Growing Up Queer in Australia
By: Benjamin Law
4.30
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
‘No amount of YouTube videos and queer think pieces prepared me for this moment.’ ‘The mantle of “…
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1. Fight Like a Girl
By: Clementine Ford
3.98
Format: 294 pages, Paperback
Personal and fearless - a call to arms for feminists new, old and as yet unrealised by one of our m… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- australia
- audiobook
"A friend of mine once said to me that feminism helped to figure out a way of being a girl that doesn't hurt."-Clementine Ford, Fight Like a Girl
"Boys are given the universe in which to carve out their identities, the promise of infinite space for them to expand into and contract upon. Girls are allowed only enough room to be stars, and they m…"-Clementine Ford, Fight Like a Girl
"-no matter what we do, we'll never succeed in attaining the 'perfect' body or the 'perfect' face. This isn't just because perfection is an unattainable goal; it's because capitalism relies on people …"-Clementine Ford, Fight Like a Girl
"We know how unsafe the world is for us. We are like cliffs staring down at a raging sea, battered by winds and salt and spray and unable to wrench ourselves away from the supposed inevitability of it…"-Clementine Ford, Fight Like a Girl
2. Holding the Man
By: Timothy Conigrave
3.99
Format: 32 pages,
Los anos setenta seran recordados, entre otras cosas, por ser la epoca en que el "glam" irrumpe con… read more
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3. Dark Emu
By: Bruce Pascoe
3.36
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Dark Emu puts forward an argument for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer tag for precolonial … read more
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4. Honeybee
By: Craig Silvey
4.40
Format: 421 pages, Paperback
Late in the night, fourteen-year-old Sam Watson steps onto a quiet overpass, climbs over the rail a… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- australia
- queer
"And I’m not wrong, I’m me. And I don’t want to be invisible anymore. I want people to see who I am"-Craig Silvey, Honeybee
"I wasn't cold, but I was shivering when I walked onto the Clayton Road overpass. I wasn't scared either, even when I climbed over the rail. I didn't feel much of anything."-Craig Silvey, Honeybee
"When we don’t think we’re worth much, we find ways to make our world small. We don’t allow ourselves to hope because we’ve already excepted failure. And this pattern of thinking often determines the …"-Craig Silvey, Honeybee
5. Ten Steps to Nanette
By: Hannah Gadsby
4.47
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Multi-awardwinning Hannah Gadsby transformed comedy with her show Nanette, even as she declared tha… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- queer
"Nanette is basically Eat Pray Love for autistic queer folk."-Hannah Gadsby, Ten Steps to Nanette
"So, I will just share it here, because I truly believe that the only universal “body"-Hannah Gadsby, Ten Steps to Nanette
"It really is something when you can make collecting and organising objects boring to a young kid with autism spectrum disorder (but that’s exactly what Stamp Explorer managed to do)."-Hannah Gadsby, Ten Steps to Nanette
"And I needed my audience to trust me because I needed my audience to feel safe, and I needed my audience to feel safe so that I could take that safety away and not give it back. Why? Because that is …"-Hannah Gadsby, Ten Steps to Nanette
6. The In-Between
By: Christos Tsiolkas
3.70
Format: 400 pages, ebook
The tender, sensual and moving new novel from the award-winning and bestselling author of The Slap … read more
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- lgbt
- australia
- queer
"There was respite in history. The beligerence and intolerance of the contemporary age was of no consequence to the past. And there was no shouting."-Christos Tsiolkas, The In-Between
7. Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship
By: Clementine Ford
4.19
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
'Everyone's afraid that their daughters might be hurt. No one seems to be scared that their sons mi… read more
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- australia
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
"Not all men!" isn't just a mating call for the lazy and aggrieved, it's also a diversionary tactic used to shift attention away from the substantial issues of discrimination and oppression that impac…"-Clementine Ford, Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship
"Ah yes, the meritocracy. Isn't it amazing how so many of the 'best people for the job' always happen to be white, cis-het, middle-class men? It couldn't be that structural inequality and hierarchal p…"-Clementine Ford, Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship
"What I'm suggesting is that your impulse to assign meaning to something as arbitrary and functional as genitalia is born out of a cultural imperative to affix labels where none are necessary, and tha…"-Clementine Ford, Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship
"It doesn't matter how politically progressive your household is when it comes to aspirations outside the home and the limitless capabilites of women; if it's made clear within those four walls that i…"-Clementine Ford, Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship
8. The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner
By: Grace Tame
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Grace Tame has never walked on middle ground. From a young age, her life was defined by uncertai… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
"I learned something about the commodification of trauma that day [Tame's appearance on the ABC's Q&A programme], which is that you have to take things into your own hands. If you don't speak, people …"-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner
"I survived being Australian of the Year because I knew already that it wouldn't be a true reflection of my worth. I knew it would be ugly, at least in part. I came equipped with a glimpse of fame tha…"-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner
"I frowned at Scott Morrison deliberately because, in my opinion, he has done and assisted in objectively terrible things. No matter what your politics are, the harm that was caused under his governme…"-Grace Tame, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner
9. Caught in the Act
By: Courtney Act
4.10
Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition
Boy, girl, artist, advocate. Courtney is more than the sum of her parts. Meet Shane Jenek. Raised … read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- australia
- queer
10. I Don't: The Case Against Marriage
By: Clementine Ford
4.13
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Incendiary feminist and bestselling author Clementine Ford presents the inarguable case against mar… read more
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- nonfiction
- australia
- audiobook
11. Who Gets to Be Smart: Privilege, Power and Knowledge
By: Bri Lee
3.65
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Bri Lee, best-selling and award-winning author of Eggshell Skull, asks Who gets to be smart? in thi… read more
