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We’re impatiently waiting for its release.

Imagination brought to life.

It hits shelves this month.

"It's been really hard for me to explain how we got from absolute catastrophe to the new version of our life."

It has officially hit shelves.

She sadly passed away in 2023.

It’s the rock legend’s 6th book.

‘What would happen if she filed for divorce?’

'You Are A Wildlife Warrior!' will hit shelves in 2025.

"The claims are absolutely devastating."

Academy Award nominee Harvey Keitel has joined the cast.

'How I healed from heartbreak'.

From chaos to order in a moment.

The MasterChef judge on the moment he knew Lauren was The One.

''After losing her, I was determined to help others.''

''I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man.''

''Not everyone knows the truth about my ‘naughty’ book.''

''The sudden rise to fame took its toll.''

We simply can't wait!

“Mackenzie chose this baby for us.”

The truth 
is out!

Upon reading this book, you will constantly ask yourself: Who deserves to be the mother of this child? Who does this baby belong with?

Now I’ve found my calling, nothing will keep me out of the saddle.

Need inspo for Book Week? Relax, we’ve got you covered.

A new page-turner just in time for winter.

Need a new book? Here's five.

"Nothing will be off limits," an insider reveals.

The author behind the Deltora Quest series and Pigs Might Fly is back with a new children's classic.

Australia’s literati celebrate the year’s best books at the 2017 ABIA Awards.

Harry Potter fans rejoice! JK Rowling is writing a series of spin-off films set in her much-loved wizarding world. The British author has announced she will pen the script for several new feature films based on one of the Harry Potter’s schoolbooks Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. The movies will feature the book’s […]

You’ve read the books, bought the soundtrack and fantasised about the movie — now you can buy the official Fifty Shades of Grey underwear. E L James announced today that a lingerie line inspired by her erotic trilogy would be launched in Target Australia stores on September 26. “I’m thrilled that Target will be the […]

Longbourn by Jo Baker, Doubleday. Did the publishers back in 1813 have any inkling of the level of popularity Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice would reach? Possibly not. Yet, 200 years later, that appeal is still palpable, so English author Jo Baker has either done a very smart or a very naive thing with her […]

Natasha Walker is the best-selling authoress of Australia’s hottest erotic fiction … or is she? Caroline Overington reveals Natasha’s big secret. Don’t read this if you don’t like the feeling of being duped. Okay. The Weekly is exclusively revealing today that the author of the racy Australian trilogy, The Secret Lives of Emma, isn’t a […]

And the Mountains Echoed , by Khaled Hosseini, Bloomsbury, $32.99. There’s something deliciously engulfing about Khaled Hosseini’s writing, taking us on a journey so intense and recognisable that you never want to let go. It doesn’t matter that the lands he transports us to are faraway and unfamiliar. In fact, it makes the story even […]

Sex, Drugs and Meditation by Mary-Lou Stephens, Pan MacMillan Australia, $32.99. Anyone who read Eat Pray Love should be forgiven for never wanting to read another self-discovery book, especially not by a woman. That book was nauseating. Yes, of course, like everyone else, I inhaled it, and even gave copies to friends. It was so […]

Blood & Beauty By Sarah Dunant, Virago $29.99. With a new pope charged in part with cleaning up the image of the Catholic Church, Sarah Dunant’s delicious epic delving into Renaissance Italy and the lives and lusts of Rodrigo Borgia and his extended family couldn’t come at a more pertinent time. While we are most […]

British author Iain Banks has revealed he has terminal gall bladder cancer. The 59-year-old made the surprise admission in a touching letter to his fans. You can read his words in full below: A personal statement from Iain Banks: I am officially Very Poorly. After a couple of surgical procedures, I am gradually recovering from […]

Life After Life By Kate Atkinson, Random House, $32.95. Pursuing the many avenues of what could have happened if one moment in time had turned out differently is not unique — think Groundhog Day, Sliding Doors — but dramatising the notion with quite the intriguing multi-layered detail and myriad mind-bending permutations that award-winning author Kate […]

The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult, Allen & Unwin, $29.99. This astonishing return to form from US best-selling author Jodi Picoult, whose last two books were comparatively lacklustre, is surely her most outstanding work to date. Sage Singer, 25, is a brilliant baker at Our Daily Bread in small town Westerbrook, run by former nun, Mary […]

