The Arts - Biography & Memoir

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . A deeply candid and refreshingly spirited memoir of identity lost...

'The book is great: moving but also properly funny.' Hadley Freeman, The Guardian 'A memoir...

Musician, novelist, poet, actor: Nick Cave (b. 1957) is a Renaissance man. His wide-ranging artistic...

Murder in the Cathedral, written for the Canterbury Festival in 1935, was one of T....

'The closest we'll ever get to a straight up Bowie autobiography - but who'd ever...

When I was six, I wrote my first short essay. The title given by the...

A beautiful and moving memoir about passion, creativity and fearlessness from one of Australia's true...

Four Grammys. 20 US Number Ones. A Hollywood marriage. Who wouldn't want to be Keith...

Winner of the 2010 Non-Fiction National Book Award Patti Smith's definitive memoir is an evocative,...

NOW WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION FROM DOLLY ALDERTON, revealing how a new generation can take...

Inspired by her hugely popular podcast, How To Fail is Elizabeth Day's brilliantly funny, painfully...

The first biography of guitar legend Angus Young, who has kept AC/DC at the top...

Kurt Cobain's life and death fast became rock 'n' roll legend. The worldwide success of...

The first book to talk about the creative process of one of Hollywood's most iconic...

Vampira is an icon but her creator's life was even more dramatic. Maila Nurmi, the...

The New York Times bestseller that reveals the intimate story of Elvis Presley and Priscilla...

In Double Talkin' Jive legendary drummer Matt Sorum takes music lovers behind the scenes of...

'Fierce, unapologetic and joyous . . . This book is a marvel.' -Jordon Steele-John, Disability...

A relentless innovator, scoring chart hits while simultaneously incorporating radical and ground-breaking elements into his...

'That book f**king destroyed me,' - Olivia Rodrigo 'Michelle Zauner explores what it means to...

With new, never before published photos covering their entire career, updates to all chapters from...

Christian Waller's exemplary skills and achievements as an Australian stained glass artist are brought to...

AFTER SIX DECADES OF HIM BRINGING LAUGHTER, JOY AND CHEEKY IRREVERENCE INTO OUR HOMES, EVERY...

John Lennon was a rock star, a school clown, a writer, a wit, an iconoclast,...

There is absolutely no logical reason why I am here. The life trajectory my nationality...

To most people the perception of the life of a music journalist is one of...

'As uncomfortable as it is, we need to reckon with our history. On January 26,...

In her intense, brief life, Amy Winehouse's music spoke directly to millions. And since her...