Art audiobooks

Buying a Piece of Paris

By: Ellie Nielsen

Narrated by: Nicki Paull

Length: 8 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Paris has seduced many admirers, but for visiting Australian Ellie Nielsen it's true love. So deep is her infatuation that, if she can't have it all to herself, she'll only be satisfied with buying her own little piece of Paris. The object of her desire seems so simple: the sort of apartment she's seen a thousand times in magazines and books.... Read more

Kings in Grass Castles

By: Mary Durack

Narrated by: Jenny Seedsman

Length: 17 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

When Patrick Durack left Ireland for Australia in 1853, he was to found a dynasty of pioneers, and build an empire of cattle-land across the great stretches of Australia. His grand-daughter, Mary Durack, with a profound sense of family history, has rebuilt the saga of the Duracks, a saga that is the story of Australia itself, huge, pioneering,... Read more

The Home of the Blizzard

By: Sir Douglas Mawson

Narrated by: James Condon

Length: 17 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The Home of the Blizzard is a tale of discovery and adventure, of pioneering deeds, great courage, heart-stopping rescues and heroic endurance. This is Mawson’s own account of his years spent in Antarctica, travelling in sub-zero temperatures and gale-force winds. At its heart is the epic journey of 1912-13, during which both his companions... Read more

Toda la belleza del mundo

By: Patrick Bringley

Narrated by: Santiago Gómez & Simon Gómez

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

La conmovedora historia de un vigilante de museo que encuentra consuelo y significado en su día a día entre los pasillos del Museo Metropolitano de Arte. Una obra imprescindible para los amantes del arte. Millones de personas suben cada año la gran escalinata de mármol para visitar el Museo Metropolitano de Arte, pero solo una privilegiada... Read more

El falsificador de Franco "Franco's Forger"

By: Juan-Carlos Arias

Narrated by: José Luis Espina

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

En un oscuro rincón del mundo del arte, oculto tras la majestuosidad de las pinturas más famosas, se tejió una
trama épica que desafiaría los límites de la creatividad y la astucia humana. En 1960, una denuncia por una
estafa aparentemente insignificante desencadenó una revelación que dejaría al descubierto un entramado
de plagios perfectos de los... Read more

More Fish Tales

By: Paul Salmon

Narrated by: Peter Byrne

Length: 3 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

How did Terry Daniher save a famous Melbourne stately home's priceless chandelier from crashing to the floor? What happened when Lou Richards gave big Simon Madden a massage? Is Billy Brownless any good at making milkshakes? And what did James Hird want with the Fish at 3am, one hour after surgery? Paul Salmon - the Big Fish - reveals all in... Read more

A Soldier Returns

By: Terry Burstall

Narrated by: Peter Hosking

Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The Vietnamese looked on Long Tan as a key victory for them, and in the sequel to The Soldiers' Story, Terry Burstall makes a veteran's emotional journey back to the battlefield after twenty-five years. Read more

Don't Give Up!

By: Paul Hanna

Narrated by: Paul Hanna

Length: 5 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

In Don't Give Up!, Paul Hanna inspires his readers to put their hands on the steering wheel of life and look forward to what they want to achieve, not keep looking in the rear-vision mirror at what has happened or what might have been. With the passion, love of living and never-say-die attitude that pulled him through the most trying time of his... Read more

Mao's Last Dancer

By: Li Cunxin

Narrated by: Paul English

Length: 15 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the true story of how, by the thinnest thread of a chance, one moment in time changed the course of a small boy's life in ways that are beyond imagination. One day he would dance with some of the greatest ballet companies of the world. One day he would be a friend to a President and First Lady, movie stars and the most influential people... Read more

Air Guitar

By: Anthony Griffis

Narrated by: Anthony Griffis

Length: 8 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

'Much as it disappoints me, a Sherbet poster is my earliest memory of pop music fandom. It was given to me in exchange for two chocolate biscuits, and I can tell you who got the better of that deal. They were very nice chocolate biscuits.' So begins Anthony Griffis' fateful love affair with pop music, but by the 1980s he's fed up with hairspray... Read more

This is Not a Drill

By: Paul Carter

Narrated by: Paul Carter

Length: 4 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Picking up right where he left off, Paul Carter pulls out more tall tales of a mad, bad and dangerous life in the international oil trade. Starting with action and mayhem galore This is Not a Drill sets an unrelenting pace that just doesn't let up, as Paul almost drowns when the Russian rig he's working on begins to capsize; is reunited with his... Read more

Shanghai Tango

By: Jin Xing

Narrated by: Keith Brockett

Length: 7 hours

Abridged: No

At the age of nine, Jin Xing entered a military academy. He knew that he had been born to dance and, in Mao's China, it was the army that provided the best training. His exceptional talent was soon recognised; by the time he was eighteen, he was regarded as the best principal dancer in China. He won a scholarship to study in the United States... Read more

