In a battle worthy of one of his hugely successful books, author Stieg Larsson’s untimely death has pitted his partner, Eva Gabrielsson, against his family, as she tells William Langley. On a November afternoon in 2004, 50-year-old Stieg Larsson, an overweight, chain-smoking, Swedish news agency reporter, arrived at his office in central Stockholm. The lift […]

I Came To Say Goodbye, By Caroline Overington, Bantam Australia, $32.95. The reality of the often hidden child welfare system is revealed by this powerful story of a broken family in an Australian country town. The themes in this brilliant book are played out on news bulletins across Australia every week. A young woman in […]

Holly Kerr Forysth is a writer, photographer and passionate gardener. She takes time out of her busy schedule to share her favourite books in Book Club. What was the last book you read? I try not to read too much fiction, as intriguing, involving fiction can prevent me reading research [non-fiction] material. I have just […]

Two young lovers – one Indian, one Welsh – fall in love, sparking a lifetime of challenges, children and courageous rebellion, with a vow to “rattle the cage of the world”. The Salman Rushdie endorsement on the cover does this charming, gentle love story a disservice. Not because it isn’t “captivating”, as Rushdie notes – […]

Getaway presenter Catriona Rowntree discusses her favourite books in our new monthly Book Club feature. What was the last book you read? After reading a recommendation in this very magazine, I grabbed at the airport, en route to Tuscany, Frances Mayes’ latest offering Every Day Iin Tuscany. To read her colourful description of her beloved […]

Detective Anna Travis’ worst nightmare comes true when a sadistic killer she helped put behind bars claims he can help her with a murder investigation. A redhead, clad in snappy suits and starched collars, Lynda La Plante’s Detective Inspector Anna Travis has crime investigation in her blood. Her late father was a detective chief superintendent […]

Read our review of Elizabeth Speller’s The Return Of Captain John Emmett then tell us what you think on the form below for a chance to win a copy of the AWW Cooking School cook book and have your critique printed in The Australian Women’s Weekly books pages. When a young English soldier unexpectedly commits […]

Win our Book of the Month Be one of the first 25 people to sign up to the Simon & Schuster monthly update and correctly answer the competition question for your chance to win a free book! About the book At a certain time in life, we all come to realise what is truly important […]

Read our review of Nicky Pellegrino’s Recipe For Lifethen tell us what you think on the form below for a chance to win a copy of the AWW Cooking School cook book and have your critique printed in The Australian Women’s Weekly books pages. Mediterranean turquoise cover, splashed with a couple of ripe lemons and […]

The past returns to the present in this story by Catherine Lyons, the 2009 winner of The Australian Women’s Weekly/Penguin Short Story Contest. Download the unedited version of Catherine’s wining story The Ghosts Of The Williows here.