2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (1113+ words) August 30, 2026 — 5:00am Works of fiction often come with a legal boilerplate disclaimer inside the front cover: “any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental”. Not so the latest novel by Rachel Cusk, the Anglo-American author who reinvented autofiction…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (939+ words) August 25, 2026 — 6:20pm Welcome to CityChats, where Brisbane Times meets our city’s most interesting characters on our most iconic form of transport. This week, children’s book author and illustrator Sophie Beer tells us about her unlikely corporate background, how her real-life experiences…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (684+ words) August 21, 2026 — 5:04pm When Maxine Beneba Clarke attended book events in Geelong and Bendigo last week, there was one thing missing – the books she was there to discuss. The poet, memoirist and children’s writer, who is a regular on school syllabuses, is…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (115+ words) There’s a bit of everything in this week’s new releases: love, sex, heartbreak, magic, politics, history and even a woman who may or may not turn into a leopard. Given the contested response to Slumdog Millionaire (some thought that it…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (53+ words) Ronson's new book, The Castle, examines why so many men - from a deluded millionaire to YouTubers and comedy writer Graham Linehan - have become disinhibited. August 21, 2026 — 5:00am...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1074+ words) The bestselling author explores why – when old societal institutions crumble – some men choose to lash out, retreat into fantasy, or build fractured kingdoms of their own. Political extremists, UFO buffs, conspiracy theorists – Jon Ronson has spent decades exploring the world…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (783+ words) Updated August 20, 2026 — 3:03pm,first published 2:09pm Isaac Heeney’s children’s books have been dumped by major retailers and bookstores and a third instalment put on hold following an allegation of sexual assault against the Sydney Swans player. The first two books in Heeney’s…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (616+ words) August 20, 2026 — 3:00pm It is 12 years since best-selling novelist Liane Moriarty thrilled readers with Big Little Lies, set in the fictional Sydney location of the seaside “paradise” of Periwee Peninsula. The bestselling novel was adapted with great success into a TV series....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (197+ words) August 20, 2026 — 2:09pm Allen & Unwin has paused publication of the third book in Isaac Heeney’s Little Isaac Footy Fever children’s book series, Super Swan, which was due to hit shelves in November ahead of the Christmas sales period. The first two books…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (188+ words) This is Book Week for burnt-out parents: minimal effort, maximum literacy. There’s no doubt that, as with many other things, the rise of social media has seen the expectations around Book Week costumes soar, with the twin thieves of joy…...