Confessions of a Reformed Dieter

By: A.J. Rochester

Narrated by: A.J. Rochester

Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

When A.J. Rochester is singled out as the ideal candidate for a television show on obesity, she is at first appalled and then resolved. Enough is enough. She vows to lose forty kilos - not because she yearns to become a pretzel, but so she can keep up with her little boy and turn her life around at last. A funny, insightful and inspiring... Read more

In the Middle of Nowhere

By: Terry Underwood

Narrated by: Terry Underwood

Length: 11 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

This remarkable journey of a young city convert following her man and his dream to the back of beyond involves the listener with rare intimacy. In one of the most remote locations in the world, you share their hopes and heartaches, joys and laughter, with emotions as deep as the love of Terry and John Underwood. This audiobook transports you to... Read more

Head Over Heels

By: Sam Bailey & Jenny Bailey

Narrated by: William McInnes

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Sam Bailey wanted a life on the land just like his father. He had it all planned - he'd finish his education, have a few years in the big wide world and then return home to take the reins from his dad, get married and raise a family. His own version of the Australian dream. But when the car Sam was travelling in overturned on a lonely country... Read more

Her Father's Daughter

By: Alice Pung

Narrated by: Dana Miltins

Length: 6 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

At twenty-something, Alice is eager for the milestones of adulthood: leaving home, choosing a career, finding friendship and love on her own terms. But with each step she takes she feels the sharp tug of invisible threads: the love and worry of her parents, who want more than anything to keep her from harm. Her father fears for her safety to an... Read more

Magic

By: Robert Ralley

Narrated by: Deidre Rubenstein

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

The mysterious art of magic has been a source of wonderment since before the time of Christ. Ranging from the supernatural practices of ‘black’ magic to demonstrations of dazzling illusion, magic has been called on to conjure the evil eye, burn villages to the ground, and slice women in half. From the astrology of the three wise men to David... Read more

Shooting Balibo

By: Tony Maniaty

Narrated by: Humphrey Bower

Length: 13 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

When foreign correspondent Tony Maniaty goes back to Timor for the first time since he fled for his life thirty years before, he discovers a land of ghosts - some he left behind, and some he's brought with him. He's there to watch five young actors play out the last days of five friends of his - men who were murdered by the Indonesian army in... Read more

There's a Bear in There

By: Merridy Eastman

Narrated by: Merridy Eastman

Length: 13 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

When her acting career stalls, Merridy Eastman lands a challenging real-life role: night receptionist at a Sydney brothel. A long way from the bright lights of a TV studio, she is swept into the high drama of the sex industry. Nothing in Play School or Shakespeare in the Park could prepare her for this. She learns words for items and acts she... Read more

And Now Here's…

By: Mike McColl Jones

Narrated by: Mark Mitchell

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Mike McColl Jones has heard the words 'And now here's...' 6000 times and each of those 6000 times tonight show hosts such as Graham Kennedy, Don Lane, Bert Newton and Steve Vizard have walked into shot and spoken words written for them by Mike. Few people are more qualified to write this history of Australian Tonight shows. In a career spanning... Read more

Lazarus Rising

By: John Howard

Narrated by: John Howard

Length: 34 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

John Howard is the second longest serving prime minister in Australia's history. His tenure lasted almost 12 years. His autobiography is essential reading for those interested in contemporary politics, in Australian history or the craft of practical politics. John Howard spent decades under media scrutiny, and while his credentials as a... Read more

Jackson's Track

By: Daryl Tonkin & Carolyn Landon

Narrated by: Peter Hosking

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

In 1936, Daryl Tonkin and his brother, Harry, leave home in search of adventure. They find themselves in West Gippsland, Victoria, and set up a timber mill at Jackson's Track - a dreamtime place, a place that was paradise. A bushman dedicated to his work, Daryl discovers happiness there - and unexpectedly falls in love. But Daryl is white and... Read more

Still a Gypsy

By: Toni Lamond

Narrated by: Toni Lamond

Length: 10 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Toni Lamond has lived and breathed show business all her life and has had a distinguished career in TV, cabaret and the musical stage. Born to an Australian show-business dynasty, Toni's career began at age 10 singing on the radio and touring with her parents' variety shows and has since encompassed musical comedy, straight plays, recordings,... Read more

Educating Alice

By: Alice Greenup

Narrated by: Kate Hood

Length: 10 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

A footloose city slicker who couldn′t tell a bull from a cow was hardly the ideal candidate to answer an ad for a governess on a Mackay cattle station. But Alice Greenup was game for anything, until she was bowled over by a handsome young jackeroo with a devastating smile. It was the start of a whole new way of life as Alice gave up her city... Read more