Music legend John Farnham makes massive announcement more than 12 months on from his cancer scare

John Farnham is releasing his own candid memoir, titled The Voice Inside, and the announcement comes just over a year after his surgery for oral cancer.

Written in collaboration with Poppy Stockwell, the 74-year-old Australian music legend will tell his very personal and public journey in his own words and with his trademark humor.

The book documents Farnham’s early life and stardom growing up in Melbourne in the 1960s, up to his 1986 comeback album Whispering Jack.

It will also chronicle the highs of his fame, as well as the lowest lows: when his stellar career stalled, record companies turned their backs and he faced financial ruin.

More recently, Farnham will reflect on his 2022 oral cancer diagnosis, which came just months after the death of his friend and manager Glenn Wheatley.

The memoir, published by Hachette Australia, will be released in all formats in November 2024.

“After being asked many times, it finally felt like the right time to sit down and tell my story,” Farnham said.

‘It’s a very strange feeling to look back on my life, the good and the bad, and now that I’ve started it’s all coming back.

‘I hope the book fascinates and entertains, because that is what a large part of my life revolves around.’

Meanwhile, Stockwell added: “Working with John on his memoir was like sitting down with an old friend, who also happens to be an absolute legend, to share stories that are both deeply personal and hugely entertaining.

Written in collaboration with Poppy Stockwell, the 74-year-old Australian music legend will tell his very personal and public journey in his own words and with his trademark humor. It will be released in all formats in November 2024

‘His resilience and sense of humor radiate from every memory, making this project a true reflection of the man behind the music. It has been a joy to help bring his stories to life, and I can’t wait for readers to get an unobstructed look at the man whose music is the soundtrack to so many of our lives.”

Following his 2022 diagnosis and subsequent surgery, Farnham remains cancer-free.

The You’re the Voice hitmaker announced he was cancer-free in August the following year.

In his first personal statement since the surgery, the music superstar said he was finally in the comfort of his own home, surrounded by his loving family, and felt like “the happiest man I know.”

Farnham will reflect on his mouth cancer diagnosis in 2022, the highs of his fame, but also the lowest of lows – when his stellar career stalled, record companies turned their backs and he faced financial ruin.

“It’s been a year since my first surgery and honestly I’ve lost count of how many other procedures there have been since then,” he said.

“I’m sure someone has kept track of them all, let’s just say there’s been a few.”

‘But I’m home now and I’m a very grateful and happy man. I’m sitting here in my living room enjoying the attention of my beautiful wife Jill, my boys Rob and James and my mini Schnauzer, Edmund.

Farnham thanked his fans for their congratulations and support and said he was looking forward to his first celebratory meal – a pizza.

Farnham’s family had previously provided updates on behalf of the Australian music legend.

The That’s Freedom singer was hospitalized in 2023 after developing a chest infection following surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in his mouth.