Books

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.

Ryan Murphy is circling Bret Easton Ellis’s latest book, The Shards, but it’ll be fighting against a patchy history of adaptations.

After he was first accused of sexual assault in July 2023, multiple women have now spoken on the record about disturbing experiences with the famed author.

Acclaimed Australian author John Marsden who captivated millions of teenagers with his gritty and creative writing has died.

Many of us have felt it, and now it’s official: ‘brain rot’ is the Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year.

Australia’s pick for the 2024 Word of The Year is in, and you may not have ever heard it, but you definitely feel it.

Jamie Oliver’s children’s novel has been pulled form bookshelves after a controversy over his depictions of a First Nations girl. Here’s where it all went wrong for the celebrity chef.

Jamie Oliver’s book has been described by the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Corporation as ‘disrespectful and damaging’.