Faraway tree or Andy Griffiths’ treehouse? Books for the inbetweeners.
It is not hard to find great books for young children. Libraries and bookshops have considerable areas dedicated to the…
It is not hard to find great books for young children. Libraries and bookshops have considerable areas dedicated to the…
Nobel Prize winner Bob Dylan said in a recent lecture that you didn't really need to get a book, song…
It is easy to despise certain gossip magazines. They build up celebrities before brutally tearing them down with make-up free…
The news is not good for writers. One of Australia’s great authors, Frank Moorhouse, is apparently going broke. He is…
It can be hard to find gifts for a father-in-law. If he’s not into golf, footy or fishing, the choices…
It's footy season again. Aussie Rules supporters have risen out of their summer hibernation and gathered their sashed or striped…
A disabled child is killed, yet the reader finds themselves sympathising with the murderer. A family is slaughtered, but readers…
Terms of endearment help bring people together. They are a way of displaying affection and familiarity between couples, parents, their…
The ideal mother looms large in art and popular culture, from the ubiquitous image of Mary cradling Baby Jesus to…
There is a tradition in Iceland of giving loved ones the gift of a book on Christmas Eve. Closer to…