Kate Holden

The Romantic describes Kate's journey from Melbourne to Rome and Naples, from romance and sex to love, from loss to understanding - and back again. As a follow-up to In My Skin, this is a book about everything from sex with strangers to the heartbreaking realities of being in love. It's about the pride of fierce independence and the crushing...

True crime writing at its finest, from the multi award-winning, bestselling author of In My Skin. Winner of the 2021 Walkley Book Award, 2022 NSW Premiers Literary Awards - Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-fiction, and 2022 Sisters in Crime Davitt Award (non-fiction). In July 2014, on a lonely road at twilight outside Croppa Creek, New South Wales, 80-year-old farmer Ian...

On a country road in Croppa Creek, farmer Ian Turnbull faced environmental officer Glen Turner. What happened next shocked Australia. Kate Holden finds the epic thread in this crime and weaves a quintessential Australian story. - Chloe Hooper A gripping account of our land, and our selves. - Tara June Winch The Winter Road is an epic true story of...

Shortlisted for the Dobbie Literary Award for a first published book and Australian Newcomer of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards, In My Skin describes an extraordinary journey through an often hidden world of heroin and prostitution. Kate's story is one of survival and resourcefulness, providing an unflinching look at the consequences of addiction.

A poetic, roaming work of creativity and intellect Is it possible to live wondrously by fluorescent light? In The Ruin of Magic, award-winning writer Kate Holden follows in the footsteps of Katherine May, Maggie Nelson and Andre Aciman, crafting essays of intimate personal experience and sharply informed rumination on life in strange times. In gorgeous prose Holden meditates on her...