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05/11/2009 Ashley Greene plays Alice Cullen in the film The Twilight Saga: New Moon.
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How my vampire cravings began

Jay Kristoff’s strong views on vampires have made him a global star. For him, the monsters are ‘twisted reflections of our own selves’, not tortured Twilight emos.

AJ Finn and Ike. Pic: Brandon Bakus
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How my dog became an author

His debut was a global smash and major movie, but then AJ Finn went off the radar – until ‘a ten-kilo gremlin with a face like a wet cigar’ became his accidental new co-creator.

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Trent Dalton in Brisbane, the setting for his new novel Lola In The Mirror, out Oct 2023. Its lead character is a homeless teen, living on the streets. PIc: David Kelly

Wake up and look past the Olympics

Yes, we’ve snagged the Olympics – but furious Trent Dalton says Australians first need to fix a growing crisis on our streets “while we’re talking about how great we are”.

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Twenty-two years ago, few had heard of Lynette Dawson, the mother-of-two who disappeared without a trace from Sydney’s northern beaches in January 1982.

New details on Dawson saga

It was the cold case that gripped Australia – and the world. Now a new book will shed more light on the investigation into Chris Dawson’s murder of his wife Lynette.

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