Writers @ Stanton

What will it take to stop gendered violence? In this urgent essay, Jess Hill investigates Australia’s National Plan to End Violence Against Women and
Children to find out what’s working and what’s not – and what we can do to turn things around.

Discover a witty exploration of the idiosyncrasies that make us fully human in this new memoir. Chameleon is how Dessaix explores how the restless mind takes constant detours to search for what makes life good, a place of wisdom and love. 

Learn how to live your best sustainable life and spend less doing so with sustainability guru Lottie Dalziel. Her new practical guide will show you that sustainable, low-waste living is possible on a budget. 

Join Debra Oswald as she presents her new novel about Betty: storyteller, feminist, eternally curious and phenomenally old. On the eve of her hundredth birthday party, Betty tells us her story set against a century of world events and social upheavals.

Drawing on original letters and journals, historian David Dufty uncovers the extraordinary story of the greatest feat of engineering in nineteenth-century Australia, and the workers who brought this ambitious project to life. 

Learn the gripping true yet stranger-than-fiction tale of Lech Blaine and his family in his newest book, Australian Gospel, and discover the tangled fates of two couples and the foster children trapped between them. 

Discover the epic story of Albert Jacka, the first Australian soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross in WWI. His tale of bravery and sacrifice will take you from the shores of Gallipoli to the battlefields of France. 

Join journalist Rick Morton for the powerful story of Robodebt, involving a moral vacuum and a multibillion-dollar government shake down. This is a gripping tale of how, over four and a half years, our government turned on its most vulnerable citizens. 

From the acclaimed author of Limberlost comes this new epic quest in a through-the-looking-glass Van Deiman’s Land, undertaken by the outcast children of notorious convicts, to find and kill a man-eating big cat named Dusk.

Discover the linguistic history of Australian English with Amanda Laugesen as she reveals some of the ideas, events and values that have shaped Australia’s history by providing fascinating insight into the evolution of the Australian vocabulary.