Church in Australia, she has worked consistently and tirelessly for almost 50 years to effect change in many arenas.

The Promise by Lisa Clifford
26 February, 2005
What I enjoyed most about this love story, set in both Florence and Australia, was the depiction of the life of an Italian family set around their love for Italian food—who cooked it and who ate it, where it was eaten, and from where in the family history the recipe had come.