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Looks like the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is coming back! Norstedts, the Swedish publisher of the best-selling trilogy, has signed a contract with Swedish writer David Lagercrantz to write a new novel about journalist Mikael Blomqvist and hacker Lisbeth Salander that is scheduled to be published in August 2015. Larsson’s trilogy sold an astonishing 75 million books in 50 countries. The b... Read more

Sometimes we all feel like curling up with a cup of tea and having a bit of a weep. A book is the perfect answer for that kind of mood – you can experience an entire emotional rollercoaster in an evening without ever having to leave your couch. Each of these books guarantees that combination of escapism and all the feels. There will be no graceful, one-tear-silently-slipping-down-the-chee... Read more

For a reader, the holidays are a thing of beauty. It’s your chance to spend your mornings reading, your lunchtimes reading, your afternoons reading, and your nights reading! These holidays it’s time to sit back, put the feet up, and lose yourself in a great book. And our Holiday Haven has something for the whole family, from puzzle books for the kids to big fat novels for mum and da... Read more

That’s right folks, Jack Reacher will be 5 feet of fury again in a new film adaptation of Lee Child’s bestselling Jack Reacher series. Based on Never Go Back, the latest book from Child, Reacher heads back to his old military base in Virginia before finding trouble in, as always, all the wrong places. So the question remains. Is Cruise the best choice for Jack Reacher? Do you have s... Read more

2013 has been an absolute feast for readers. Month after month another superstar would hit the shelves, another first time author would turn our heads, another beautiful kids book would steal our hearts. Selecting our Books of the Year was never going to be easy. These selections are not in order, and while some amazing books that have missed out, we can’t resist a list, so here we are. H... Read more

One of Australia’s favourite novelists Kate Forsyth, author of Bitter Greens and The Wild Girl, continues her monthly blog with us, giving her verdict on the books she’s been reading. I read 9 books this month, with an interesting mixture of historical fiction, contemporary suspense, and philosophy. It was also AusReading Month in the blogosphere and so I made an effort to read some... Read more

There is nothing better than a good scary book. A book which makes you look over your shoulder, jump at your phone ringing and give you the heebie jeebies late at night. This list has something for every phobia. Clowns, zombies, ghosts, murderers and unbelievably creepy children… Pick your poison. And when you can’t sleep without double-checking the closet and double-locking the doo... Read more

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The Girl with All the Gifts has had the industry abuzz, and with its release a few weeks away our friends at Hachette Australia are giving you the chance to win 1 of 10 advance copies! For your chance to win, tell us below in 25 words or less, what gift you have that makes you a winner? Entries close midday Friday, so get in quick and you could be reading one of the biggest books of next year, ... Read more

Anyone who loved Rose Petal Jam is going to adore this chilly sister volume about the winter foods of Poland. Sydney GP Beata Zatorska is back with more family and carefully chosen classic recipes from around her native country, lovingly collected on journeys through snow and ice. It takes a lot of love to publish a book that puts so much effort into photography (magical snowscapes by Beata’s d... Read more