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She's faced bullets and bazookas, and told it like it is in conflicts around the globe. Now, Kate Adie, BBC journalist and possibly the world's most famous female war correspondent, has written a new book, From Corsets to Camouflage, a history of women in war.

This taut, terrific thriller was selected as the Great Read in the March issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly. It is a debut novel by university lecturer Jane Goodall, who lives in Sydney. Jane was born in the UK, but has spent most of her life in Australia.

Jane Goodall's novel, The Walker (Hodder) has been selected as the Great Read in the March issue of The Australian Women's Weekly.

EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT FROM JOANNA TROLLOPE’S NEW NOVEL, BROTHER & SISTER, selected as the Great Read in the February issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly and published by Bloomsbury. Natalie had been four when David came to join her. She’d been expecting a baby, not a silent, toddling boy with a big head and big soft […]

Joanna Trollope’s latest novel, Brother & Sister (Bloomsbury) has been selected as the Great Read in the February issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly. **Q You’ve heard the news that your latest book, Brother & Sister, has been chosen as the Great Read? A** I’m so pleased! My elder daughter has a wonderful girl from […]

This book, published by Chatto & Windus ($32.95), has been selected as the Great Read in the January issue of The Australian Women's Weekly. On sale in major book stores everywhere, it will display the red and gold Great Read sticker, recommending it as the outstanding book of the month. The following extract is taken from the first chapter:

Published by Chatto & Windus, and selected as the Great Read in the January issue of The Australian Women's Weekly.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH Audrey Niffenegger author of The Time Traveler’s Wife (RandomHouse $32.95), our Australian Women’s Weekly Great Read for December. **Q Your book, The Time Traveler’s Wife is often described as a classic love story – do you agree with that? A** I’m interested to see how people very much want to classify it….’it’s […]

Exclusive Extract from THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE (Random House Australia) by Audrey Niffeneger, the Great Read in the December issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly. Prologue Clare: It’s hard being left behind. I wait for Henry, not knowing where he is, wondering if he’s okay. It’s hard to be the one who stays. I keep […]

Stranger than fiction, here are the real stories of the book world. In the US they paid $US2million, for an American Idol judge to write a book called, I Don’t Mean to Be Rude, But… According to rumours, There’s A Bear In There (and he wants Swedish) by Australian actress and former Playschool presenter, Merridy […]