‘I stole my friend’s family story’
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Author snapshots the beauty of reaching out
Author Tara Eglington has shared a glimpse into new book The Long Distance Playlist. It’s about the blossoming friendship between two former friends.
French pens love story to Australia
Banjo Paterson’s poem Clancy of the Overflow has captivated esteemed Aussie author Jackie French for decades. Now, she dubs her novel of the same name a tribute to Australia in a story told in the lives of the women Clancy loved.
‘Prozac Nation’ author dies at 52
Gen X literary icon Elizabeth Wurtzel, the author of acclaimed ‘90s memoir ‘Prozac Nation’, has passed away in Manhattan.
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Fifty shades of Jaid
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The tweet that ruined her life
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‘How Fifty Shades saved my marriage’
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Has Sports Illustrated gone too far?
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To Kill a Mockingbird gets sequel
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Sam’s sizzling swimsuit cover shoot
SUNRISE host Samantha Armytage lays her body bare for the latest issue of Australian Women’s Weekly, stripping off for a beautiful swimsuit shoot.
Laura Dern shows her Wild side
OSCAR nominee Laura Dern reveals what she learned making her new film with Reese Witherspoon … and why she owes Benedict Cumberbatch a big favour.
Working stiff: Brain-eating maggots of the dead
HOW does one deal with rotting bodies, the stench of death and maggots oozing out of decomposing flesh? Here’s a career where brain-eating maggots is part of the job.
‘Life in Hollywood was bulls**t’
CHRIS Hemsworth says life in Hollywood before he made it big was “bulls**t” and it was “gross” how differently people treated him after he landed his role as Thor.
Writer tracks down bully after 40 years
WHIPPED with a belt and tormented with chilli sauce, Allen Kurzweil never got over the abuse he suffered as a boy. Four decades on, a Google search for his school nemesis led to an astonishing find.
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