"Dying to Know" is a ground breaking new book that aims to cut through the taboos and place death firmly in the circle of life. Quirky without being irreverent, accessible without being glib, and challenging without being disturbing, "Dying to Know" is a collection of conversation starters that lifts the lid on death and helps connect us all a little more. Subjects covered include: planning a personalised funeral; ways to help people who are terminally ill; making an emotional will; organ donation; creating online memorials; opening the conversation with children; things to do before you die; and, a host of other topics. "Dying to Know" is the result of lengthy consultation with palliative care workers, people with terminal illness, funeral industry professionals, children, religious leaders, doctors and those who have lost loved ones. It doesn't claim to be a book with all the answers. Just ideas, insights, advice and inspiring, illustrations about a subject none of us can escape. Read it and then rush into the daylight to get on with the more challenging matter of living.

About the Author

About the author: Dying to Know has been written by Andrew Anastasios and a team from Pilotlight Australia, a charity that sparks ideas, projects and alliances to tackle issues of injustice in creative and unexpected ways. Driven by Jane Tewson CBE, Pilotlight Australia's Founder and Director and co-founder of Comic Relief in the UK, and Andrew Knight, a leading writer for Australian television, Dying to Know is an innovative way to begin talking and thinking about death.