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A splendidly tricksy locked-room mystery, a fortune teller in Georgian high society and Indian mobsters make this year’s list

Despite the inherent chance and coincidence of Australian history, there’s a certain sense of inevitability when we trace our national narrative in hindsight. The sequence of chapters in our textbooks and syllabuses seems logical and coherent. Colonisation follows European imperialism and exploration. Suffrage follows the discovery of gold. Federation is…

Fans of the pop superstar will be disturbed by the relentlessly bleak portrait painted by her globally anticipated memoir

Fans of the pop superstar will be disturbed by the relentlessly bleak portrait painted by her globally anticipated memoir

American journalist and author Sam Lansky has reportedly helped to shape Britney’s globally anticipated memoir, ‘The Woman in Me’. Having written a book about his turbulent teen years and interviewed A-listers from Adele to Madonna, he’s well placed to shepherd the star’s story, writes Annabel Nugent

Stephen Rubin, a longtime publishing executive with an eye for bestsellers and a passion for music and public life, has died

Doris Kearns Goodwin’s next book is a work of history that’s also close to home

The first authorised biography reveals the Australian poet’s fascinating contradictions, but has less to say on the wilful white amnesia of her work