Fleur Morrison

Readers Are So Lucky That People Are Mad Enough To Write Books

Eventually, their heartfelt masterpiece might find its way onto tables marked '3 for $10', where, in all likelihood, it will remain.

28/05/2017 6:16 AM AEST

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Write About Sex Like Your Mum Is Never Going To Read It

Authors risk exposing their own private desires when their characters get frisky.

21/05/2017 7:07 AM AEST

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There's No Such Thing As Doing Motherhood By The Book

Since becoming a mother, I have come to appreciate more and more the diverse, complex depictions of motherhood in fiction.

14/05/2017 6:38 AM AEST

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If Your Pet Hate Is Pet Names Then Remember One Thing, Darling

Whether you're 'babe', 'chicken' or 'mouse', take heart that your pet name is spoken with affection. (Unless it's 'muffin'.)

06/05/2017 6:03 AM AEST

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Things Aren't Always Black And White Within The Pages Of A Book

Books can blur the line between good and evil.

30/04/2017 6:39 AM AEST

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You Can Have Your Footy Season While I Team Up And Have A Ball Reading Books

Don't like AFL? Join the (book) club!

23/04/2017 6:26 AM AEST

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Are Book Reviews A 5-Star Idea?

The brave, new(ish) world of citizen reviews can inform, but they can also misguide.

15/04/2017 4:29 AM AEST

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Children's Books Are Not Just For Kids

When you read them out loud, you are almost singing, and there is undoubtedly something joyful in that.

01/04/2017 6:19 AM AEDT

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A Happy Ending Isn't All It's Cracked Up To Be

The sadness we hear in music, literature and film is strangely irresistible.

26/03/2017 6:10 AM AEDT

Marc Romanelli

Why You Should Read Challenging Books

Go on, show some spine.

19/03/2017 4:25 AM AEDT

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Don't Judge A Bookshop By Its Cover

It would be a terrible shame to lose the opportunity to visit physical bookstores, whatever form they might take.

12/03/2017 10:39 AM AEDT

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Don't Tell Me Reading Is A Waste Of Time

I read because of the way it makes my world a bigger, more complex and exciting one.

05/03/2017 6:23 AM AEDT

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Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover, But By Its Reader

Every reader brings their own biases, moods and habits to the story.

26/02/2017 6:08 AM AEDT

Chris Turner

If You Hate Your Commute, Take A Leaf Out Of My Book

For readers, commuting offers that most elusive of luxuries -- free time.

13/02/2017 6:45 AM AEDT

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Cookbooks Aren't Going To Solve Our Health Problems

I'm not sure that all of this focus on food is bringing us any level or joy.

05/02/2017 7:02 AM AEDT

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What Is The Greatest Australian Novel Of All Time?

I'm sitting on the fence.

25/01/2017 10:47 AM AEDT

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There's No Cure For The Post-Book Blues

They're fictional, but that doesn't make the loss any less real.

18/01/2017 1:31 PM AEDT

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Men And Women Read Very Different Books. Is That A Problem?

We try to dissuade our children from falling into gender stereotypes, but what about our own?

11/01/2017 9:38 PM AEDT

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Romantic Fiction Makes Heroes Of Us All

Anyone can be a romantic hero between the covers... of a book.

05/01/2017 3:17 PM AEDT

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Whoever Thought Being A Book Nerd Would Be Fashionable?

You wouldn't read about it.

30/12/2016 11:15 AM AEDT

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