An uncompromising look at her own life through her complicated relationship with her mother.
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Journey to the End of Time is a celebration of all forms of love – romantic love, friendship, parental and filial attachment, compassion for others.
His image is the watermark in South African passports, but he is not as widely known as leaders like Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu.
The Pope’s new autobiography mixes moral messages with unique insight into the pontiff’s life.
On May 15, 1938, Chaim Manne, his wife Leonora and their young son tried to escape Nazi Austria by gassing themselves. Leonora succeeded. Chaim’s ordeal was just beginning.
A frank, often funny account of his activism and a harrowing, courageous prison diary, Patriot is destined to become the canonical text of Russia’s democratic tradition.
A Colonial Boy is a welcome book for Eppel scholars, but some readers may be put off by its use of literary sketches.
Stein’s memoir Moving Music is as colourful and compelling as the famous artists he toured with.
A writer of immense talent, Auster’s legacy bequeaths the power of imagination and the inexhaustible possibilities of language.
These books had our academics gripped until their final pages.
Alex Miller is a man of humble origins, adventurous journeys, and a slow-burning but ultimately impressive literary career.
Children and the adults they become need to choose how they grieve. That may include sharing their experiences and getting angry.
Writing from lived experience often has legitimacy, but autofiction has fictional elements that trouble the autobiographical pact.
The Drum journalist was a rare woman in a male-dominated world. Her autobiography has now been published after her death.
As material objects, diaries give scholars an intimate look into their subjects’ lives, including handwriting and mementos. What if diaries in the future are nothing but insubstantial digital ghosts?
Michelle Grattan speaks with former Australian ambassador to the United States Joe Hockey about his new memoir titled Diplomatic
Political biographies show us who is ‘worthy’ of being written about … and who is overlooked in history.
The first French novelist wrote about an adulterous affair and moved to Paris after separating from her husband.
How will we record the pandemic and its effectson our lives? How will we look back at the significance of the present in the future?
Rather than presenting a disability as an obstacle, life writing can explore the joys, frustrations and creativity of living with disability or Deafness.
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