New chair announced after festival shock exit
The Sydney Writers’ Festival has announced its new chair, just days after Kathy Shand quit over concerns this year’s event lacked diverse views on the Gaza conflict.
Books
Dreading the new Snow White? Try this instead
Fantasy and romantasy (shorthand: dragons and sex) are so hot right now, with fans flocking to yet another twist on the genre: mashed-up fairytales for the grown-ups.
Stunning Folbigg lawyer, husband revelations
Kathleen Folbigg’s defence lawyer revealed his private views about her guilt in a startling conversation – while her husband’s remarks about the deaths of their children were suppressed.
‘Had to kill her’: Folbigg dad’s brutality
Kathleen Folbigg’s controlling father killed her mother after a family picnic turned sour – one of many tragic steps in a journey once again being brought to public attention.
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How Dr Karl’s Christmas trip became a cautionary tale
Beloved celebrity scientist Dr Karl shared his extraordinary life story in recent memoirA Periodic Tale. In this extract, he tells how a trip home for Christmas almost ended in disaster – and offers a timely warning for those partying too hard this season.
‘We must get off this place’: Batty’s horror on croc-infested island
David Batty knows Outback Australia better than most – and has had his share of hairy moments. In Batty’s Bush Bible, he tells why fashion photographers, musicians and the Top End don’t mix.
All in the family: Midnight Oil rocker’s surprise discovery
Midnight Oil’s Jim Moginie not only tells the story of the iconic Aussie band in The Silver River – he recalls discovering that he had been adopted and the long search for his birth family.
How beer-loving Bob almost ended PM bid before it began
Bob Hawke was one of Australia’s most legendary prime ministers – but as David Day recounts in Young Hawke, wild living almost ended his political career before it began.
‘Dancers and commandos’: How I detoxed Aussie swim team
In this extract from Tested, Australian cricket captain Pat Cummins discovers how America’s Cup champion John Bertrand turned the Aussie Olympic swimming team around.
My Queen ‘lie’ gave me an art attack
The most original biography yet of Queen Elizabeth II, Craig Brown’s A Voyage Around The Queen, contains dozens of little-known anecdotes – including the time an Australian artist found himself at Buckingham Palace.
‘I’ve seen some nasty things’: Life as a prison nurse
A former nurse gives Bill ‘Swampy’ Marsh a rare glimpse into prison medicine – surprisingly declaring that “as a nurse, I’ve never felt safer than I was in the prison environment”.
‘Scrawny British body’: Barnesy’s swipe at star
Rock legend Jimmy Barnes has already set the book world alight with his memoirs – now he has branched into a new area. See what you think of this exclusive extract.
‘Everybody Hurts’: Darkest hours of mega 1990s band R.E.M.
R.E.M. – one of the biggest bands of the 1990s – had just kicked off their biggest year before disaster struck. It changed their future.
Writers share top summer reads
Looking for a good book these holidays? Look no further as some of our favourite writers suggest their favourites.
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