Mr Darcy
Mr Darcy has been given his most radical makeover yet, appearing as a bespectacled, bow-tie-wearing duck who favours top hats and is prone to blushing.
Books
Explosive Eighteen
YOUR holiday was interrupted by the arrival of one of your two on-off boyfriends who got into a fist fight with the other, which ended with both of them in hospital.
Violet Mackerel’s Natural Habitat
THE latest threat to the environment is a daisy-skirt-wearing brunette with a vital interest in science and an unfortunate tendency to kill unsuspecting insects with kindness.
Muse
IT’S the supernatural world’s equivalent of the witness protection program, only in Muse, the party in need of monitoring is an angel.
The Night Strangers
WHEN Chip Linton, plagued by post-traumatic stress disorder and the ghosts of a fatal accident, decides to make a fresh start, he picks the one house with a sealed basement.
Memoirs Of A Suburban Girl
A RELENTLESS, terrifying account of domestic violence that sees each chapter rain down a fresh round of blows on its young victim.
Affair of the Art
THE characters at the heart of his latest book may be inspired by Sidney Nolan, but Alex Miller says the story reveals more about himself.
Shadow of the Titanic & Titanic Love Stories
WITH the 100th anniversary of the 1912 sinking of the Titanic drawing closer, two books look at the lives of those involved in the disaster.
Five good reads
IN need of a good read? Here’s a selection of the latest fiction, non-fiction and childrens’ books, reviewed by our team.
A Little Bird Told Me
AT 34, Kasey Chambers is young for an autobiography but, just like her music, there’s no lack of material.
The Hypnotist’s Love Story
A FEW years ago, Liane Moriarty was sitting in a coffee shop with her then boyfriend when a woman walked past.
Life of Reilly
MATTHEW Reilly hates routines, but he’s guaranteed to put out a bestselling blockbuster novel every two years.
Divorce and all its pain
CAROLINE Overington examines the Family Court and the rights of the child in her latest novel.
Jolley time for winners
GOOD friends Gregory Day and Carrie Tiffany were surprised and delighted to be named joint winners of a major short story competition.
Little People take over Big Brother
A MILLION copies of Haruki Murakami’s latest novel sold in the first week of sales in Japan. Now Australians can find out what all the hype is about.
Talking of stalking
What could drive a well-respected professional to stalk her ex-boyfriend? Liane Moriarty wrote a novel to find out.
Sweeping story of survival
ELLIOT Perlman’s latest novel spans the globe from New York and Chicago to Poland’s Auschwitz and Melbourne.
Picture books worth a look
There are books about happiness, fathers and observing the world for pre-schoolers, and climate calamity and appreciating nature for junior students.
Colonial secrets surface
Concluding her colonial trilogy took Kate Grenville on a journey that closely mirrored her own quest for family knowledge.
At heart of Peggy’s art
Human emotions are evident and raw in Melbourne author Peggy Frew’s debut novel House of Sticks.
Don’t hug your dog
Dogs hate being cuddled and humans need to stop projecting their needs on to their pet, Martin “The Dog Man” McKenna says.
Magic of Amazon is author’s muse
ART really did imitate life for writer Ann Patchett, whose sixth novel draws on her own travel adventures in South America.
Prize end to a short tale for Egan
JENNIFER Egan might have claimed a swag of literary awards for A Visit from the Goon Squad, but the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction-winning novel had a humble and unexpected genesis.
Magic of working as one
WHAT can we learn from lions, ants, the Dallas Mavericks and Mumbai’s lunch-box delivery men? Mehrdad Baghai says they all know how to work as one.
Bionic Man reborn as a comic hero
A SIX Million Dollar Man movie project pitched by cult hero Kevin Smith 13 years ago is finally seeing the light of day – as a comic book.
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