Melanie Kembrey
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- Sep 29, 2026
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A new book shows another side to ‘the guy who punched a shark’ (opens the original)
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You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. The book lover’s favourite season continues into October. Christmas is looming, which means publishers are bringing out the big guns: door-stoppers, page-turners and enough literary catnip to see us through to summer. There are heavy hitters making much-anticipated returns and a few unexpected turns from local favourites. So let’s take our reading inspiration from Rocky Balboa, whose creator, Sylv
Author and journalist Blanche d’Alpuget dies aged 82 (opens the original)
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Blanche d’Alpuget, the acclaimed Australian author, journalist and widow of former prime minister Bob Hawke, has died aged 82. Her family announced her death on Wednesday morning, saying d’Alpuget died on September 8 following complications from influenza. “Blanche wrote and lived entirely on her own terms,” her family said. “She was full of vitality, generosity and curiosity, with an extraordinary appetite for beauty, ideas, history, new places and spirited conversation. She refused to be confi
A Father’s Day book guide for every type of dad (opens the original)
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You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Forget the socks, barbecue tools or yet another novelty mug. The best Father’s Day gift is surely one that keeps on giving: a book. And because no two dads are quite alike, we’ve found a page turner for every kind – from the one who wants to bake a cake or solve a crime, to the one trying to understand US politics (good luck) or simply get across the latest buzzy read. A Rising of the Lights, by S
Bookstores pull Heeney’s children’s book from sale (opens the original)
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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 new Little Isaac Footy Fever series had been on shelves for barely two weeks before retailers began pulling them from sale as details emerged about the actions of five Swans players on Sunday night. Aimed at children aged seven to 10 and billed as stories about finding “fun
Sydney council pulls book critical of Israel from library shelves (opens the original)
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A Sydney council has pulled a book scrutinising Israel’s actions in Gaza from its library shelves pending a “review”. Waverley Council confirmed How to Sell a Genocide: The Media’s Complicity in the Destruction of Gaza, by US writer Adam Johnson, had been withdrawn from Waverley Library. The library serves Bondi and surrounding suburbs in Sydney’s east, home to one of Australia’s largest Jewish communities and close to the site of the December 2025 massacre. “Like most public libraries, Waverley
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