Debra Oswald’s One Hundred Years of Betty Out Now!

Debra Oswald’s latest novel, One Hundred Years of Betty, was published on the 4th of  March 2025 by Allen & Unwin.

From the bestselling author of The Family Doctor and the creator of Offspring comes a sweeping, character-driven saga spanning a century of history, social change, and personal reinvention.

On the eve of her hundredth birthday, Betty, storyteller, feminist, eternally curious, and phenomenally old, recounts a life story that spans decades of history, social upheaval, and personal reinvention. From her early years in pre-war London to post-war Australia, Betty’s journey takes her through the anti-war and feminist movements of the 1970s, the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, and a career as a TV screenwriter — always pushing against the limits imposed on her by time and circumstance.

"Sweeping us across the decades with intellect and wit, Betty is the heroine women have been waiting for." – Gabbie Stroud, author of Teacher and The Things That Matter Most

"Oswald writes older women with the panache, wit and steeliness that many of us will recognise in our mothers, grandmothers and aunts who traversed a century that was never quite ready for them." – Melanie Joosten, author of Like Fire-Hearted Suns

"A rich feast of a novel, a perfect balance of sweet and sour. You won't want it to end." – Geraldine Brooks, bestselling author of Horse

The novel is available in bookstores and online now.