Harper Lee elder abuse claims probed
US officials are investigating claims that Harper Lee is the subject of elder abuse after news of a sequel to her book To Kill a Mockingbird surfaced.
Books
At home with cookbook author Lola Berry
LOLA BERRY’S Paddo terrace is a virtual Alladin’s cave of spiritual knick knacks and nature.
Ajay burns Bridges with online rant
FITNESS queen Michelle Bridges has been labelled a ‘bully’ by former Biggest Loser host Ajay Rochester, who also claims Bridges copied the title of her book.
Why women need to ditch the Pill
WOMEN “are designed to be dynamic, cyclical and, yes, moody” and things like the Pill are making us stressed, depressed and less interested in sex.
‘A terminator with no empathy’
HE MIXED sales and sleaze to change the sex trade, but an attempt by one of America’s most infamous pimps to soften his image has backfired spectacularly.
The place that’s almost absolutely perfect
THEY’RE tall, slim and attractive, with bags of money and slick healthcare, welfare and transport systems. But is this place really utopia?
The truth about Kerry Packer’s money
HE WAS the Australian media tycoon who loved to take a punt. A new book takes a look at some of the big gambles made by Kerry Packer.
Carrying your best friend’s bub
BOOK EXTRACT: ONE drunken evening, Nina asks her best friend Georgie to carry a baby for her. Georgie says yes … and spends the next nine months wondering why.
Fifty shades of Jaid
THINK Fifty Shades is hardcore? Meet the brash first lady of online erotica, who brought sex writing into the digital age, and isn’t going down without a fight.
The worst explanation for missing MH370 yet
A NEW book takes 240-pages to reach a conclusion that most of us probably could have reached on our own.
Patient Zero: How AIDS began
AN explosive new book traces the origin of AIDS to a single event which took place in an African rainforest in 1908, debunking the ‘Patient Zero’ theory.
Real story behind Leyland Brothers
THEY travelled all over the countryside as the Leyland Brothers. Now Mal Leyland has written about his career and all the juicy details.
J.K. Rowling’s awesome letter to devoted fan
HARRY Potter author J.K. Rowling has written to one of her biggest fans, and the letter is … yep, we’re going to say it. The letter is magical.
The tweet that ruined her life
TWELVE words. That’s all it took to ruin Justine Sacco’s life. She lost her job, had trouble dating and copped death threats.
‘I was the designated ugly fat friend’
DUFF is a cruel term that stands for ‘designated ugly fat friend’ — the buddy who makes everyone else in the group look better by comparison.
Is there ever a good reason to kill?
THIS man has interviewed over 250 killers, from soldiers to gang members, to find out why people kill and his findings are truly eye-opening.
Erotic fiction set for a shake-up
AUSSIE mum Lili St. Germain scored a global hit when she self-published her erotic bikie series Gypsy Brothers online. Now her first print book, Cartel, is set to shake up the erotic romance market.
The real reason Jackson had plastic surgery?
MICHAEL Jackson’s late former manager, Frank DiLeo, is coming out with a bombshell, beyond-the-grave book promising the truth about the King of Pop.
The actress, her husband and an 8-year nightmare
KIM Jong-un isn’t the first of his dynasty to be a movie buff. His father was so obsessed, he kidnapped a film star and her husband to realise his vision. This is their story.
The 2014 word of the year is …
IT is a sign of changing times that the word of the year in 2013 was “selfie”, followed by “twerk”. Throw both of those away, apparently there’s a new word we like more.
Why would Harper Lee publish now?
THE book that has taken the literary world by storm over the past 24 hours lay dormant for sixty years. So why is it being published now and what does the death of Lee’s sister have to do with it?
To Kill a Mockingbird gets sequel
MORE than 50 years after Harper Lee released what is now hailed as one of the greatest books of the twentieth century, a sequel is coming. What took so long?
‘The food turned my stomach’
REBECCA Harrington has tried the diets of the great and the good, from Madonna to Beyonce to Cameron Diaz. And they’re pretty much disgusting.
Author Colleen McCullough dies
INTERNATIONALLY famous Australian author Colleen McCullough, who wrote The Thorn Birds, has died in hospital on Norfolk Island.
What life is really like as an American sniper
AMID the buzz of “American Sniper”, meet Nicholas Irving, who became a master sniper with the US Army during tours of Iraq and Afghanistan. In his new book, he tells what it’s really like to take a life.
Wowsers: Kim flaunts cleavage on book cover
KIM Kardashian has revealed the cover of her upcoming book of selfies, and lets just say she has the girls out on display.
Rendell ‘recovering’ after stroke
BRITISH crime writer Ruth Rendell, known for her series of novels featuring Chief Inspector Wexford, is in a critical but stable condition after suffering a stroke.
CIA ‘killed prisoners at Guantanamo’
A FORMER guard at the detention camp has written a book claiming the CIA murdered three hunger-striking prisoners and made it look like suicide.
Elvis and me: My life with the King
GINGER Alden spent the last nine months of Elvis’ life by his side before his untimely passing on August 16, 1977 at the age of 42.
‘I lost weight and nearly lost myself’
ANDIE Mitchell weighed almost 140 kg by the time she was 21. But when she lost 60kg, she found that skinny was its own kind of prison.
Original URL: https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/books-magazines/books/page/28