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion, Text Publishing, $29.99. After winning the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for best unpublished manuscript last June, interest in Graeme Simsion’s The Rosie Project has catapulted from low hum to very loud buzz in the literary world, with 30 countries snapping up the rights, earning the Melbourne-based debut author more […]

Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher, Indigo, $22.99. It’s called cross-over fiction; novels that speak to adults as potently as they do the youth market and if any sector is going to save the future of book publishing, surely this is it. It’s a category forged by Harry Potter, Twilight and a host of post-utopian serials, […]

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One of Australia’s favourite authors, Bryce Courtenay, has died at the age of 79. The South African-born novelist passed away in his Canberra home at 11pm on Thursday with his family by his side, ending a long battle with stomach cancer. The best-selling author was best known for his much-loved novel The Power of One, […]

Move over nubile virgin Ana Steele, there's a new erotic heroine in town and she's a grandmother.

A mother-of-three has written an entire 200-page novel on her Blackberry.

The discovery of volumes of a war-time personal diary leads to the publication of one of the year's most surprising reads.

Pippa Middleton has revealed her struggles over coming to terms with fame brought on by her family and figure. In her debut book, Celebrate: A Year of British Festivities for Families and Friends, the usually private princess of party planning talks about being suddenly thrust in to the limelight thanks to her sister Kate marrying […]

A first-time author serves up a beautifully unpredictable novel dealing with how love can conquer even the darkest past.

Since being thrust into the spotlight at the side of her sister Kate, now the Duchess of Cambridge, Pippa Middleton has played the part of socialite, a formidable bridesmaid, and occasional honorary royal. Now she can also call herself an author. Following in her parents professional party-planning footsteps, Pippa has released her debut book — […]

Albert of Adelaide by Howard L. Anderson, Allen & Unwin, $26.99. Animal Farm meets The Magic Pudding with a little bit of Ned Kelly charisma in this delightful and surprising adult tale set in the Australian desert. Our protagonist is a duck-billed platypus who has escaped from the Adelaide zoo to try to discover the […]

So-called 'mummy porn' novel 50 Shades of Grey has overtaken Harry Potter to become the fastest-selling paperback of all time.

A surprising love story set against a complex political backdrop reaches a dramatic conclusion in this debut novel.

Set in an idyllic 1957 Melbourne of fruiterers where babies are weighed on the grocery scales, Dickins delights an honorary swearing in to the diminutive Fairyland in this fun adult novel.

Travel journalist Lee Mylne has done an impressive job with this guidebook combining practical information (including full accommodation pricing), with personal reviews and whimsical historical tales.

The premise of the book is to help with motivation and positive thinking with each page having an inspirational quote or saying.

Livia Prescott thought she was at rock bottom even before the stalking started. You would think that a failed marriage, a custody battle, and a dying father would be traumatic enough for anyone.

Set in the criminal underworld of Washington DC in 1972, it’s alive with huge “afro” hairdos, glamorous muscle cars, and classic soul music.

Mary and Elizabeth Durack were the spoiled creative daughters of a pioneering cattle king. They grew up to become two of Australia’s most influential artists.

Angel On My Shoulder - An Autobiography by Natalie Cole, (written with Digby Diehl), Warner Books, $19.95. The Grammy...

Author Helen Brown recalls the day her doctor told her she would need a mastectomy in this extract from her new book.

The Honourable Phryne Fisher is a glamorous, gutsy, and gloriously wealthy detective in 1920s Australia.

Flawless as Helena Rubinstein's skin, and as captivating as the Polish born Jewish beauty magnate's 70 year reign, this brilliant biography stands as a fascinating history of "make-up".

Grief is a popular subject in fiction at the moment and Peter Carey launches his latest on a river of tears stretching 150 years.

Roger prides himself on being Norway's gun corporate headhunter. But an indulgent lifestyle and his wife's hobby leave him strapped for cash, so he boosts his income by stealing valuable paintings.

This account of a young orphan boy adrift in Paris in the 1930s unfolds both in words and pictures.

The Brothers of Baker Street is an off-beat whodunit with great dollops of old fashioned British charm and humour, soaring surprisingly to a cinematic peak which brings central London to a standstill.

As all readers of Pride and Prejudice will remember, George Wickham was a thoroughly bad egg. Charming, cheating, utterly untrustworthy, but a murderer?

