David Batty knows Outback Australia better than most – and has had his share of hairy moments. In Batty’s Bush Bible, he tells why fashion photographers, musicians and the Top End don’t mix.
Midnight Oil’s Jim Moginie not only tells the story of the iconic Aussie band in The Silver River – he recalls discovering that he had been adopted and the long search for his birth family.
Bob Hawke was one of Australia’s most legendary prime ministers – but as David Day recounts in Young Hawke, wild living almost ended his political career before it began.
In this extract from Tested, Australian cricket captain Pat Cummins discovers how America’s Cup champion John Bertrand turned the Aussie Olympic swimming team around.
Looking for a good book these holidays? Look no further as some of our favourite writers suggest their favourites.
Cricket legend Shane Watson turned his own game around by changing his mental approach. In The Winner’s Mindset he reveals how to change your own life – a timely read as Australians settle in for the Boxing Day Test.
Screen icon Noni Hazlehurst shares personal details of an extraordinary career in her new memoir. Read about what happened during her encounter with an Aussie wartime hero.
A legendary Australian author who wrote more than 40 books over his distinguished career has died aged 74.
Lauren Zonfrillo, the widow of MasterChef Australia star Jock Zonfrillo, has taken a courageous step to help others that are grieving.
An award-winning author and sister of a Cold Chisel member has been killed in a horrific incident at Kings Park in Perth.
Social media throws up horrors, lifelines and FOMO, says a former journalist who has seen the worst of it up close. Her experience is at the heart of a new murder-mystery.
Aussies can’t get enough of Muster Dogs. Ahead of a new book about the loveable TV pups, the woman behind it shares her photo album – and the tales behind her favourite shots.
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