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A stampede of writers have withdrawn from an Adelaide festival after an anti-Israel academic, Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, had her appearance cancelled in the wake of the Bondi massacre.

After breaking the internet with I’m Glad My Mom Died, Jennette McCurdy returns with her debut novel, while translated fiction and memoirs dominate the list of next year’s most anticipated reads.

Gladiators and dictators, wolves and Beatles feature in our list this year.

Controversial author Salman Rushdie has been honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the Dayton Literary Peace Prize event in Ohio.

A cold husband, family betrayal, a cruel legal system, and 20 years of wrongful imprisonment: Kathleen Folbigg has survived them all. For the first time, a memoir shows just how.

Everyone’s favourite amnesiac super spy will enter a new era after Universal signed an expensive deal with author Robert Ludlum’s estate.

A bestselling memoir which was adapted into a movie starring Gillian Anderson has faced questions over several claims in the book.

Jennette McCurdy’s best-selling memoirs are being turned into a streaming series with Jennifer Aniston the lead.

Of course you should read the classics of the Western literary canon, but if you’re short on time or patience, these screen adaptations capture their source material.

If anyone is going to dial up the ‘ghost story’ part of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, it’s going to be Nosferatu’s Robert Eggers.

The former commando officer’s memoir reveals he used deception to prevent his soldiers discovering he was gay.

British novelist Kaliane Bradley hit the big time with her first book, a cross-genre story about a 19th century naval officer in 21st century London.

Author Kerry Greenwood’s death was announced yesterday but her legacy will live on, having created literary and cultural legend Phryne Fisher.

The author of a much-loved vampire novel series that was adapted for screens has died aged 66, with fans expressing their love and grief online.

Since the actor and gen X It Girl made her film debut at 15 with Keanu Reeves in River’s Edge, she’s been linked to powerful people, mostly men. In Say Everything, she hopes to let some of her stories go.