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First look at new HBO’s Harry Potter TV series as teaser trailer drops
The teaser shows HBO’s reboot of J.K. Rowling’s first book, The Philosopher’s Stone – and we will be able to see it earlier than anticipated.
- Kayla Olaya
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Sydney Writers’ Festival promises ‘brave conversations’ in wake of Gaza controversy
The festival is staring down a letter-writing campaign targeting its sponsors as it announces a program of intellectual heft and big literary names.
- Linda Morris
Board members quit Adelaide Festival as dumped writer calls in lawyer
Pressure to reinstate Palestinian-Australian author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah to the line-up of one of the country’s best-loved writers’ festivals is mounting.
- Kerrie O'Brien
Forty books for 10 types of reader – here’s what to read this summer
Our pick of standout summer reads matched to every mood, habit and beach-bag alter ego.
- Melanie Kembrey
Eight of the best biographies and memoirs of 2025
From politicians to music legends, here are eight biographies about fascinating identities and their impact on our world.
- Nicole Abadee
‘Very few people can do what she does’: How Jane Harper became one of the world’s biggest crime authors
A writing course helped Harper evolve from a newspaper journalist into one of our most acclaimed authors – along the way pioneering a new genre: outback noir.
- Amanda Hooton
- Opinion
- Romance & reality
I’m a bestseller. My genre keeps bookshops alive. Stop calling it ‘trash’
In 2024, readers snapped up 3 million books romance novels worth $46.4 million, and the category grows nearly 50 per cent year on year.
- Ali Berg
When Bruce Willis would ‘check out’, wife Emma knew something was wrong
Emma Heming Willis has written a book about her family’s experiences after husband Bruce Willis was diagnosed with dementia.
- Roy Ward
The brash upstarts taking on Australia’s book publishing world
They’re not waiting for a seat at the table. They’re building their own.
- Jane Sullivan
- Opinion
- Mushroom trial
As a barrister, there was one question I desperately wanted to ask Erin Patterson
Erin Patterson had 400 books in her home, and not one was devoted to mushrooms. But I desperately want to ask her about a different book.
- Rachel Doyle