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Illustrations from forthcoming Trent Dalton book Lola In The Mirror, by artist Paul Heppell. Embargoed until Oct 1, 2023. One-time use only. MUST CHECK WITH JUSTIN LEES BEFORE USE

Unreal monsters haunt my real world

Predators and corruption face off against love, courage and desperation in Trent Dalton’s new book – and today he reveals how much of it is based on real events and people in his life.

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Would you lie then die for love?

Would you lie then die for love?

Jean Lee and her lover gambled that a woman would not be executed for a crime that would see a man hanged – and one ex-con still recalls the dark shadow of their fatal decision.

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Author Elise Esther Hearst for SBC

I stopped crying and wrote a comedy

Her fiance was lying naked on a massage table overseas and her Holocaust-survivor grandma was pushing her to use a pregnancy test. So Elise Esther Hearst got creative.

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Good As Gold by Justin Smith

Crooks, cops, race and greed

Why do Australians elevate the wrong people in our history to “hero” status but forget those who really deserve it? That’s the question posed by a new book about the first Melbourne Cup.

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Bronwyn Hall for The Sunday Book Club

Truly Australian setting for evil

A vet returns to the town where her boyfriend disappeared – and where people think she killed him. It’s “just a story”, but there’s something particularly Australian about it.

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Promo image from Sept 2023 production of The Visitors play, written by Jane Harrison. It is a co-production with Sydney Theatre Company and Moogahlin Performing Arts.

These are not ‘noble savages’

Australians grappling with The Voice have “nothing to lose personally” from a bold decision, says award-winning writer offering a new take on the traumatic start of the colonial era.

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Alexander Dreymon in still from The Last Kingdom. Courtesy Netflix

Blood eagles, beef: eat like a Viking

Make your meal like a Viking execution and learn which food risks flirting with Satan in kooky companion sequel to The Last Kingdom – plus find out what happened after the hit show ended.

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Trent Dalton in Brisbane, the setting for his new novel Lola In The Mirror, out Oct 2023. Its lead character is a homeless teen, living on the streets. PIc: David Kelly

Wake up and look past the Olympics

Yes, we’ve snagged the Olympics – but furious Trent Dalton says Australians first need to fix a growing crisis on our streets “while we’re talking about how great we are”.

Lifestyle
Twenty-two years ago, few had heard of Lynette Dawson, the mother-of-two who disappeared without a trace from Sydney’s northern beaches in January 1982.

New details on Dawson saga

It was the cold case that gripped Australia – and the world. Now a new book will shed more light on the investigation into Chris Dawson’s murder of his wife Lynette.

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Hudson Fysh cover art for News Corp extract

Qantas founder’s wartime secret

He almost killed Lawrence of Arabia and was dubbed a ‘Tiger’ for his extraordinary wartime exploits – then this man changed the way all Aussies see the world.

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