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AUTHOR | JOURNALIST | STORYTELLER

Every person, business and sport has a story. Most are never told properly.

AD42 is the storytelling home of Melbourne author and journalist Andrew Clarke. Andrew turns lives, careers, companies and sporting history into books and stories people want to read.

BEYOND CONTENT

Stories deserve to be more than something to fill a page.

The world does not need more content for the sake of content. It needs stories with a point of view. Stories that explain where people came from, what they achieved, what went wrong and why it mattered.

Andrew Clarke has spent more than 30 years asking questions, uncovering details and turning complicated material into clear, engaging narratives.

 

He has written about sporting champions, business leaders, organisations, historic moments and ordinary people who discovered they had extraordinary stories to tell.

STORYTELLING SERVICES

What story do you want to tell? What doi you want to read?

Books and biographies

 

A life is not a list of dates, job titles and achievements. The real story is found in the decisions, relationships, setbacks, rivalries and moments that changed its direction.

  • Authorised biographies and memoirs

  • Sporting biographies

  • Ghostwritten books

  • Family histories

  • Manuscript development and editing

Sport and motorsport

Sport provides the result. The story is everything that happened around it: the personalities, politics, pressure and decisions that shaped the outcome.

  • Athlete and driver biographies

  • Team and club histories

  • Championship and season books

  • Event histories

  • Long-form features and documentary research

Corporate histories

 

Every organisation has a story behind the annual reports. Andrew creates founder stories and anniversary publications that preserve a legacy without turning it into a 200-page advertisement.

  • Company and organisational histories

  • Founder stories

  • Anniversary books

  • Heritage and transformation projects

  • Executive and employee interviews

Ghostwriting and long-form journalism

Some people know they have a story but do not know where to begin. Andrew can manage the complete process, from the first interview and research plan through to structure, writing, editing and final delivery.

  • Interview-led ghostwriting

  • Manuscript structure and development

  • Long-form journalism

  • Columns and executive thought leadership

  • Publisher-ready manuscripts

“The aim is not merely to record what happened. It is to make someone care.”

WHY NOW?

 

Your story may be closer than you think.

A family business reaching its 50th year has a story.

 

A sporting club shaped by generations of volunteers has a story.

A founder preparing to step away has a story.

An athlete whose career did not unfold as expected has a story.

A company that survived a crisis, changed an industry or grew from a kitchen table has a story.

Often, the best time to capture it is before records disappear, memories fade and the people who lived it are no longer available to tell it.

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ABOUT ANDREW CLARKE

A writer who knows where to look.

Andrew Clarke is a Melbourne-based author, journalist, editor and storyteller.

He has worked across publishing, media, sport and business for more than three decades, writing books and long-form stories about people, organisations and the moments that shaped them.

 

Andrew’s approach combines journalistic curiosity with a clear narrative style. He asks direct questions, looks beyond the official version and finds the details that make a story human.

 

His work has covered Australian football, NASCAR, Supercars, Formula 1, business, music and popular culture.

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LOOKING FOR MARKETING STRATEGY?

That work now lives at B2M Marketing.

 

Andrew’s marketing strategy, brand advisory and fractional marketing work sits with B2M Marketing. B2M helps businesses move from fragmented marketing and confused positioning to a clearer brand, stronger systems and a more effective path to market.

START WITH A CONVERSATION

 

Tell Andrew what you are considering.

You may have a finished idea, a box of old photographs, a milestone approaching or simply the feeling that a story should be captured. That is enough to begin.

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+61 409 370 046

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Indigenous Reconciliation

AD42 acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land where we work and live, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation and pay our respects to Elders past and present. We celebrate the stories, culture and traditions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders of all communities who also work and live on this land.

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