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 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.
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