Which rock star was born with one ear?
HE’S a member of one of the most famous bands of all time and he was recently inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. So who is he?
Books
Bob Saget: Secrets from Full House
BOB Saget, known as Danny Tanner on the 90s sitcom, has written a tell-all. From getting high on set to cleaning up poop, Saget didn’t hold back.
The final diary of Adrian Mole
SUE Townsend, the English author who delighted the world with her Adrian Mole books, has died in England.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez hospitalised
GABRIEL Garcia Marquez, whose novels have outsold everything published in Spanish except the Bible, has been admitted to hospital.
Little facts that are really lies
THERE are a lot of things in life you think are true but are actually wrong. Brace yourselves, these will blow your mind.
Epic fantasy release breaks internet
GAME of Thrones author George R.R. Martin ‘broke the internet’ when he released a chapter sample from the sixth book in his epic fantasy series.
Where the streets have Hobbit names
AND you thought Middle-earth was in NZ. Now a Queensland neighbourhood has laid claim to the title.
Kate Ceberano tells all: ‘My one big wish’
THE singer has been a mainstay of the Australian entertainment industry for 30 years — now she reveals all in a frank new autobiography.
Joh era: Another briefcase full of cash
THIS excerpt from a new book reveals how Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen was out to defeat the Liberals at the 1980 state election.
The weirdest book covers ever published
FROM How to avoid huge ships to Mummy drinks because you’re bad, these are some of the most shocking, albeit hilarious book covers you’ll ever see.
What drove Mick Taylor to kill?
BOOK EXTRACT: GO inside the mind of Wolf Creek 2 madman Mick Taylor in a blood-soaked prequel that explores his dark motives.
TV star opens up about childhood tragedy
JOE Hildebrand says he found it “difficult” to write about the disappearance of his nine-year-old brother who mysteriously vanished in 1987, sparking the largest manhunt in Victorian history.
Cult hit writer Boyd Oxlade dead
AUSTRALIAN Boyd Oxlade – the grave digger turned acclaimed writer for his cult hit Death in Brunswick – has lost his fight against cancer.
Brisbane in the swinging 60s
WHAT was Brisbane like in the Swinging Sixties? A suitcase of old photos has been turned into a book which gives us a stroll down memory lane.
X Files star makes paranormal return
FORMER X Files star Gillian Anderson is set to return to the genre that made her a pop-culture icon back in the 1990s.
‘Hillary has spreadsheet of betrayers’
HILLARY Clinton doesn’t just have a list of enemies and supporters – she has a spreadsheet.
Movie star wanted cocaine to help the CIA
IN A tell-all book a former CIA lawyer has revealed Hollywood stars often help the spy agency gather information, but not always for free. Some have wild demands.
Phone booths get new life as libraries
TWO booklovers have breathed new life into telephone booths made obsolete in the mobile phone age, converting them into mini libraries.
US opens first bookless public library
THE public library of the future looks a lot like an Apple store, with rows of iMacs, iPads and other tablets ready for checkout to anyone with a card.
Great novels ‘change brain’s biology’
WITH A great book we feel like we enter another world and no wonder: Scientists say novels change our brains to let us experience what we’re reading.
Ron Burgundy clears up hair myths
DOES he wear a toupee and does the carpet match the curtains? Ron Burgundy responds to the many myths about his famous hair in Let Me Off At The Top: My Life & Classy Other Musings.
New Salinger stories leaked online
THREE unpublished stories by J.D. Salinger have appeared online.
30 books you have to read before 30
GOT a quiet moment this weekend? You’ll need it. These are the books we believe you should read before you’re 30. Any later and their impact won’t be the same.
Rollicking time worth the wait
IT’S difficult to imagine a journalist taking 25 years to write a book . . . but that’s how long it took Nick Place to produce ‘Roll With It’.
What Bridget Jones did next
BRIDGET Jones is all grown up and married. But that doesn’t mean she’s changed all her ways.
Book stores are back in vogue
Good news for your favourite book store, it might just weather the online book boom after all.
How mental health was dealt with in the 19th century
COSTUMES, plots, firearms, escapes, pursuits, confrontations, kidnapping – it sounds like a movie, but it was reality for those who were thought to be mentally ill.
J.K Rowling: ‘Potter to potty-mouth’
THE first reviews for J.K Rowling’s new book, The Casual Vacancy are in. The Verdict? This. Is. Not. A. Children’s. Book.
The unbearable lightness of being poor Barnaby
WHEN Barnaby Brocket was born in Sydney, it was immediately clear he was an unusual child.
10 books for father’s day
DADS are being asked to man up and read a book this Father’s Day in a bid to improve children’s literacy skills.
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