Last updated: October 12, 2017
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Now you can read in the pool

Kindle Oasis
Chris Griffith
You may not read underwater but Amazon’s first waterproof Kindle opens up new reading options.

Hanks adds new page to career

2016 Milken Institute Global Conference
Ben Hoyle
Life remains like a box of chocolates for the Hollywood star: no one knows what they’ll get next from him.

‘Shake my head at the insanity’

Ivana Trump and Donald Trump - 1989
In a new book, Donald Trump’s ex-wife Ivana has revealed painful details of his affair and the major rift it caused with son Don Jr.

Actor’s life with infernos

Actor Mel Gibson (l) with Steve Bisley in scene from film "Mad Max". /Films/Titles/Mad/Max
Stephen Romei
‘Actors are children who never wanted to stop playing, so they didn’t,’ says Steve Bisley in his cracking new book.

Really, Russell?

Russell brand for watch may 28
David Free
Its a strange order we have when we pay celebrity typists such as Russell Brand lavish sums to lecture us on the shallow culture we live in.

Actor’s life with infernos

Actor Mel Gibson (l) with Steve Bisley in scene from film "Mad Max". /Films/Titles/Mad/Max
Stephen Romei
‘Actors are children who never wanted to stop playing, so they didn’t,’ says Steve Bisley in his cracking new book.

Insights of a bibliophile

The Library, by Stuart Kells
Sophie Quick
Sex, thievery, piracy ... there’s many a good story in libraries but these are the topics in a book about libraries.

Glimmers of hope in darkness

Patience, graphic novel by David Clowes
Cefn Ridout
How well do we know our loved ones? Two graphic novels navigate these concerns in compelling but different ways.

Eclipsing the Bard

Mel Gibson in a poster for the 1990 film Hamlet
Aidan Coleman
Hamlet: Globe to Globe chronicles the years in which London’s Globe Theatre took the play to nearly every nation.

A pair of ragged claws

A pair of ragged claws
Stephen Romei
Authors of books that have been turned into movies are part of a literary record their ghosts will resent.

Welcome to the ‘sufferfest’

Scott Carney, Wim Hof and Dennis Bernaerts
Toby Fehily
They push the limits of human endurance because they believe technology has made us weak. But the end result is cold comfort.

Really, Russell?

Russell brand for watch may 28
David Free
Its a strange order we have when we pay celebrity typists such as Russell Brand lavish sums to lecture us on the shallow culture we live in.

Drawn to the legend

From Nick Cave: Mercy On Me
Felicity Plunkett
Reinhard Kleist’s illustrated version of Nick Cave’s world is a confection made of characters Cave has channelled.

What resilience must look like

Lizzie Velasquez, posted on YouTube as the 'World's Ugliest Woman'
Christine Jackman
Lizzie Velasquez was 17 when she stumbled across a YouTube clip of herself, posted by a stranger and ­titled World’s Ugliest Woman.

Barnesy memoir shows the way

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JEFF APTER
The Barnesy Factor has unleashed a flurry of tell-all memoirs from performers of a certain vintage.

Ishiguro wins Literature Nobel

Kazuo Ishiguro.
The 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to British author Kazuo Ishiguro.

Rhiannon’s family links exposed

Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon poses for a photograph during a NSW Greens State Delegates Council meeting at Crows Nest in Sydney, Saturday, July 8, 2017. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING
TROY BRAMSTON
A new book about Lee Rhiannon’s mother lays bare the history of one of Australia’s leading red families.

‘Terror worse than Cold War’

Former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke speaks at the National Press Club during the book launch of Gareth Evens memoir 'Incorrigible Optimist' in Canberra, Wednesday, October 4, 2017. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING
PRIMROSE RIORDAN
Bob Hawke has warned that the current geopolitical situation is more dangerous than the Cold War.

All that remains

TWAM 30 Sep 2017
Sarah Krasnostein
The stain on the sofa is shocking and frightening — but not as frightening as the tableau of a life suddenly interrupted.

Journey into a nightmare

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David Attenborough
David Attenborough battled malaria to film a rare great ape in Borneo. Then his guide turned his gun on it.
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