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As a barrister, there was one question I desperately wanted to ask Erin Patterson

Erin Patterson had 400 books in her home, and not one was devoted to mushrooms. But I desperately want to ask her about a different book.

  • Rachel Doyle

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The books we’re excited to read in the second half of 2025.

Thirty books we’ll be talking about for the rest of 2025

Clear your shelves. Here’s the fiction and non-fiction you can look forward to reading for the rest of the year.

  • Melanie Kembrey
In the writer’s novel Lonely Mouth, protagonist Matilda seeks to control her hungers in life.

Has the smartphone killed reading?

Reading and writing take us to places an algorithm can’t reach.

  • Jacqueline Maley
Even before Jamie Oliver released (and then retracted) his controversial children’s book, the industry was overcrowded by cynical celebrities cashing in.

Celebrities must stop writing children’s books immediately

Even before Jamie Oliver released (and then retracted) his controversial children’s book, the industry was overcrowded by cynical celebrities cashing in.

  • Thomas Mitchell
Suzy Peters and neighbours Emma Badger, Margot Bell and Luca Mastrantone enjoying the street library outside her Camperdown home. National Shared Reading Week is about reading together and making connections. There are more than 5000 registered street libraries across Australia, with more than 1200 street libraries in Sydney alone.

The one thing Newtown’s Nut Cluster street library refuses to share

From spontaneous Spider-Pig singalongs to Do’s and Don’ts for Husbands and Wives, there’s a lot to love about these 5215 street libraries.

  • Julie Power
Ange Postecoglou’s first season at Tottenham Hotspur is ending in drama.

How a chat in the Herald kitchen led to a book on Ange Postecoglou

In their (rare) spare time, Herald journalists write some tremendous books that help deepen our understanding of issues, people and events.

  • Bevan Shields and Vince Rugari
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Murky past of publisher Brad Shaw – and the authors suing him for missing royalties

At least 12 would-be authors paid thousands of dollars to Shaw to publish their books. But all were left bitterly disappointed by the lack of sales information and proper accounting.

  • Andrew Hornery
Booktopia co-founder Tony Nash returned to the company after being ousted by the board

A series of unfortunate events: Demise of Booktopia is a page turner

A blindingly bright-coloured flag appeared only a month ago when the listed company told the market that directors’ fees for the year would be paid by issuing shares, rather than in cash.

  • Elizabeth Knight
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The long and the short of it

You can take our word.

Actor Cooper Mortlock has had his voice used in an animation without his consent after it was reproduced by AI from previous recordings in Sydney. 2 June 2024 Photo: Janie Barrett

Things were going so well for this voice actor. And then AI stole his job

A survey by the union for actors and media workers has found more than half of respondents think AI will cost them work and income.

  • Karl Quinn

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