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Will to Live by Matthew Ames I have always been intrigued by how things work. It’s a trait I’ve inherited or learned from Dad. I was his assistant growing up, and I’ve had a lot of practice thinking about how to put things together. I have memories from when we lived in Sydney of holding tools and pieces of gyprock, and of Kate, Rachel and myself dressed in garbage bags with h... Read more

The winners of this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards were announced in Canberra today, marking the official launch of Children’s Book Week! How many have you read? OLDER READERS WINNER Wildlife by Fiona Wood Life? It’s simple: be true to yourself. The tricky part is finding out exactly who you are… “In the holidays before the dreaded term at ... Read more

Grab a copy of Karl Cooks here Karl Cooks by Karl Stefanovic From the co-host of Australia’s popular Today show comes this easy to use cookbook full of delicious recipes for any Aussie home chef that wants to be able to eat like Karl. Whether you’re planning a weekend with mates, looking to spoil your lady friend or need a no-fuss breakfast to ease your hangover – Karl Cooks h... Read more

During July we gave you the chance to win 1 of 3 Girls Night In prize packs which not only included books but chocolates and a blanket.  All you needed to do to enter was buy Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty! And the lucky winners are… S.Costin, Limpinwood, NSW R.Davino, Merrylands, NSW B.Hill, Cheltenham, NSW Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty ‘I guess it started with the mothers.&... Read more

If you’re a book nerd, you’re all in or nothing. That means you don’t just love reading, but everything about books. You love the look, the feel, the smell… …and especially seeing how they’re made. We take a step behind the curtain to see the design process of printing posters and covers for James Ellroy’s highly anticipated new novel Perfidia, the firs... Read more

Dr Xanthe Mallett is like Bones, except real and far more interesting. She sat down with John Purcell to talk about her new book Mothers Who Murder. Grab a copy of Mothers Who Murder here Mothers Who Murder by Xanthe Mallett For a limited time get a signed copy! Child murder: A social taboo and one of the most abhorrent acts most of us can imagine. Meet the women found guilty of murdering their... Read more

We knew Big Little Lies was going to be big, but we didn’t know how big. But now that Hollywood has stepped in, oh boy. Liane Moriarty has today confirmed that Kidman’s production company Blossom Films and Witherspoon’s Pacific Standard production company have joined forces to option the screen rights, and it looks like the two stars will be in front of the camera as well as behind. So... Read more

Buzz around the world is reaching fever pitch ahead of the release of three-time Miles Franklin winner and two-time Man Booker Prize winner Peter Carey’s new book Amnesia. And now we have a cover… So what do you think? Some people currently writing this blog have been lucky enough to get a early look at Amnesia, and it’s Carey at his cheekiest and his angriest. One senses this... Read more

Alison Alexander has won the 2014 National Biography Award for The Ambitions of Jane Franklin. Alexander beat out some stiff competition in the form Gideon Haigh’s On Warne, Sheila Fitzpatrick’s A Spy in the Archives, Exit Wounds: One Australian’s War on Terror by John Cantwell & Greg Bearup, Kitty’s War by Janet Butler and Steve Bisley’s Stillways. The Award was est... Read more

If you thought Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl was a hit, it’s only going to get bigger as the hype grows for the October 2 release of the film adaptation, directed by David Fincher and starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. And with every film adaptation inevitably comes a film tie-in edition. Fans around the world hold their breath hoping the new cover will do their beloved novel justi... Read more