Dalton makes history at top book awards
News Corp Australia journalist Trent Dalton has swept the Australian Book Industry Awards in Sydney winning four gongs for his acclaimed debut novel, Boy Swallows Universe.
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Literary giant Les Murray dies
Les Murray, one of Australia’s most prolific and celebrated poets, has died at the age of 80.
Inside Moby’s staggering fall from grace
Superstar DJ Moby was the hottest name in music — then came booze, drugs and ugly celeb feuds. Now he reveals how it went so wrong.
Whitney’s ‘lesbian lover’ tells all
She was perhaps her greatest love of all. Now, Robyn Crawford has broken her long silence to write about her relationship with Whitney Houston in a new book.
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Cult hit writer Boyd Oxlade dead
AUSTRALIAN Boyd Oxlade – the grave digger turned acclaimed writer for his cult hit Death in Brunswick – has lost his fight against cancer.
Brisbane in the swinging 60s
WHAT was Brisbane like in the Swinging Sixties? A suitcase of old photos has been turned into a book which gives us a stroll down memory lane.
‘Hillary has spreadsheet of betrayers’
HILLARY Clinton doesn’t just have a list of enemies and supporters – she has a spreadsheet.
Movie star wanted cocaine to help the CIA
IN A tell-all book a former CIA lawyer has revealed Hollywood stars often help the spy agency gather information, but not always for free. Some have wild demands.
Great novels ‘change brain’s biology’
WITH A great book we feel like we enter another world and no wonder: Scientists say novels change our brains to let us experience what we’re reading.
New Salinger stories leaked online
THREE unpublished stories by J.D. Salinger have appeared online.
30 books you have to read before 30
GOT a quiet moment this weekend? You’ll need it. These are the books we believe you should read before you’re 30. Any later and their impact won’t be the same.
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