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My debut book, ‘The One Thing We’ve Never Spoken About’ was published by Pantera Press in early 2023. It’s a book that explores the experience of people living with complex mental health conditions in Australia as they attempt to navigate the extraordinary ongoing stigma that surrounds these conditions, as well as the mental healthcare system. The book is part-memoir, as my wonderful Mum lives with schizophrenia, and part deep-dive investigation. You can find it for purchase here.
‘Expansive and generous … brimming with kindness, revelatory accounts and wit. The book itself is a thing of grace.’ Rick Morton
‘Elfy brings empathy, reason and generosity to a book Australia so desperately needs.’ Zara McDonald
‘Absorbing and mind-opening, this is panoramic in scope, while offering a deeply intimate portrait of fierce familial love and care.’ Benjamin Law
Articles
‘The One Thing We’ve Never Spoken About’, Pantera Press
The One Thing We’ve Never Spoken About, Books & Publishing
Book Review: The One Thing We’ve Never Spoken About, Artshub
‘My Mum’s Schizophrenia Was An Open Secret’, Primer
The Booklist, The Sydney Morning Herald
Best new books January 2023, Harper’s Bazaar
Elfy Scott, ‘The One Thing We’ve Never Spoken About’, UTS Fass
An interview with Elfy Scott: ‘The One Thing We’ve Never Spoken About’, Satellite Foundation
On-screen
On Air
What it's like growing up with a parent who has a complex mental health condition, ABC Radio
Podcasts
Managing Family Dynamics, Inside Schizophrenia Podcast
The One Thing We’ve Never Spoken About, All in the Mind, ABC RN
Breaking silence and stigma about complex mental health with journalist Elfy Scott, Get Real