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Romance and rom-com readalikes
Uzma Jalaluddin has taken Jane Austen’s prototypical romantic comedy of manners and transformed the squabbling Bennett clan into a boisterous Indian-Muslim family living in modern-day Toronto. Ayesha Shamsi is smart, independent … and unmarried at 27, a fact …
Picture books about love
We all need a love umbrella sometimes. When life doesn’t turn out the way we want it to (when you’re left out of a ga…
Be my Galentine: Books featuring female friendship
Love, obsession, jealousy, validation, support … the many complex and inspiring facets of female friendship make for great literary subject matter.
In honour of Galentine’s Day (the fictional holiday from TV show Parks and Recreation that occurs on 13 February and celebrates your love for your best girlfriends) here is a list of recommended reads with female relationships at their heart.
A…Australian books to get excited about in the first half of 2019
After the Party by Cassie Hamer (February)
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Our top 10 bestsellers of the week
Topping our bestsellers last week was …
Our children’s & YA top 10 bestsellers of the week
The Stella Prize longlist 2019
The longlist for this year’s Stella Prize has been announced. This $50,000 prize is awarded for the best work of literature, fiction or non-fiction by an Australian woman published in 2018.
The judging panel for this year’s award comprises Stella Prize co-founder Louise Swinn (chair), author Michelle de Kretser, journalists Daniel Browning and Kate McClymont, and Head of Children’s and YA Progra…
Our top picks of the month for book clubs
From the writer of Cat Person, the 2018 New Yorker short story that went viral, this debut collection covers sex and dating in the modern world. Roupenian’s stories about people grappling with desire, punishment, guilt and anger feel fresh and of the moment, addressing directly the lives of young …
What we’re reading: Jennifer Spence, Jonathan Haidt and M.J. Tija
I’ve been reading The Lost Girls by Sydney author Jennifer Spence. It’s an intriguing concept. Returning from a trip to the city Stella finds her suburb familiar yet changed. Her warehouse apartment build…
Kids books, events & news for February
Follow the daily and seasonal ebb and flow of activity around a lig…