My Books

"Someone You Know: A Friend's Farewell"

Australia's first AIDS biography and a moving documentary of the times.

It is now in its third reprint and features a new cover design

Girls' Talk - Young women speak their hearts and minds

A unique collection of over 150 contributions by young women from across Australia

Second Edition now available

Tapestry, published by Random House

A moving account of one woman's journey through Australian/Italian realities.

Boys' Stuff

Over the past couple of years we've been out there talking to all sorts of boys from all sorts of places around Australia, from Port Hedland in Western Australia to Townsville in Queensland to Rosedale in Victoria. Some guys we interviewed, some guys sent us stuff like artwork, poetry, essays and stories. Along with that came their experiences and opinions.

So What's a Boy?

Addressing Issues of Masculinity and Schooling.

This book focuses on the impact and effects of masculinities on the lives of boys at school. Through interviews with boys from diverse backgrounds, Wayne Martino and I have explored the various ways in which boys define and negotiate their masculinities at school.

When Our Children Come Out

How to support gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered young people

A valuable guide for all those whose lives are affected by a young person coming out.

Being Normal is the Only Way To Be: Adolescent Perspectives on Gender and School

A book for teachers and parents of adolescents. Each chapter draws on the perceptions and writings of teenage boys and girls, and uses these to build a specific knowledge about what it means to be an adolescent at school, what it means to be ‘cool’ and ‘normal’, and the effects of these social constructions on learning and relationships.

Love You Two

Co-Winner of the 2010 Lambda Literary Award in the Bisexual Fiction Category

Set in today’s multi-cultural, multi-sexual Australia, Love You Two is my first novel, about a young woman’s coming-of-age when life, love and family aren’t what anyone said they’d be.

Love You Two cover

Border Sexualities, Border Families
in Schools

Winner of the 2011 Lambda Literary Award in the Bisexual Non-Fiction Category

The first book of its kind internationally, Border Sexualities, Border Families in Schools explores the experiences of bisexual students, mixed sexual orientation families, and polyamorous families in schools. The book includes interviews and online research with students, parents, and teachers, as well as providing a comprehensive overview and analysis of international educational and health research, and media/popular cultural texts.

Border book cover

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Girls' Talk - Young women speak their hearts and minds A unique collection of over 150 contributions by young women from across Australia Second Edition now available

Tapestry, published by Random House A moving account of one woman's journey through Australian/Italian realities.

*Boys' Stuff* Over the past couple of years we've been out there talking to all sorts of boys from all sorts of places around Australia, from Port Hedland in Western Australia to Townsville in Queensland to Rosedale in Victoria. Some guys we interviewed, some guys sent us stuff like artwork, poetry, essays and stories. Along with that came their experiences and opinions.


*So What's a Boy?* Addressing Issues of Masculinity and Schooling. This book focuses on the impact and effects of masculinities on the lives of boys at school. Through interviews with boys from diverse backgrounds, Wayne Martino and I have explored the various ways in which boys define and negotiate their masculinities at school.


*When Our Children Come Out* How to support gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered young people A valuable guide for all those whose lives are affected by a young person coming out.

*Being Normal is the Only Way To Be: Adolescent Perspectives on Gender and School* A book for teachers and parents of adolescents. Each chapter draws on the perceptions and writings of teenage boys and girls, and uses these to build a specific knowledge about what it means to be an adolescent at school, what it means to be ‘cool’ and ‘normal’, and the effects of these social constructions on learning and relationships.

*Love You Two* *Co-Winner of the 2010 Lambda Literary Award in the Bisexual Fiction Category* Set in today’s multi-cultural, multi-sexual Australia, Love You Two is my first novel, about a young woman’s coming-of-age when life, love and family aren’t what anyone said they’d be.

Border Sexualities, Border Families in Schools *Winner of the 2011 Lambda Literary Award in the Bisexual Non-Fiction Category* The first book of its kind internationally, Border Sexualities, Border Families in Schools explores the experiences of bisexual students, mixed sexual orientation families, and polyamorous families in schools. The book includes interviews and online research with students, parents, and teachers, as well as providing a comprehensive overview and analysis of international educational and health research, and media/popular cultural texts.
To view my other publications click here