On the internet, in confessionals, in hushed whispers on a school bus; secrets float through the air waiting to be found, heard and forgiven. Whether you stole change from your mother's purse, had an affair with your best friend's boyfriend or poisoned the neighbour's tree to get a better view, we all keep things hidden away deep within ourselves.

Do we keep these secrets because we are ashamed, embarrassed, guilty or even fearful? Maybe it's that all these secrets we keep inside, slowly eating away at us, remind us that we're not perfect and that we never will be.

Will setting the secrets free make us feel better and allow us to find the redemption or the acceptance we're looking for? Maybe, maybe not. It's the chance you take when you reveal a secret.

	The Machinist : An insomniac, coffee addict starving to death can keep a lot of secrets
	Doom : It's no fun when a secret is no secret at all
	The Secretary : How can you love yourself when everything that makes you feel is a secret?

	In My Skin : Kate Holden takes us into a world of sex and drugs on the neon-lit streets of St Kilda
	The Secret History : Why studying the classics can turn you into a murderer
	Middlesex : Callipoe Stephanides carries her secret with her at all times, on her body
	Dead Europe : Gritty and confronting, some secrets you carry in your blood