Vampire brides bent on vengeance
Gravestones, vampire brides and ghosts mingle with life-affirming pleasures in a city that Rachael Johns couldn’t ignore for her new book.
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‘My story eerily foreshadowed COVID’
Christina Sweeney-Baird had just written a novel about a deadly pandemic sweeping the globe — then things became very real.
Anzac mothers’ monumental victory
Australians commemorating our Diggers’ deeds at Gallipoli have been urged to look back to an extraordinary feat achieved.
‘The children have disappeared’
The forgotten true story of a father’s brave defiance of the Nazis — and his heroic attempts to save Jews in the war — has been uncovered.
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Unlikely duo expose Canberra’s ‘dark underbelly’
Competitors in their former lives as press gallery journalists, Chris Uhlmann and Steve Lewis have joined forces to pen a gripping novel that offers an insider’s eye into the nation’s capital, with a fictional twist.
William Boyd’s powerful new novel
Many of us have been blinded by love, but what happens when you never see clearly again? William Boyd explore this in his latest book, which you might find difficult to put down.
When the dragons ruled Westeros
Hundreds of years before the events in Game of Thrones, the dragons were a devastating force, as this exclusive early extract of George R.R. Martin’s fantasy epic Fire and Blood reveals.
Two fascinating narratives of Sydney’s history
AUSTRALIAN author Kristina Olsson has set her fifth book in Sydney in 1965 amid turbulent events surrounding the building of the Sydney Opera House.
What ‘life lit’ is all about
RACHAEL Jones was looking for a way to tear down the stereotypes that come with ‘women’s fiction’ or ‘chick-lit’. So, she created ‘life lit’, with her new novel winning fans among men and women.
Why this author thinks female leads are better
AUSTRALIAN author John Purcell went into uncharted territory and centred his new book around a female, because “men are dull beasts”. Here is everything you need to know about his latest novel.
Crime, women and Melbourne
FROM a child embarrassed about a disability to a bestselling Australian author – Anna Snoekstra shares her journey into crime fiction and discusses her gripping new novel.
Frocks, feuds and farmers
HER first novel became a hit film starring Kate Winslet. Now Rosalie Ham is swopping frocks and feuds for droughts and drama in a new Aussie blockbuster.
The indignities of being a woman
FIFTY per cent of us experience it. Now two funny women are taking a deep dive into the history of sexual inequality — and the journey has shocked them.
Cruising for a great summer read
WHEN Tricia Stringer decided to set her new novel on board a luxury ship on the high seas, she took her research seriously by booking herself on a cruise – and ordering cocktails.
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