Adult book-reader decline may be a sign of the times

Adult book-reader decline may be a sign of the times

Malcolm Knox’s article relating to grown-ups reading books less is a timely reminder to reflect on some of the negatives of social media.

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Why an Afghan teenager’s underground book club needs Australia’s help

Why an Afghan teenager’s underground book club needs Australia’s help

As women’s rights have been wound back,one teenager and her friends have found a way to study.

  • byGarry Maddox
Stranger than fiction:Why are we so mad for memoirs?

Stranger than fiction:Why are we so mad for memoirs?

Australian sales of memoirs have more than doubled in 20 years. What’s behind our insatiable appetite for them?

  • byJane Cadzow
Once a secret indulgence,romance novels are coming out from under the covers

Once a secret indulgence,romance novels are coming out from under the covers

In a world plagued by disease,war,the climate crisis and interest-rate hikes,they offer readers comfort and hope.

  • byDanielle Norton
Some of Amazon’s top-selling guidebooks are being created by scammers

Some of Amazon’s top-selling guidebooks are being created by scammers

They are among Amazon’s top sellers and have hundreds of five-star reviews. The only problem? They’re being created by AI.

  • bySeth Kugel andStephen Hiltner
I’m a bit of a Luddite and I lost 50 pages of the book:Patrick deWitt

I’m a bit of a Luddite and I lost 50 pages of the book:Patrick deWitt

The Canadian novelist lost a large chunk of his new novel when he was last in Australia. It turned out to be a blessing.

  • byJason Steger
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Novel concepts in cyberstalking
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Novel concepts in cyberstalking

Quit reading over my shoulder!

Only a book can transport you to another world
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Only a book can transport you to another world

Our phones are turning our brains the consistency of couscous.

  • byMalcolm Knox
‘I feel like people are sick of him’:Prince Harry’s book fails to excite Australians

‘I feel like people are sick of him’:Prince Harry’s book fails to excite Australians

Despite breaking sales records in the UK,Prince Harry’s tell-all memoir hasn’t lived up to the high sales expectations in Australia on its release day.

  • bySarah Keoghan andLachlan Abbott
My greatest escape:52 books from 52 countries in 52 weeks
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My greatest escape:52 books from 52 countries in 52 weeks

And I didn’t have to leave home - or I couldn’t. My daughter set me this reading challenge at the height of the pandemic restrictions.

  • byDavid Crowe
1984,Orwell’s novel of repression tops Russian bestseller lists

1984,Orwell’s novel of repression tops Russian bestseller lists

Readers in Putin’s Russia are rediscovering George Orwell’s dystopian world where totalitarian rulers oppress their citizens to maintain support for their wars.

  • byKevin Liffey