The Bookshop Darlinghurst: New Products - Life Stories

Chappell Roan: The Rise of a Midwest Princess

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:19:27 +0000

Get an insider’s look at Chappell Roan’s rise to pop femininomenon status in this luxe hardcover gift book

100+ stunning photos and clued-in commentary from top music and culture writers explore the power of the “Hot to Go” singer’s music, s..

Price: $59.99

Survival is a Promise : The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 17:21:27 +0000

An exhilarating, lyrical ‘cosmic biography’ of the iconic poet, essayist and activist Audre Lorde

Read these chapters like a collection of poems that speak in chorus in all directions. Understand each word as an opportunity for Audre’s fierce love, whic..

Price: $26.99

Milena & Margarete : A Love Story In Ravensbruck

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 12:16:18 +0000

A profoundly moving celebration of love under the darkest of circumstances

From the moment they met in 1940 in Ravensbrück concentration camp, Milena Jesenska and Margarete B..

Price: $36.99

So Gay for You : Friendship, Found Family, and the Show That Started It All

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 13:37:14 +0000

"The point is we're all connected, see? Through love, through loneliness, through one tiny, lamentable lapse in judgment. All of us, in our isolation, we reach out from the darkness, from the alienatio..
Price: $36.99

The Little Book of Miriam

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 12:07:22 +0000

From ARNIE to DOLLY, BLACKADDER to SCORSESE; GRAHAM NORTON to HARRY POTTER; the VAGINA MONOLOGUES to ZOOM, welcome back to the irrepressible and unstoppable world of Miriam Margolyes.

Packed with her wit, wisdom and unfiltered stories, The Little Book of Miriam..
Price: $34.99

All the Way to the River: Love, Loss and Liberation

Tue, 08 Jul 2025 17:44:36 +0000

In her first non-fiction book in a decade, the no. 1 bestselling writer who taught millions of readers to live authentically (Eat Pray Love) and creatively (Big Magic) shows how to break free.

In 2000, Elizabeth Gilbert met Ra..
Price: $34.99

What a Girl Wants

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 17:02:42 +0000

I am 13 years old and these are my secrets.
1. I have a crush on Jet from ITV gameshow Gladiators. So strong! So pretty!
2. I still play with Barbie dolls. It’s mostly making them scissor. Or snog. Or lie on to..
Price: $44.99

Josephine Baker's Secret War: The African American Star Who Fought For France And Freedom

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 12:30:01 +0000

The full story of Josephine Baker's wartime and intelligence work in France and North Africa

Before the Second World War, Josephine Baker (1906–1975) was one of the most famous performers in the world. She made her name dancing on the Parisian stage, but when war b..
Price: $51.95

How the f*ck would I know? A memoir

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 17:43:30 +0000

This is not a how-to book - because who really knows how to live a life?

Fleeing to Australia as a "Ten Pound Pom" in the 1970s, Kate didn't expect her demons to follow her. It took facing her truth to break free of the drugs and alcohol that had controlled her since her..
Price: $29.99

Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 18:36:06 +0000

From the celebrated author of Square Haunting comes a biography as unconventional and surprising as the life it tells.

'Think of the Bible and Homer, think of Shakespeare and think of me,' wrote Gertrude Stein in 1936. Admirers called her a g..
Price: $39.99