Scribe imprint: 233 books
Who Gave You Permission?
the memoir of a child sexual-abuse survivor who fought back
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
‘Who gave you permission to speak to anybody?’ Rabbi Telsner, the leader of the Yeshivah Centre, thundered during his regular weekly sermon. It was a question directed to Manny Waks’s father, after Manny had finally gone public with his accusations of sexual abuse and its cover-up within the...
The Family
The shocking true story of a notorious cult
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2016
The apocalyptic group The Family and their guru, Anne Hamilton-Byrne — one of very few female cult leaders in history — captured international headlines throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
Hamilton-Byrne, who some followers believed was Jesus Christ, was glamorous and charismatic — and, many...
by Fran Bryson
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2016
In Brazil, you can commune with spirits and dance with gods. In Brazil, you can learn a lot about life’s possibilities.
Seven years of travel in Brazil saw Fran Bryson’s fascination with the country develop into something of an obsession with its culture, religions, and history. During...
Growing Older Without Feeling Old
on vitality and ageing
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2015
The past century has witnessed a revolution.
Less than a hundred years ago, the average Western life expectancy was 40; now it is 80. And there is no end in sight: the first person who will reach 135 has already been born. It’s the most radical change in our society since industrialisation,...
Viennese Romance
a novel
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2013
Available in English for the first time, here is David Vogel’s previously unknown novel that had literary Israel abuzz when it was published in 2012, almost one hundred years after the author started working on it.
David Vogel has long been regarded as a leading figure in modern Hebrew literature,...
Tony Abbott
a man’s man
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2011
‘If he’s elected as our PM in the future I would be very scared for women everywhere.’ — Mia Freedman
When Julia Gillard — a woman who was unmarried and childless, and an atheist — became prime minister in 2010, Tony Abbott was left boiling with rage. Not only had he lost, but he...
by Michael Bachelard
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2008
Out of nowhere in 2004, an obscure religious sect burst onto the political stage in Australia. Almost unheard of until then, the Exclusive Brethren was suddenly spending up big in election advertising in support of conservative political parties. But its members were shy to the point of paranoia about...
by Andrew Hankinson
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction and a Northern Writers Award
These are the last days of Raoul Moat.
Raoul Moat was the fugitive Geordie bodybuilder-mechanic who became notorious one hot July week when, after killing his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend, shooting her in the...
Farewell, Dear People
biographies of Australia’s lost generation
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2012
WINNER OF THE 2013 PRIME MINISTER'S LITERARY AWARD FOR AUSTRALIAN HISTORY
WINNER OF THE 2012 MANNING CLARK HOUSE NATIONAL CULTURAL AWARD
COMMENDED FOR THE FAW EXCELLENCE IN NON-FICTION AWARD
For Australia, a new nation with a relatively small population, the death of 60,000 soldiers...
The Western Front Diaries
the Anzacs’ own story, battle by battle
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2015
A special 100th-anniversary edition.
Long overshadowed by the national obsession with the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign, the breathtaking story of what really happened on the Western Front has finally been brought into the bright light of day.
The Anzacs’ Western Front campaign had...
by Tony Birch
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2006
COMMENDED FOR THE 2011 KATE CHALLIS RAKA AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2006 QUEENSLAND PREMIER’S LITERARY AWARDS — AUSTRALIAN SHORT STORY COLLECTION
Shadowboxing is a collection of ten linked stories in the life of a boy growing up in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy in the 1960s....
by Lyn Bagnall
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2006
An essential resource for all Australian and New Zealand gardeners who care about their family’s health and the environment
Organic gardening leaves your patch of earth in a better condition than when you found it by working with nature rather than against it. A practicable and better alternative...
Futurevision
scenarios for the world in 2040
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2012
The future is not what it used to be. In this volatile era, with the world changing rapidly, people are more curious than ever to know what lies ahead.
Will relentless consumerism end up destroying our planet? Or can science and technology allow us to innovate our way out of trouble? Perhaps...
Credit Code Red
how financial deregulation and world instability are exposing Australia to economic catastrophe
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2017
Australia has been the lucky country for a long time. First it rode off the sheep’s back. Then it became a quarry for emerging economies. It deregulated its financial sector, abandoned manufacturing, rode an apparently endless urban-land boom, and has gone more than 25 years without a recession....