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Australian sales of memoirs have more than doubled in 20 years. What’s behind our insatiable appetite for them?

Screen Australia is dispersing A$700,000 ($468,000) to 20 projects for story development funding.

A scan of recent Australian memoirs suggests an appetite for stories about pain. But after telling their story, writers have to sell it – and that can come at a cost<br>

The story begins in the overlapping worlds of two teenage girls in 1988 in Karachi, Pakistan. Maryam’s family is extremely rich while Zahra’s is upper-middle-class and climbing. They’re best friends navigating the return to the school year with the addition of breasts and a range of gendered discomforts. Both are noticing men noticing them. Both are unsure how much they want to test the limits of their personal boundaries. Both are on high alert.

Historically, memoir has been a genre for older authors, reflecting back on their lives, but in recent years there has been an increase in life writin

Hard Joy is an intimate and often idiosyncratic work that speaks of the importance of honest relationships and a rich life of the mind.

The imbalance of power between men and women has been placed squarely in the spotlight over the past year. *CONTENT WARNING: This article discusses sexua

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