’I have the Angelina Jolie of vaginas’
IN HER new book, comedian Amy Poehler recalls her past drug use and offers sex tips such as, “Don’t have sex with people you don’t want to have sex with”.
IN HER new book, comedian Amy Poehler recalls her past drug use and offers sex tips such as, “Don’t have sex with people you don’t want to have sex with”.
IT’S one of the world’s most famously debaucherous nightclubs, and what went on behind closed doors could make anyone blush.
THE movie adaptation of Gone Girl is killing it at the box office. But the question on many prospective film-goers’ lips is, “Should I read the book first?” WARNING: Major spoilers ahead.
IN July 1964, we flew to New Zealand, where it was the mid-winter of 1922. Our first hotel was a good indication of what was to come. It was modelled closely on Norman Bates’s motel in Psycho.
BON Scott once visited two women giving birth to his children in the same hospital at the same time — just one of the revelations in a new book from AC/DC’s former manager.
THEY’RE some of the biggest names in Australian media. But where did the likes of Mike Sheahan and Terry McCrann get their start? A new book has some surprising answers.
PATRICK Modiano, a French historical novelist whose work is largely inspired by Paris under the Nazi occupation, has won the Nobel Literature Prize.
CHARLES Bean was Australia’s first “embedded” journalist in WWI, where he faced monumental frustrations on frontline trenches as he witnessed our troops under fire.
GIRLS star Lena Dunham has opened up about being date raped at college, saying, “It was a painful experience physically and emotionally”.
LENA Dunham has done a quick about-turn on not paying opening acts on her upcoming book tour, after copping a barrage of criticism online.
MATT Preston has named the Top 10 cookbooks everyone should own, from Stephanie Alexander’s Cook’s Companion to Nigella Lawson’s How To Be A Domestic Goddess.
THINK of an erotic fiction author and you’ll likely imagine a leather-clad dominatrix jetting around the world in search of sexual adventures. But she’s just as likely to be a soccer mum, like these ladies.
ONE was in love with Hitler, one was a communist organiser, one was a supporter of British fascism, one was a writer and daring lover. The Mitfords could be modern history’s most remarkable family.
EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT: Australian Neryl Joyce went from being a single mum to a Baghdad bodyguard. But her journey exposed her to more than threats of ambush and assassination.
AUSTRALIAN women have often been at a loss when it comes to handling the Prime Minister’s less tasteful comments. But Hillary Clinton has a pretty good suggestion.
THE mother of Columbine High School shooter Dylan Klebold is planning a memoir describing the “indescribable grief and shame” she lives with.
The Rosie Project, a romantic comedy about a university professor with Asperger’s looking for love, was last year’s literary hit. Read an exclusive chapter from Melbourne author Graeme Simsion’s sequel The Rosie Effect, out September 24.
DESPITE the fact they’re barely out of diapers, some stars decided that the world needed to hear their words of wisdom about life, love and puberty. Here are five of the worst offenders.
COMMENT. UNBELIEVABLE. Days after being convicted of culpable homicide, Oscar Pistorius is set cash in with a book. Does the man have no scruples at all?
A NEW book by The Simpsons’ creator Matt Groening traces the history of everyone’s favourite four-fingered family from Springfield.
MEET Brooke Hemphill, the ‘straight’ Sydneysider who kissed a girl and liked it so much she spent the next year living as a lesbian.
KATE Moss is one of the world’s most famous models, but her rise to stardom was a rocky road, filled with out of control partying and emotional breakdowns.
IMAGINE if schoolkids were allowed to design the covers of their favourite books? Or make a book trailer — Spielberg-style — in praise of their literary lions? Pick your favourite
A CHAPTER of children’s classic Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, which was cut from the final version, has been published for the first time.
“I AM afraid of everything.” The Girls star has revealed the true extent of her long struggle with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
OPINION: In its misplaced vanity, Wayne Swan’s memories which have been documented in his new book represent a missed opportunity to reflect upon a crucial part of Australia’s economy.
YOU loved this book as a kid. You enjoyed the two film adaptations too. So what on EARTH is going on with the terrifying new cover design?
THE Harry Potter author has penned an extraordinary letter to a young girl who survived a tragic shooting that took her entire family.
GAME of Thrones fans, take note: Sean Bean has addressed one of the most controversial plot lines to date — and it’s related to Jon Snow.
THE music industry is in countdown over Molly Meldrum’s autobiography The Never Um … Ever Ending Story, due for release — at long last — in October.
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