‘A mad twist’: Author responds to critic
Plot twists are a key part of our favourite shows and stories – but do they always work? One of Australia’s favourite writers has a message for a reader who missed the memo.
Books
Why I met Mum for the first time in my 50s
A highly personal quest into her own past prompted Lisa Medved to weave a powerful plot about absent parents and secrets into her critically-acclaimed historical novel.
‘Foul-mouthed rows’: New claims about Beckham marriage
David and Victoria Beckham’s marriage allegedly deteriorated into a “business relationship” and the pair played dirty, according to an explosive new book.
‘There’s a hummus thief’: Weird reality of office life
Critics are calling Natalie Sue’s new workplace comedy a “delight” comparable to TV classic The Office. But it started as a coping mechanism in an all-too-common situation.
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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.
Who really cut off ‘Chopper’ Read’s ears in prison
A book on ‘Australia’s most infamous jail’ has revealed the true identity of the man who cut off Mark ‘Chopper’ Read’s ears.
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.
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.
Wayne’s regret: Super coach’s tears over marriage breakdown
There are two times in a new book when Wayne Bennett cries. One involves talking about his first love Trish.
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.
Miriam Margolyes names ‘horrid’ celeb
The British actress has revealed which Hollywood A-lister she did not enjoy working with, labelling the funnyman a “c**t”.
‘Moving, brilliant’: Tragedy that inspired lit award winner
A collection of poems about the death of the author’s father has taken one of the state’s top literary prizes.
Bardot’s shockingly low pay finally exposed
One former Bardot member lifts the lid on the brutal reality of life inside the pop group in a new book – including how much they really got paid.
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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