Being a person is so weird:Curtis Sittenfeld on life,luck and middle age

Being a person is so weird:Curtis Sittenfeld on life,luck and middle age

The author’s new collection of short stories features sliding doors aplenty – the what-ifs,the should-haves and the could-haves.

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Love Tesla but not Elon Musk? There’s a bumper sticker for that

Plus:get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.

  • Greg Callaghan,Katrina Strickland,Damien Woolnough,Melanie Kembrey,Barry Divola andLouise Rugendyke
American thriller writer David Baldacci

This best-selling author had an Aussie holiday. It became a thriller in the making

Australia hasn’t featured in any of David Baldacci’s 60 novels. But that might be about to change.

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Bestselling books of 2024.

What we read in 2024:The year’s highest-selling books

Australian authors took out the top three spots,as our appetite for cookbooks and genre fiction remained insatiable.

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The books we’re excited to read in 2025.

Thirty books we’re excited to read in the first half of 2025

Clear your shelves. Here are 15 fiction and 15 non-fiction titles you can look forward to reading this year.

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Anthea Bariamis,who became Simon&Schuster’s youngest publisher this year,specialises in signing romance novels including Hannah Grace’s hit Maple Hill series.

‘No shame any more’:Why romance novel sales have doubled in five years

Once upon a time,they were a hidden,guilty pleasure. Now,romance novels are enjoying booming sales here and abroad – and specialty stores of their own.

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Pamela Anderson (at left) and Patti Smith both self-publish newsletters on Substack.

Making the headlines:Pamela Anderson and the celebs publishing their own news

Plus:get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.

  • Lauren Ironmonger,Greg Callaghan,Damien Woolnough,Melanie Kembrey,Susan Horsburgh andDani Valent
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No longer hiding a bad-hair day:the baseball cap is back

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  • Deborah Cooke,Melanie Kembrey,Sharon Bradley,Louise Rugendyke,Barry Divola andMelissa Singer
There’s plenty of good reads hitting bookstores this October.

Ten new books we’re excited to read in October

Christmas always comes slightly early for book lovers.

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Before pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto died,his son filmed a spellbinding swansong

Plus:get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.

  • Barry Divola,Melanie Kembrey,Frances Mocnik andDavid Swan