Witness

Anne Summers

Anne Summers – trailblazing feminist, journalist, commentator and author – on 50 years of Australian and American society and politics.

In Witness, an illuminating first-ever collection of Summers’ reporting, essays, interviews, articles and speeches, we meet Cate Blanchett and Robert Caro, Germaine Greer and Monica Lewinsky, Faith Bandler and Rosie Batty. Summers revisits the vindictive politics of the era of Australia’s first female prime minister, Julia Gillard. She explores the Mexican patron saint of drug runners and the terrorist bombing of an Ariana Grande concert. And she reflects on the death of her mother, finally providing a headstone for a violent grandfather, sharing her name with a chain of sex shops and why she couldn’t throw out her swinging ’60s wedding dress.

Summers tells the stories of the people, issues and moments that have shaped our past and are key to understanding today’s tumultuous world.

A staggeringly large canvas of wise and sharp observations of Australia and the world.

- Laura Tingle

Challenging, demanding, frank and utterly germane, this book will bear witness for years to come.

- Clare Wright

Anne Summers’ abiding legacy will be her unwavering support for women’s rights. But this book reminds us she contributed so much more to the national conversation.

- Barrie Cassidy

Release: Dec-2026

ISBN: 9781742238258

RRP (AUD): $49.99

Pages: 544

Format: Paperback & ebook

Anne Summers AO is a bestselling author, journalist and thought leader with a long career in politics, the media, business and the non-government sector in Australia, Europe and the United States.