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Top 10 business books

Top 10 business books

Catherine Moolenschot's Jim's Book tops the business bestsellers chart ahead of Brene Brown's Dare to Lead and Phil Knight's Shoe Dog

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Top 10 romance fiction bestsellers

Top 10 romance fiction bestsellers

Danielle Steel tops the romance fiction chart with Turning Point

Books That Changed Me: Fiona McCallum

Books That Changed Me: Fiona McCallum

Fiona McCallum had to stop reading one of Franz Kafka's stories because she found it so powerful she thought she might be sick.

Sulari Gentill brings Rowland Sinclair back for one more mystery
Canberra life

Sulari Gentill brings Rowland Sinclair back for one more mystery

Looking for a way to connect with her husband, the author never expected a series to develop.

  • by Karen Hardy
Litbits, March 16, 2019: Happenings in the Canberra literary scene
Canberra life

Litbits, March 16, 2019: Happenings in the Canberra literary scene

There's plenty of things happening in the literary scene.

  • by Karen Hardy
Word Play: Generational boundaries are claptrap; let nannas yell fabbo at will.

Word Play: Generational boundaries are claptrap; let nannas yell fabbo at will.

Gee! Amazing! Righteous! Squee! It's time to trespass the imaginary boundaries of generational language.

  • by David Astle
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Novelist Rebecca Makkai on The Great Believers
Sydney Writers' Festival

Novelist Rebecca Makkai on The Great Believers

It was time to tell the long-neglected story of the impact of AIDS in Chicago.

  • by Melanie Kembrey
Casey Legler: I swam for every chance to get wasted
Sydney Writers' Festival

Casey Legler: I swam for every chance to get wasted

Olympic swimmer. model, author ... Casey Legler reveals the darkness of her unusual and distressing girlhood.

  • by Rachel Olding
Baby review: murderous black humour drives debut

Baby review: murderous black humour drives debut

New Zealand author Annaleese Jochems' Baby is both sinister and drily funny.

  • by Rebecca Varcoe
An insider's view on modern media disruption
Sydney Writers' Festival

An insider's view on modern media disruption

The former executive editor of The New York Times attempts to chronicle the recent evolution of the modern news model

  • by Peter Fray
The Hollow Bones review: casting new light on history's horrors

The Hollow Bones review: casting new light on history's horrors

Leah Kaminsky's deeply researched novel is based on one of the strangest events of the Nazi regime.

  • by Review by Anne Susskind