Book Reviews
How to Knit a Human by Anna Jacobson
In her debut memoir, Anna Jacobson invites readers on a journey through the fractured landscape of her memory and selfhood.
Breath by Carly-Jay Metcalfe
In this powerful and humorous debut memoir, Metcalfe shares her story of CF and advocates for more honest conversations about death and dying.
Stranger than Fiction: Memoirs and Biographies to Expand Your World
Check out these memoirs and biographies that have truly expanded our perspectives, ideas about the world, and each other.
A Real Piece of Work by Erin Riley
This ‘memoir in essays’ explores how we create our identities and how we can transcend them.
Graft by Maggie MacKellar
Maggie MacKellar’s third memoir explores the beauty and terror of motherhood, and a year on the land.
Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional by Isaac Fitzgerald
This collection of confessional stories explore the many facets of one man’s identity with warmth and honesty.
Holy Woman by Louise Omer
In this profound memoir, Omer recounts her journey to and from organised religion, and her quest to find a ‘divine feminine.’
Homesickness by Janine Mikosza
This raw, honest memoir explores memory, truth and trauma - and how to write about them.
Tiny Moons: A Year of Eating in Shanghai by Nina Mingya Powles
This food memoir is a beautiful ode to culture, exploration, growth and personal acceptance.