It's never a good sign when a bestselling thriller writer teams up with another author whose name creeps on to the cover in a much smaller font. But Cussler and Brown's Devil's Gate is a ripping read.

The West End Front is an unromantic but exciting account of fascinating people, opulent surroundings and difficult times.

In Christopher Paolini's magical world, a poor boy transforms into a warrior, a sapphire blue egg becomes his magnificent dragon, and an army with little reason to hope valiantly battles for freedom.

Anyone who has filled the role of a carer volunteer or paid will identify with the unique and intensely personal relationship that develops between two opposites in Jojo Moyes' latest novel.

81-year-old Halina Wagowska felt compelled to write this "her last testimony before she drops off the twig" and it's remarkable; at once harrowing, thought provoking and surprisingly uplifting.

In the publishing industry there has been a lot of chatter about this debut novel, a lyrical charmer based on a Russian folk tale about a childless couple who conjure a girl made out of snow.

Dedicated to the men and women of the US forces, this is Hannah's twentieth novel, but the one she says she had the most difficulty writing, because of her determination to do the military proud.

A cracking, taut prologue in which a traumatised young woman launches herself off a London bridge to be lost to the murky depths of the Thames sets the pace and tone for this highly accomplished novel.

There's a reason why people fight so hard to get better… because at some point someone will get better. Why shouldn't Patrick be the one?

John Meyer Frey was just seventeen years old when he was sentenced to die for the murder of his girlfriend.

The Light Between Oceans, by M.L. Stedman, Random House, $32.95. There was an international bidding war for this debut novel by Australian author Margot Stedman and while the plotline is solid, it is the mesmerising quality of the writing that has caused the much deserved commotion. Stedman’s descriptions are superb: vivid and accessible without being […]

Only the great Joan Didion, perhaps, could ask this of us. To return to the well of despair and drink deeply, again, of her pain.

A fantastical tale set in the late 1800s about two old magicians engaged in an eternal duel.

"The book behind the Oscar-winning best foreign film", says the stamp on the cover.

Dava Sobel gives us the man who revolutionised our understanding of how the universe worked, Polish cleric, doctor and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.

Never challenging but never predictable, The Litigators is a great read, you'll be cheering David Zinc through the mess in which he finds himself.

This book is refreshingly entertaining and educational, taking us into the rich symbolism of the painting.

By the end of this biography I didn't know whether to love or hate Gabrielle Chanel.

This book is hard to put down even though we all know the story of Hazel Hawke.

This book follows patient Beckett's pent-up courtship of Clare over kiddy sleepovers and sick days in bed with their mom.

Foal's Bread is an extraordinary piece of writing and 47-year-old Gillian Mears' first novel in sixteen years.

This anthology reveals the best of that collection including some telling images of women and children, showing just how far we have come.

New York, 2003. A citizens' jury must decide which is the best design for a healing, heart-lifting memorial to the victims of 9/11.

Fifty Animals that Changed the Course of History, by Eric Chaline, Crows Nest, $35 The plus of this beautifully-packaged book on the impact of animals on human history is that it will help you blitz your next trivia night and blind-side your friends; the minus, it could turn you into a crashing bore, arming you […]

Review by Jennifer Byrn Boomerang: The Meltdown Tour, by Michael Lewis, Allen Lane; $39.95 Michael Lewis is the master of making financial journalism accessible. And — perhaps his best trick — funny as well. This tragi-comic romp through European’s current economic disaster is a worthy successor to past hits such as Liar’s Poker and Moneyball, […]

The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides, Fourth Estate $29.95 The marriage plot was the staple of the great English novels of the 19th century so what, you might wonder, is the thoroughly modern author of the Pulitzer prize-winning Middlesex doing re-tilling this field? Subverting it, is the answer. Setting the ideals of happy-ever-after love against […]

Shadow of the Titanic by Andrew Wilson, Simon & Schuster UK, $40 For 705 passengers on the Titanic the sinking wasn’t the end of the story but the beginning of their new lives as “survivors”. Most had suffered the loss of husbands or children, some had to answer for their actions that night, and others […]

Believing the Lie by Elizabeth George, H&S Fiction, $32.99 He’s the 8th Earl of Asherton, but he’s better known as TV sleuth Inspector Lynley. Literature’s most aristocratic investigator is back and he’s undercover in beautiful Cumbria, quietly looking into the supposed accidental death of a member of a wealthy local family. Ian Cresswell has left […]