‘Yes, I’m angry. I hope this helps’
Can crime fiction, created to entertain, help us make sense of real-life horrors like domestic violence? Furious at the injustice around her, Sherryl Clark hopes so.
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Love and a ‘dangerous, dark’ history
Australia’s Shelley Davidow was there when the Berlin Wall fell. Now she can reveal a story of impossible love set against the most heady – and horrific – moments of recent history.
‘A mad twist’: Author responds to critic
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Royal family insider’s deep regret
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I stopped crying and wrote a comedy
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An every woman’s guide to everything a watch can do (other than tell time)
Because, well, it’s complicated.
Vizard’s girl flicks law for new love
“Don’t wait for permission.” Her dad is an Aussie showbiz veteran – but Steph Vizard was terrified of following her own passion, until a life-changing moment made her reassess.
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.
Yes please to fashion and books’ long running love affair
Zadie Smith’s latest profile (wearing Tabi boots!) is a reminder of how fashion and literature are ultimate bedfellows.
How Zimmermann became Australia’s fashion unicorn
A new deal reported to be worth 1.75 billion underscores the brand’s global dominance.
Get ready for a summer of jorts
This time around the loosey goosey style is a little more elevated (can you believe it?).
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