Biographies & Memoirs

Come Out, Come Out is a podcast about coming out of the closet, and it’s also a funny, joyful exploration of love, sex and the pursuit of happiness....

This is a story about my 14th year of life as a gay kid at an all-boys rugby-mad Catholic school in regional Queensland. It was a year in which I started to discover who I was, and deeply hated what was revealed....

A funny and moving trip through memories, musings and the many delights on the Number 12 route, Between the Stops is also an inspiration to us all to get off our phones, look up and to talk to each other because, as Sandi says, 'Some of the greatest trips lie on our own doorstep'....

A coming-of-age memoir about growing up queer in a strict Muslim household....

Graham Norton has been entertaining audiences and having fun with some of the world's biggest stars for nearly 20 years....

Abby Wambach has always pushed the limits of what is possible. Named by Time magazine as one of the most influential people of 2015, the iconic soccer player captured the nation's heart....

Stephen Fry has moved into a completely new stratosphere, both as a public figure, and a private man....

Following on from his hugely successful books, Moab Is My Washpot and The Fry Chronicles, comes the third chapter in Stephen Fry's life....

The Crab of Hate is the personification of Calman's depression and her version of the notorious Black Dog....

An intrepid voyage out to the frontiers of the latest thinking about love, language, and family....

Too old to rock and roll, too young to die, the author looks back with bruising frankness at his life so far....

Rose and Rosie are known for their candid and hilarious YouTube videos...but now they are taking oversharing to a whole new level....

When I began writing this book, I went home to see if my mum had kept some of my stuff. What I found was that she hadn't kept some of it. She had kept all of it....

In this deeply affecting memoir, one of rock music’s most entrancing figures transforms the vividness of his musical world into an unforgettable literary account of overcoming odds and finding his true voice....

The powerful coming-of-age story of an ultra-Orthodox child who was born to become a rabbinic leader and instead became a woman. Becoming Eve poses the enduring question: How far will you go to become the person you were meant to be....

Samantha Allen, award-winning journalist and author of Real Queer America, delivers an intimate look at the unexpectedly hilarious moments of her gender transition....

Is it possible to believe in God and be gay? The Book of Queer Prophets contains modern-day epistles from some of our most important thinkers, writers and activists....

For someone who made a career out of oversharing on the Internet, Tyler Oakley has a shocking number of personal mishaps and shenanigans to reveal in his first book....

In 2000, Rebekah Robertson gave birth to twin boys, George and Harry....

Portia de Rossi weighed only 82 pounds when she collapsed on the set of the Hollywood film in which she was playing her first leading role.....

From longtime activist Cleve Jones, here is a sweeping, beautifully written memoir about a full and remarkable American life....

The son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded in church life in small-town Arkansas, as a young man Garrard Conley was terrified and conflicted about his sexuality....

In this remarkable memoir - written with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Buzz Bissinger during her pivotal first years of rebirth - Caitlyn Jenner reflects on her past as she looks to her future....

I was born September 1985, in the vortex of the Lower East Side of New York: there were few rules of life and zero constraints on behavior....

Figuring explores the complexities of love and the human search for truth and meaning through the interconnected lives of several historical figures across four centuries....

Bucatinsky’s soul-baring and honest stories tap into that all-encompassing, and very human, hunger to be a parent - and the life-changing and often ridiculous road to getting there....

In Raised by Unicorns: Stories from People with LGBTQ+ Parents, Frank Lowe has carefully edited an anthology that reflects on the upbringing of children in many different forms of LGBTQ+ families....