Biography Series, ANU Press title
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In response to the current popularity of biography, the Biography Series was established by the National Centre of Biography in conjunction with ANU Press in 2008 (originally under the title ANU.Lives). It aims to publish lively, engaging and provocative biographies and memoirs and nurture best practice in biographical scholarship. Books published in the series will engage critically with issues and problems in historiography and life writing.
The books are published online by ANU Press and are also available in hardcopy.
Editorial committee
- Professor Melanie Nolan (chair), Director, National Centre of Biography
- Dr Malcolm Allbrook, Managing Editor, Australian Dictionary of Biography
- Dr Patrick Mullins, Canberra-based writer and academic
- Professor Melanie Oppenheimer, Emeritus Professor, University of Flinders; Honorary Professor, School of History, ANU
- Dr Stephen Wilks, Research editor, National Centre of Biography
Submitting a manuscript
Authors wishing to submit a manuscript for consideration by ANU Lives should first contact Professor Melanie Nolan at melanie.nolan@anu.edu.au.
Ten Journeys to Cameron's Farm: An Australian Tragedy
Author/editor: Cameron Hazlehurst
Year published: 2013
Ten Journeys to Cameron’s Farm tells the lives of the ten men who perished in Duncan Cameron’s Canberra property on 13 August 1940: three Cabinet ministers, the Chief of the General Staff, two senior staff members, and the RAAF crew of four.
The ADB's Story
Author/editor: Melanie Nolan & Christine Fernon (eds)
Year published: 2013
The ADB's Story takes a look at the 50-year history of the Australian Dictionary of Biography and profiles some of the many people who have contributed to it as authors, staff and on its Editorial Board and Working Parties.
Scholars at War: Australasian Social Scientists, 1939-1945
Author/editor: Geoffrey Gray, Doug Munro & Christine Winter (eds)
Year published: 2012
Scholars at War examines the effect World War II had on the careers of Australasian social scientists.
Māori and Aboriginal Women in the Public Eye: Representing Difference, 1950-2000
Author/editor: Karen Fox
Year published: 2011
The book looks at media portrayals of well-known Indigenous women in Australia and New Zealand, including Evonne Goolagong, Te Kanawa, Oodgeroo Noonuccal and Dame Whina Cooper.
Transnational Ties: Australian Lives in the World
Author/editor: Desley Deacon, Penny Russell, & Angela Woollacott (eds)
Year published: 2008
Transnational Ties: Australian Lives in the World traces the flow of people that helped shape Australia’s distinctive character and the flow of ideas that connected Australians to a global community of thought.