The Secret author’s pandemic positives
Australian author Rhonda Byrne reveals how she finally made her hit self-help book The Secret into a movie after a decade of work and how COVID-19 can be seen as an opportunity.
Books
Huge flaw in new Twilight book
As a new Twilight prequel is set to hit shelves, a disturbing theme in Bella and Edward’s love story has fans up in arms.
Top media exec’s next big move
As one of the most powerful players in Australian media, Siobhan McKenna is used to taking risks. This time, she is putting everything on the line with a new book.
Need a happiness boost? These quokkas can help
Award-winning photographer Alex Cearns has exclusively shared incredibly cute quokka photos from her upcoming book, The Quokka’s Guide to Happiness.
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Modiano wins Nobel literature prize
PATRICK Modiano, a French historical novelist whose work is largely inspired by Paris under the Nazi occupation, has won the Nobel Literature Prize.
What our first WWI reporter saw
CHARLES Bean was Australia’s first “embedded” journalist in WWI, where he faced monumental frustrations on frontline trenches as he witnessed our troops under fire.
Dunham’s confession: ‘I was raped’
GIRLS star Lena Dunham has opened up about being date raped at college, saying, “It was a painful experience physically and emotionally”.
Dunham backs down over pay
LENA Dunham has done a quick about-turn on not paying opening acts on her upcoming book tour, after copping a barrage of criticism online.
The 10 cookbooks you must own
MATT Preston has named the Top 10 cookbooks everyone should own, from Stephanie Alexander’s Cook’s Companion to Nigella Lawson’s How To Be A Domestic Goddess.
The mums who moonlight as erotica authors
THINK of an erotic fiction author and you’ll likely imagine a leather-clad dominatrix jetting around the world in search of sexual adventures. But she’s just as likely to be a soccer mum, like these ladies.
Meet history’s most dysfunctional family
ONE was in love with Hitler, one was a communist organiser, one was a supporter of British fascism, one was a writer and daring lover. The Mitfords could be modern history’s most remarkable family.
From mum to Baghdad bodyguard
EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT: Australian Neryl Joyce went from being a single mum to a Baghdad bodyguard. But her journey exposed her to more than threats of ambush and assassination.
Clinton: How to handle Abbott’s sexism
AUSTRALIAN women have often been at a loss when it comes to handling the Prime Minister’s less tasteful comments. But Hillary Clinton has a pretty good suggestion.
Columbine shooter’s mum to pen book
THE mother of Columbine High School shooter Dylan Klebold is planning a memoir describing the “indescribable grief and shame” she lives with.
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