Book Recommendations Archives

This September we’re launching Operation GMR, Get Men Reading. To celebrate, we’ve asked some of our favourite Australian authors to give us Five Books Every Man Should Read. Today’s guest is the Australian Romance Reader’s Favourite Author for 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, Anna Campbell. You know the eternal question? At least from the male half of the population. And no, ... Read more

This September we’re launching Operation GMR, Get Men Reading. To celebrate, we’ve asked some of our favourite Australian authors to give us Five Books Every Man Should Read. Today’s guest is the one of Australia’s most loved acclaimed writers, Susan Johnson. Recently I had a conversation with a couple of blokes over lunch about why men don’t read fiction. One affable bl... Read more

This September we’re launching Operation GMR, Get Men Reading. To celebrate, we’ve asked some of our favourite Australian authors to give us Five Books Every Man Should Read. Today’s guest is the one of Australia’s most loved children’s authors, Jacqueline Harvey. Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson As a children’s author it seems only right to offer up a ch... Read more

Ugly: My Memoir by Robert Hoge Robert Hoge was born with a massive tumour, severely distorted facial features, legs that were twisted and useless, and a mother who didn’t think she could take her son home. His life could have been achingly sad, but with his family he filled it with joy, optimism and the naughtiness of boyhood. ‘One Saturday morning in early August 1972, my parents s... Read more

This September we’re launching Operation GMR, Get Men Reading. To celebrate, we’ve asked some of our favourite Australian authors to give us Five Books Every Man Should Read. Today’s guest is the one of Australia’s most-respected columnists and writers, Anne Summers. I compiled this list on the 100th anniversary of my father’s birth. He liked to read when he was younger ... Read more

In Doctor Sleep, Stephen King returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shining. An epic war between good and evil, a gory, glorious story that will thrill the millions of hyper-devoted readers of The Shining and wildly satisfy anyone new to the territory of this icon in the King canon. King says he wanted to know what happened to Danny Torrance, the bo... Read more

This September we’re launching Operation GMR, Get Men Reading. We constantly get asked what books we’d recommend for husbands, sons, fathers, uncles, nephews etc. Today’s guest is the bestselling author of Sunset Ridge, Absolution Creek and many more, Nicole Alexander. Nicole, take it away… The Man from Snowy River by Banjo Patterson No ballad quite sums up the difficult... Read more

Life doesn’t get much better for Lauren Kate fans with her new book Teardrop about to hit the shelves, as well as the film adaptation of her Fallen novels in full swing. And if you haven’t gotten into Katemania yet (I mean, like, where have you been?), we’ve got a special deal on the Fallen box set to get you started. Teardrop by Lauren Kate Never, ever cry. . . . Eureka Boudr... Read more

This September we’re launching Operation GMR, Get Men Reading. We constantly get asked what books we’d recommend for husbands, sons, fathers, uncles, nephews etc. And we often answer ANYTHING because we think men simply don’t read enough (myself included). So we’ve asked some of Australia’s favourite authors to recommend five books that every man should read. Today... Read more

Collette Dinnigan’s Obsessive Creative: In this much-anticipated book from Collette Dinnigan, the Australian designer and fashion icon provides an intimate insight into her life and work. For the first time, this intensely private woman opens up about what makes her tick. What inspires her to create clothes worn by the most glamorous women in the world, from film stars to royalty? How has... Read more