On Father

John Birmingham's father died. And his life fell apart. The next six months were spent grinding through the black forests of depression until he finally emerged out of the darkness onto sunlit upland. A unique yet universal story, On Father reaches out to everyone who has experienced and survived...

John Birmingham has written for Rolling Stone, Playboy, Long Bay Prison News, Quarterly Essay, the Sydney Morning Herald and The Monthly. His published works include He Died With A Falafel In His Hand and Leviathan: The Unauthorised Biography of Sydney, winner of the National Award for Non-Fictio...