HarperCollins acquires Rick Morton’s new book, ‘My Year of Living Vulnerably’

Congratulations to Rick Morton whose much anticipated second book, My Year of Living Vulnerably—a series of interconnected essays of memoir and social commentary written following Morton’s diagnosis of complex post-traumatic stress disorder in early 2019 – will be published by HarperCollins Australia in 2021.

My Year of Living Vulnerably is a thought-provoking, honest and tender book about Morton’s journey to ‘rediscover love’ and ‘towards betterness’ following his diagnosis.

"My mum laughed when I told her I was writing a book about love. But that is my shorthand for what is, essentially, an adventure in openness and being in the world. From the way we construct our sense of self to forgiveness, the sense of touch, religion, grief and beauty. These strike at the heart of what we do as human beings and I am about to set off on a global trip to unravel that mystery. I can't wait to show you what I find.”

Head of fiction and Fourth Estate publisher Catherine Milne said: “ There is going to be such a readership for this book. Rick is one of the best writers in Australia, and as good as One Hundred Years of Dirt was, I know this book, about rediscovering love and dismantling our defences against it, is going to be even better. It will be a beautiful, urgent and necessary book.”

Morton’s debut book One Hundred Years of Dirt (MUP) was shortlisted for the 2019 National Biography Award and longlisted for the 2018 Walkley Book Award, as well as the 2019 ABIAs for best biography and the Matt Richell award for new writer of the year.

Author photograph credit: Perry Duffin