• Series
• Review

Book Reviews

What’s good, what’s bad, and what’s in between in literature this year? Here we review the latest titles.

• TikTok

This former Bachelor opened a TikTok account to talk about books. Now he has a publishing deal

Luke Bateman started a TikTok account to share his thoughts about books he loved and had 136,000 followers within days – here’s what happened next.

• June 4, 2025
• Mercedes Maguire

• Review

Estranged sisters and a curious gift: 14 new books to get stuck into this month

There are plenty of books heading our way as we head into winter. Here is a small sample.

• June 3, 2025
• Jason Steger

• Indigenous culture

‘Grave robber’ posed for cameras as he pillaged human remains

The bi-nation expedition in 1948 was launched amid great fanfare but quickly turned toxic with secrets, scandals and the pillaging of Aboriginal burial sites, as revealed in this edited extract.

• June 1, 2025
• Martin Thomas

• Magazine
• Sunday Life

The June 1 Edition

It’s our annual winter reading issue, featuring Emily Henry, Rosie Waterland, and six celebrated authors, who share the books that changed their lives.

• Sunday Life

The book that changed me: Hannah Kent, Sarah Wilson, Hilde Hinton and more

Six celebrated authors share the book that changed the way they approach their work - and lives.

• June 1, 2025
• Jane Rocca

• Sunday Life

She’s written five bestsellers in five years, all before turning 35

Author Emily Henry has reinvented the romantic fiction genre for the modern era, with strong women in the driver’s seat.

• June 1, 2025
• Hannah Swerling

• Opinion
• Spectrum

Is it just me, or is everyone rude now? (It’s not just me)

I’m always discombobulated when someone is rude to me. I think most people are.

• May 31, 2025
• Richard Glover

• Sunday Life

Without realising, I started to live as a character in one of my books

Do authors live in the world of their books or are their books merely an extension of them?

• May 30, 2025
• Joan Sauers