Writers At Stanton

David Hill introduces his book ‘Reckoning’, the story of how he and the other Forgotten Children took on the institutions that tried to break them - and won.

In ‘The Opera House’, Peter FitzSimons marvels at how this magnificent building came to be, details its enthralling history and reveals the dramatic stories and hidden secrets about the people whose lives have been affected, both negatively and positively, by its presence.

Ruth’s beautifully written memoir, The Jane Austen Remedy, is a love letter to the books that have shaped her over almost ninety years—in particular Jane Austen’s six novels, which restored her passion and optimism at a time when she felt she’d missed the boat on her youthful hopes and dreams.

In True Friends, acclaimed author Patti Miller recounts the joyful making and then painful ending of a long, close friendship. It is a deep and influential relationship in her life, but when it inexplicably unravels, Patti is left searching for answers.

Jane Caro introduces her latest book ‘The Mother’. It is a gripping domestic thriller with a moral dilemma at its core.

Troy Bramston introduces his book 'Bob Hawke, Demons and Destiny: The Definitive Biography'. This unprecedented biography of Hawke includes an exclusive series of interviews with him – the last that he gave – as well as unfiltered access to his extensive trove of personal papers.

Wendy McCarthy has made her mark on this country in many extraordinary ways. For more than 50 years, she has been on the leading edge of feminism and corporate and public life in Australia and her trail-blazing advocacy and leadership have made her a widely respected and revered figure.

Charlotte Wood will be in conversation with Bri Lee discussing her new book ‘The Luminous Solution: Creativity, Resilience and the Inner Life’. In it she allows us to reflect on our own life and path, to look afresh at what we want to be.

Described as a must-read account of a man, a time and a nation, it features a definitive portrait of Scott Morrison – a politician not quite like any other. In it Kelly states that Morrison understands that politics has become a game – one he is determined to win.

A forensic and hard-hitting exploration of knowledge, power and privilege. Interrogating the adage, 'knowledge is power', and calling institutional prejudice to account, Bri Lee dives into her own privilege and presumptions to bring us the stark and confronting results.

A forensic and hard-hitting exploration of knowledge, power and privilege. Interrogating the adage, 'knowledge is power', and calling institutional prejudice to account, Bri Lee dives into her own privilege and presumptions to bring us the stark and confronting results.

Australia is in the grip of a China panic. How did we get here, and what’s the way out? In this brilliant book, David Brophy takes apart Australia’s China debate – its strange alliances and diplomatic failures. Justified criticism of China has too often given way to paranoia and exaggeration.

‘The truth about her’, a novel by journalist Jacqueline Maley is a deeply engaging and moving exploration of guilt, shame, female anger and mothering – with all its trouble and treasure.

'The Ripping Tree' is a thrilling examination of Australia’s dark colonial history – and it makes for unsettling and riveting reading. “An illustrious family. A beautiful home. A shipwrecked young woman left on its doorstep. Don't think they're going to save her.

A riveting, provocative new novel about women's fury, traumatic grief, new love, deep friendship, and the preciousness of life, it asks the questions: Should you cling to faith in a flawed system, or take control the only way you can? Can a good person justify taking a life to save a life?

A ground-breaking book of our times. Essential reading for anyone concerned about the dire fate of the global economy, the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the deepening environmental crisis and the alarming deterioration of our social fabric.

The case of little William Tyrrell is one of Australia's most baffling and heartbreaking mysteries. He was playing hide-and-seek with his four-year-old sister in the garden of his grandmother's house when he disappeared, seemingly into thin air.

Sarah Macdonald and Cathy Wilcox are friends, next-door neighbours and fellow mums of teens who have lived through it all and produced this straight-talking, not entirely sarcastic, informative guide to what for many parents are the most challenging-but interesting and exciting-years in the role.

In an aquarium at Coogee Beach in 1935, a 4.4 metre tiger shark glided warily past onlookers, freshly caught just one week earlier off the coast of Sydney. To their horror, the shark suddenly vomited up a human arm tattooed with two men boxing, and the ripple effect continues to this day.

In Frank & Fearless, Cowdery reflects on some of the most notorious and difficult cases of his distinguished career, including the headline-grabbing criminal trials of Gordon Wood, Keli Lane and Jeffrey Gilham.