‘She had shot her husband dead’
She has told the stories of a murderous royal mistress, Christian Dior’s Nazi-fighting sister and the real Miss Moneypenny. Now Christine Wells has Jackie Kennedy in her lens.
Books
Love and self-loathing: Worst kind of jealousy
Jealousy can have devastating consequences, as international bestseller Adele Parks discovered in a nuanced tale about dead ex-lovers and what it’s like to always come second.
Book trend stealing Aussie hearts
Bored by traditional airport thrillers, horror and crime yarns? There’s a new genre taking over Aussie fiction – and social media’s bookworm community is leading the charge.
‘It’s bullshit’: Ex-lawyer’s truth bomb
Jock Serong saw the worst side of corporate law from within, when he was told to “just hammer” church victims – and realised he was “working for the bad guys”.
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Johns’ shock Silverchair letter laid bare
“It hurt me”: Silverchair’s Ben Gillies has detailed the stunning letter he and bandmate Chris Joannou unexpectedly received from Daniel Johns.
Brutal message behind Silverchair’s break-up
It was one of the most high-profile splits in Aussie music history – and the brutal way it came about has now been laid bare by two members of Silverchair.
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.
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