Books
I write novels and non-fiction about beauty, grief, courage, creativity, belonging, and the strange ways we find our way home.
My latest novel, my third, has just been published at home, where I wrote it, in Australia. Dear readers, you made it…
An instant bestseller.
OUT NOW IN AUSTRALIA + NEW ZEALAND.
Thank you all homegrown booksellers and readers for your support!
Dear reader, meet the family…
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
Spanning two decades, set between sugar cane fields by the sea, a native Australian flower farm, and a celestial crater in the central desert, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart follows Alice's unforgettable story, as she learns that the most powerful story she will ever possess is her own.
The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding
The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding is a sweeping, deeply beautiful and profoundly moving novel about the far-reaches of sisterly love, the power of wearing your heart on your skin, and the ways life can transform when we find the courage to feel the fullness of both grief and joy.
The House that Joy Built
This non-fiction book is for everyone who has ever felt stuck creatively. It’s for anyone who longs to create but doesn't know how to find a way into, or back to their imagination. Uplifting, powerful and inspiring, The House That Joy Built is an exhilarating, openhearted clarion call to experience the joy and freedom of creativity.
The World Beneath Her Feet
A luminous, emotional, and absorbing novel about belonging, memory, and the loves and landscapes that make us - and what it takes to come home to ourselves and each other. The World Beneath Her Feet is immersive Australian storytelling at its finest.
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My books have been published in 30+ territories, sold over 600,000 copies, and been adapted for screen by Prime Video. Mindblown.
✷ My books have been published in 30+ territories, sold over 600,000 copies, and been adapted for screen by Prime Video. Mindblown.
Responses to my books*
*that still make me well up
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Ringland's storytelling is driven by an undimmed sense of wonder at the darkness and light, the damage and love in people.
— Sydney Morning Herald, reviewing The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
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This intercontinental journey into joy, grief, nature and magic confirms Holly Ringland as one of Australia’s most precious, life-changing storytellers.
— Booktopia, reviewing The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding
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A non-fiction masterpiece… encourages readers to reflect on their fears and grant themselves permission to create and feel joy… you’ll find sanctuary in this book.
— Apple Books, reviewing The House That Joy Built
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Sing with everything you’ve got for everything that matters to you, to let in all the light you can. However you can.
— from The World Beneath Her Feet