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- australia
- nonfiction
- essays
- audiobook
12. You Called an Ambulance for What?
By: Tim Booth
3.98
Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition
Tim Booth is shocked when his first emergency callout for someone short of breath turns out to be a… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- australia
- audiobook
13. Not Now, Not Ever: Ten years on from the misogyny speech
By: Julia Gillard
4.28
Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition
Then it was done. After staying silent, I’d had my say. At no time did I feel worked up or hotly an… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- australia
- essays
- audiobook
14. Ready When You Are
By: Gary Lonesborough
4.20
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
A remarkable YA love story between two Aboriginal boys -- one who doesn’t want to accept he’s gay, … read more
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- lgbt
- australia
- queer
"Go to your elders. You should ask them about your country and your totem. Because that is your identity. A blackfella with no identity is a lost blackfella. He don't know where he belongs."-Gary Lonesborough, Ready When You Are
15. Another Day in the Colony
By: Chelsea Watego
4.43
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
In this collection of deeply insightful and powerful essays, Chelsea Watego examines the ongoing an… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- australia
- essays
- audiobook
16. Eggshell Skull
By: Bri Lee
4.36
Format: 358 pages, Paperback
EGGSHELL SKULL: A well-established legal doctrine that a defendant must 'take their victim as they … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- australia
- audiobook
"The ugly parts of my life kept crashing into the beautiful ones."-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull
"Finally feminist enough to realise I was all out of fucks to give"-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull
"Finally feminist enough to realise I was all out of ducks to give."-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull
"Only skinny enough when starving, only successful enough when exhausted."-Bri Lee, Eggshell Skull
17. Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After
By: Chloé Hayden
4.34
Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition
An empowering lived-experience guide to celebrating and supporting neurodivergence from 24-year-old… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
"Our identities make us who we are, and all aspects of our identities are important, including (maybe even specifically) our disabilities."-Chloé Hayden, Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After
18. The Year I Met My Brain: A travel companion for adults who have just found out they have ADHD
By: Matilda Boseley
4.45
Format: 433 pages, ebook
Matilda Boseley’s adult ADHD diagnosis was a massive, earth-shattering event. She was given a presc… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
19. The Voice to Parliament Handbook: All the Detail You Need
By: Thomas Mayo
4.52
Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition
The Voice to Parliament Handbook is an easy-to-follow guide for the millions of Australians who hav… read more
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- nonfiction
- australia
- audiobook
20. I Am NOT Fine, Thanks
By: Wil Anderson
3.77
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
'How are you?' How am I? How am I? How do you think I am? I know in the Before Times the traditi… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- australia
- audiobook
21. Australia Day
By: Stan Grant
4.16
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
As uncomfortable as it is, we need to reckon with our history. On January 26, no Australian can rea… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
- australia
- essays
- audiobook
"Storytellers work with and against history. In history we find difference and conflict, yet the storyteller must find us in each other."-Stan Grant, Australia Day
22. Cherry Beach
By: Laura McPhee-Browne
3.84
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
We arrived on a Tuesday, I can remember that. I can remember Hetty’s hand in mine as we moved slowl… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- australia
- queer
23. Can I Steal You for a Second?
By: Jodi McAlister
3.67
Format: None pages, Audiobook
When you sign up to a dating show, you’re supposed to fall in love with the male lead, not another … read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- queer
24. Not Like Other Dads
By: Sean Szeps
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
A fearless, frank and funny memoir about reinventing the rules of parenting Sean had wanted to be a… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
25. See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence
By: Jess Hill
4.66
Format: 402 pages, Paperback
At the office of Safe Steps, Victoria’s dedicated 24/7 family violence response call centre, phone … read more
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- nonfiction
- australia
- audiobook
"I don't bash you with my fists, I bash you with my emotions, to keep you under control."-Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence
"I explain patriarchy as a dual system of power: men's power over women, and some men's power over other men. - Michael Kimmel"-Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence
"Mangan is adamant: women's violence may cause distress to men in abusive relationships, but men are almost never in danger of being killed."-Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence
"Whether perpetrators abuse strategically or on impulse, however, they usually have one thing in common: a supercharged sense of entitlement."-Jess Hill, See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence
26. I Choose Elena
By: Lucia Osborne-Crowley
4.44
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Aged fifteen and on track to be an Olympic gymnast, Lucia Osborne-Crowley was violently raped on a … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- nonfiction
- australia
- essays
27. Growing Up Queer in Australia
By: Benjamin Law
4.30
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
‘No amount of YouTube videos and queer think pieces prepared me for this moment.’ ‘The mantle of “… read more
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- audiobook
- biography
- memoir
- lgbt
- anthologies
- short stories
- nonfiction
- essays
- australia
- queer
28. Kinky History: A Rollicking Journey through Our Sexual Past, Present, and Future
By: Esme Louise James
3.88
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A provocative journey through human sexual history, packed with fun factoids and forgotten stories,… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- lgbt
29. Because I'm Not Myself, You See: A Memoir of Motherhood, Madness and Coming Back From the Brink
By: Ariane Beeston
4.57
Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition
A frank, hopeful and darkly funny memoir of postpartum psychosis and recoveryAriane Beeston is a ch… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- audiobook
30. A Language of Limbs
By: Dylin Hardcastle
4.56
Format: 277 pages, ebook
The first love of a teenage girl is a powerful thing, particularly when the object of that desire i… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
31. An Unexpected Party
By: Seth Malacari
3.95
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Co-published by Get YA Words Out and edited by Seth Malacari, An Unexpected Party brings together t… read more
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- short stories
- queer
- lgbt
