Kerrie Davies

Spanish authors (from left), Agustin Martinez, Jorge Diaz and Antonio Mercero, who have been writing bestsellers as Carmen Mola

A true hoax provokes. It questions cultural biases, shattering conventions. But the curious case of the three men writing as a female author Carmen Mola does none of this.

David Williamson

Australian dramatist David Williamson’s new book is a mash up of memoir and autobiography, which casts himself as a former ‘plunderer’ of other’s lives.

Elizabeth Farm painting

The newest novel from the author of The Secret River is an imagined diary, detailing the 'true' story of Elizabeth Macarthur.

Ned Kelly

Four reporters joined the showdown with the Kelly gang 140 years ago. They became part of the story and set the tone for a legend.

Catherine Hay Thomson

A passionate crusader for the rights of women and children, Catherine Hay Thomson went undercover to investigate their treatment in public institutions and testified before a Royal Commission.

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Kerrie Davies' book A Wife's Heart places her own story alongside that of Henry Lawson's wife, writes Christopher Kremmer.

Henry Lawson

Bertha Lawson alleged that her husband, celebrated poet Henry Lawson, was habitually cruel and drunk, writes Kerrie Davies.