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.
Max Corstorphan
She was the only woman to lead a French resistance network in World War II, and is the heroine of internationally bestselling Perth author Natasha Lester’s newest book.
Megan French
West Australian country-born author Michael Trant has opened up about his latest rural thriller Blood and Gold in Manjimup this month.
Anjelica Smilovitis
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.
Dina Gachman
In 1995, a family with five kids 14 and under moved from Perth to the wetlands in Lowlands, a peaceful place between Albany and Denmark.
Sofia Fimognari
The Sydney Writers’ Festival has announced its new chair, just days after Kathy Shand quit over concerns this year’s event lacked diverse views on the Gaza conflict.
Zoe De Koning
A local initiative to get Albany children reading celebrated 20 years on Friday with a disco and face painting for parents and their young ones
Jacki Elezovich
Albany author John M. Taylor will launch the second edition of his novel I Will Find You in Albany this weekend.
Denmark author Marlane Ainsworth’s new gift book offers nuggets of gold wisdom from her everyday life and time spent in her cottage garden.
The owner of Perth’s newest independent bookstore opened on Saturday amid a cost-of-living crisis, a national decline in reading and a time when bricks and mortar continues to struggle against online shopping.
Kate Emery
Experts have revealed the “huge gripe” they have with a major trend dividing an Aussie industry while it simultaneously brings a community together.
Clareese Packer
Excited Aussies set up camp in the streets in a desperate bid to get their hands on a new and eagerly awaited item overnight.
Two senior opposing MPs have put politics aside to push back against a move to reclassify classic films and books.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
A West Australian author who set her debut young adult novel in Nannup has surprisingly attracted mostly adult readers because of the location.
Our favourite things include an empowering book written by a Hollywood star, a fabulous local Fringe show and metallic ECCO sandals.
STM team
From cosy crime to a love story with a difference, these are the best new page-turners to get lost in this summer.
Cy Clayton
Answers can be found in Bridget Hustwaite’s new book Figuring Out Thirty, a part self-help and part-memoir that attempts to decode the decisive decade that for many can be filled with dread.
Jade Jurewicz
It was a big year for homegrown talent, with new books from Australian authors Tim Winton, Helen Garner and Liane Moriarty.
It’s been a huge year in books with some of the biggest names in literature releasing new work. Here is a round-up of some of the best, most interesting and notable tomes of the past year.
Belle Taylor
Councils have warned library services could soon be limited due to funding failing to kept pace with demand, as the cost-of-living crisis drives more people to use public resources.
Caitlyn Rintoul
A legendary Australian author who wrote more than 40 books over his distinguished career has died aged 74.
Blake Antrobus
An award-winning author and sister of a Cold Chisel member has been killed in a horrific incident at Kings Park in Perth.
Emma Kirk
In this extract from Ali Gripper’s book Saltwater Cure, the surfing icon shares her tumultuous life in and out of the water, from a difficult childhood to pushing herself too hard and now, sharing her lessons.
Ali Gripper
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