Robert Hillman

This unique Indigenous man is one of the most inspiring music stories of our generation. From concert halls to recording studios and into Aboriginal heartlands, this is the story of Australia's Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu. Gurrumul by Robert Hillman is part road trip, part biography. Hillman's account of Gurrumul's life and music offers rare insights into the sources of his inspiration....

Leon is a man unburdened by sexual desire. Nonetheless, he adores his wife, only partly for the way she wears his collection of haute couture. When she becomes ill and dies, he is shattered. Then he discovers her correspondence with an unknown lover, and his suffering veers towards madness. Leon hunkers down at his neglected country property, Joyful, with the...

Beautifully captured and penned by award-winning biographer Robert Hillman, this is a compelling story of an exceptional yet 'ordinary' man whose generous spirit, natural leadership, and desire for peace transcend enormous danger and heartbreak. The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif follows the extraordinary journey of Najaf Mazari from the despair of Afghanistan under the Taliban regime to the flowering of a new...

A love story about loyalty, belief and idealism, set against the epic sweep of twentieth-century history. World War II is over and Hiroshima lies in a heap of poisoned rubble when young Quaker Wesley Cunningham returns home to Almond Tree. He served as a stretcher-bearer; he's seen his fair share of horror. Now he intends to build beautiful houses and...

Award-winning writer, Robert Hillman, has collaborated with one of Australia's best-known youth outreach workers and social campaigners to bring his story to the public in that wonderful storytelling style that Robert and Les share. Raised in Braybrook in Melbourne's Western suburbs, Les has devoted his life to young people doing it tough both in Melbourne's west and more recently in...

Malini: Through My Eyes is a compelling story of survival and resilience set against the backdrop of northern Sri Lanka's civil war. Malini lives with her parents and younger sister, Banni, as the conflict nears its catastrophic conclusion. In a desperate move, Tamil Tiger troops herd Malini's family, along with thousands of other Tamil civilians, towards the coast to act...