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The bookshelf Prepare to be hooked ...
The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell, Century
The Last Exiles by Ann Shin, HarperCollins
Leaving HOME
We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride & Jo Piazza, HQ
Love and LOSS
My story My impossible choice
Kristine Rawlinson had a successful career as an NDIS community engagement officer, but when her husband, Neal, was left disabled by a catastrophic infection, she was shocked by how hard it was to get the support they needed.
Ready for a festive battle
When it comes to getting prepped for the Christmas season, the early bird gets the tinsel.
Storytime
The Raffles Affair by Vicki Virtue, Penguin
Scary Monsters by Michelle de Kretser, Allen & Unwin
CONTEMPORARY FICTION
OUT OF AFRICA
In a quest to save wild African lions from extinction, filmmaker Rogue Rubin went undercover, posing as a big game trophy-hunt photographer and putting her own life at risk. She reveals her terrifying journey.
Muddy People by Sara El Sayed, Black Inc
Memoir
Gin by Shonna Milliken Humphrey, Bloomsbury
Pocket BOOK
Devotion by Hannah Kent, Picador
Historic ROMANCE
The birth of hope
In 2020, the number of children in foster care rose to 46,000, and almost half of those are in NSW. With many moving from place to place with no solution in sight, one inspiring young woman is determined to end the cycle.
Murder in Larrimah
The curious investigation into the disappearance of Paddy Moriarty and his kelpie Kellie in a tiny Northern Territory 12-person community.
Love under fire
Keith Payne VC is an Aussie hero, bravest of the brave, but managing the pain beyond the glory has proved a tough battle for Keith, his unfailingly supportive wife, Flo, and their five sons.
Our happy place
When high-profile political journalists Annabel Crabb and Leigh Sales started a podcast characterised by their own madcap friendship, it showed them what happiness is all about.
A patchwork of love
When Helen Comport’s son was critically injured in the war in Afghanistan, she was inspired to gather a community of quilters to wrap our veterans and their families in gratitude.
SLAVERY IN THE SUBURBS
There is a common misconception that slavery is a matter for the history books, but millions of people are still enslaved today – shockingly, some of them right here in Australia.
When Rachel met Deborah
They always admired each other from afar but when Rachel Griffiths and Deborah Mailman finally joined forces in TV’s Total Control they were not only in fan-girl heaven, they became instant friends.
What's really going on with Princess Charlene?
Why has she spent so much of this year away from Prince Albert and their children in Monaco? The word on the streets of this glamorous principality is that Princess Charlene might never return!
WHO KILLED THE BEATLES?
Millions of words and hours have been spent on the break-up of the Beatles. But now, half a century on, the history books are being rewritten, old scapegoats exonerated and new culprits brought to light.
Women of the land
There are so many inspiring women championing courage, kindness and resilience in the bush. Here are just a few who we’ll be thinking of on October 15, the United Nations International Day of Rural Women.
My post-50 joy
When author Charlotte Wood hit 50 something incredible happened – a surge of power and optimism backed with the wisdom of decades that is still with her six years later.
Great read
Reading room
Olivia - Letting Go Of Fear
In an exclusive interview from her farm in California, Dame Olivia Newton-John talks about her bonds with family and nature, and how these two helped her through the dark days of the COVID crisis in the United States.
Stephanie Alexander - The Making Of A Food Lover
In her long-awaited cookbook Home, Stephanie Alexander shares essays and dishes that are the bedrock of her repertoire. It is a celebration of a life spent exploring the sensual and social delights of food with recipes that will be cooked, shared and talked about for years.
Remember the time
September 16, 1956, television arrives in Australia
Territory dreaming
Leave behind the big smoke and lose yourself in the sprawling, solitary vistas of Kakadu and Arnhem Land.
There's Always A Silver Lining
Before she joined ABC TV’s News Breakfast, Lisa Millar conquered her darkest fears, covered 10 terror attacks, loved deeply and lost those dearest to her. In an intensely candid interview she shares her tears, laughter and joy.
The Kate Factor
With fraternal spats, a satirical royal TV show and Prince Harry’s upcoming tell-all memoir dominating news around the world, the Duchess of Cambridge’s quiet dignity, devotion and duty is cutting through the noise and turning heads.
Our Remote Healthcare Heroes
The further you live from a big city in Australia, the tougher it is to get the healthcare you need, but it doesn’t have to be that way. The Weekly meets inspiring women bringing healing to the bush.