Christmas Reading Guide 2025 | Page 26

ALL THE WAY TO THE RIVER
Elizabeth Gilbert
$ 34.99
All the Way to the River is a landmark memoir that will resonate with anyone who has ever been captive to love or to any other passion, substance or craving and who yearns, at long last, for liberation.
FRIDAYS WITH BLANCHE
Derek Rielly
$ 34.99 $ 29.99 available nov 4
What secrets will Blanche
D ' Alpuget disclose to Derek Rielly over regular Friday lunches in her Sydney apartment? Nothing is off limits in these deeply personal and wildly frank conversations.
POEMS & PRAYERS
Matthew McConaughey
$ 36.99
Poems & Prayers is an inspiring, faith-filled, and often hilarious collection of personal poetry and prayers about navigating the rodeo of life and chasing down the original dream, belief.
WINSTON AND THE WINDSORS
Andrew Morton
$ 37.99
Few figures in British history have been so deeply and so consequentially involved with the British royal family as Winston Spencer Churchill. Historian Andrew Morton presents a meticulously researched dual biography of Winston Churchill and the House of Windsor. It is a drama of the first order.
VAGABOND Tim Curry
$ 55.00
Actor, rock‘ n’ roll singer, the prince of Halloween, confusing sex symbol. Here, for the first time, Curry reveals the raucous and true story
of the man who has captivated audiences on stage and screen for over 50 years.
UNAPOLOGETI- CALLY ITA
Ita Buttrose
$ 49.99
Ita Buttrose has been a defining force in shaping Australia’ s cultural and social landscape for more than six decades. In this captivating book Ita reflects on everything from sex to leadership with her characteristic wit, compassion and razor-sharp intellect.
BREAD OF ANGELS
Patti Smith
$ 34.99
available nov 4
The most intimate of Smith’ s memoirs, Bread of Angels takes us from her childhood, post-Second World War, through her teenage years, where the first glimmers of art and romance take hold. A radiant new memoir from beloved artist and writer Patti Smith.
ELIZABETH HARROWER: THE WOMAN IN THE WATCH TOWER
Susan Wyndham
$ 39.99
The reason behind Elizabeth Harrower’ s sudden stop from writing is one of Australian literature’ s most puzzling mysteries. Harrower gave evasive answers to friends and interviewers, and only since her death in 2020 has a deeper search been possible. Drawing on time spent with Harrower, revealing analysis of her fiction and new research, Wyndham unmasks a literary legend.
BOOK OF LIVES: A MEMOIR OF SORTS
Margaret Atwood
$ 69.99
available nov 4
This is the life and times of one of the most important writers of our time, from her peripatetic childhood in the Canadian far north, through the writing of The Handmaid’ s Tale, to her position today as revered truthteller and literary icon.
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HOSTAGE Eli Sharabi
$ 34.99
In the first memoir by a released Israeli hostage, Eli Sharabi offers a searing firsthand account of survival under unimaginable
QUENTIN BRYCE Juliet Rieden
$ 55.00
Quentin Bryce tells the remarkable story of one of Australia ' s most impactful changemakers. This biography traces the triumphs and the barriers as Quentin shattered glass ceilings and reveals the woman behind the high offices she held.
SOFTLY, AS I LEAVE YOU: LIFE AFTER ELVIS
Priscilla Beaulieu Presley, Mary Jane Ross
$ 34.99
Priscilla shares her journey with a quiet dignity that will comfort and reassure anyone who has suffered – and survived – seemingly unbearable loss. A sweet Southern melody that will take the reader with Priscilla on her long road home.
SWELLBEING Blake Johnston
$ 34.99
In Swellbeing, Blake‘ Blakey’ Johnston shares the lessons he’ s learned to help others make it through the tough times to live their best lives. He’ s hoping his experience can ripple out and help others. Because everyone deserves to feel awesome.
ANKAMI Debra Dank
$ 32.99
available nov 4
Ankami is written from the perspective of those left behind, those who search always for the faces of stolen and lost Aboriginal children. Ankami is a searing, unforgettable
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