* Published for the first time, here are the private, revealing and insightful thoughts on a decade that changed it all for Australian writing and for author and lifelong diarist, Helen Garner. * Bold, original and never one to shy away from the truth, Helen Garner's writing has shaped Australian literature. * Volume One, traversing 1978-1986, takes readers through Garner's life following the publication of the seminal Australian novel Monkey Grip, to France and shows the reader a different side of one our greatest living authors. * Campaign will include high-profile media with extracts placed in broadsheet newspapers, coverage in online news sites such as Guardian , feature interview in Good Weekend and widespread review coverage in broadsheet newspapers and literary magazines. * Large-scale marketing campaign to include art house cinema advertising; print advertisements in popular literary and current affair publications such as The Lifted Brow, Big Issue, Australian Book Review, Monthly and Spectrum ; outdoor advertisements including concert-style street poster ads and digital lightwalls in Sydney and Melbourne. * Significant budget for bookseller catalogues and newsletters in the month of publication and the lead-up to Christmas. * Feature title at key bookseller conferences and via Books+Publishing * Early reading copies distributed widely in the trade and beautiful, bold point-of-sale materials such as posters and bookmarks to be made available. * Giveaways and promotions on social media with influential readers.