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Last updated: December 26, 2010

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Promise in pages to come in 2011

michael kirby

Lucy Clark AT this time every year a weary book reviewer gets a spark of excitement over the books to be published in the new year.

Is fat the new Gordon Ramsay F-word?

Gordon Ramsay

By staff writers DOCTORS vote chef's new book the worst of this year, saying its recipes will wreak health havoc.

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Readers devour 30-Minute Meals

Jamie Oliver

By Des Houghton JAMIE Oliver's latest book, 30-Minute Meals, is selling at the rate of 80,000 a week in the UK - making it Britain's fastest selling non-fiction title.

Best books to escape in this summer

Lucy Clark THE first question people ask on learning that my job is to read books is: "How many books do you read in a week?"

Present of words for boys and girls

Fiona Purdon IF YOU are looking for books that kids can rip into these school holidays, there's plenty of titles guaranteed to entertain all ages.

Wombat author Ruth Park dies at 93

Stephen Romei ACCLAIMED author Ruth Park, celebrated for her novels about Depression-era Australia and her much-loved children's books such as The Muddleheaded Wombat, has died in Sydney aged 93.

Pace keeps king of thrillers firing

Bruce McMahon HIGH-OCTANE thriller writer James Patterson doesn't bother taking time to describe the curtains when there's action at hand.

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