Books
Modern masters retell Shakespeare
Masterful modern retellings of Shakespeare a fitting birthday gift, 400 years on.
5 books in 5 minutes
A FICTIONAL version of the Hindenberg mystery and stories of sightings of Tasmanian tigers top the list this week.
Whitney had ‘affair’ with Tupac
IN A book filled with explicit stories of sex and drugs, Bobby Brown’s memoir includes many allegations about Whitney Houston.
Waleed’s wife Susan on Islam
RAISED a Christian, Carland admits she used to think of Islam as a “barbaric, outdated, sexist religion” before she became a Muslim.
KAK’s husband’s ‘miracle’ progress
IN a new interview, Kerri-Anne Kennerley describes the amazing moment she finally felt her husband John had “really come back” to her.
5 books in 5 minutes
A THRILLER based on real-life catastrophes and a memoir about the heartbreaking reality behind one woman’s IVF experience top this week’s list.
Keen insights arrive in small packages
NICK Earls revives the novella with five stories set for release over five consecutive months.
Keen insights arrive in small packages
NICK Earls revives the novella with five novels set form release over five consecutive months.
Alba on being a sex symbol while still a virgin
JESSICA Alba was 19 when she shot the Maxim cover that turned her into a sex symbol. But the most ‘uncomfortable’ part was she was still a virgin.
First look: Harry Potter all grown up
HARRY Potter’s back: married, wearing a suit and doing a desk job for the Ministry of Magic. But his kid is acting up.
‘The most vicious woman in music’
A LEGENDARY drummer, who has worked with some of the biggest names in show business, claims no one has been meaner to him than Sharon Osbourne.
5 books in 5 minutes
A HISTORY of Adelaide zoo and a riveting German thriller are among this week’s top picks.
Debut crime writers crack the case
TWO first-time crime writers create knotty plots around supposed suicides.
Every budding novelist’s dream
MELBOURNE writer Jane Harper’s first novel sparked a bidding war and had Reese Witherspoon’s film company option the rights — all before it even hit the shelves.
’More than anything, there is always hope’
ANXIETY is not something anyone would choose. But it chose Elisa Black. And it has clawed at her insides until she was sick. But she has chosen to never give up.
Why Rebel said no to ‘full-frontal nudity’
GRIMSBY star REBEL Wilson has opened up about why she refuses to get naked on film. But she’ll never say never.
Zendaya: I’m not masturbating on this mag cover
IS ZENDAYA masturbating on this magazine cover?
It’s not an issue we thought we’d be debating when we woke up this morning, but here we are.
5 books in 5 minutes
A BIOGRAPHY of a boxer, a new story from the Little Coffee Shop of Kabul and a crime novel set in an elite boarding school are among this week’s top reads.
A revealing tribute to the ordinary
KATHARINE England reviews Between a Wolf and a Dog by Georgia Blain
Rose Byrne poses for Playboy
ROSE Byrne has posed for Playboy just three months after giving birth, but it’s not your traditional Playboy shoot.
Bella Hadid stuns in barely-there dress
BELLA Hadid has shown her supermodel big sister Gigi that she Cannes do it all, too, setting pulses racing with a knockout dress on the red carpet.
A novel way to make your fortune
AUTHOR Paula Hawkins, like UK compatriots J.K. Rowling and E.L. James, has made her fortune with a novel. And she’s promising fans another gripping thriller.
5 books in 5 minutes
TOP books this week include a journalist’s inside look at the war in Syria, an unforgettable trilogy in translation and the 1920s outback diaries of the founder of Penguin Books.
‘I masturbated for 16 hours non-stop’
LUKE Williams was researching ice addiction when he became addicted himself. This is how he sank into psychosis.
Kim’s dramatic first shoot since baby Saint
KARDASHIAN West also opened up to Vogue Australia on a whole raft of subjects from her heroes to her heroines and her faults to her favourite things.
5 books in 5 minutes
A NEW novel from Julian Barnes and a memoir of childhood lived in the shadow of a bipolar father.
DeLillo creates a chilly future world
DON DeLillo’s new novel creates a chilly future world where death isn’t necessarily the end.
Prince Harry: ‘When she died, there was a gaping hole’
HE WAS only 12 when he lost his mum, Princess Diana. Now Prince Harry has talked emotionally about how she still influences his life.
