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Rekindling Your Relationship after Childbirth
Rekindling Martien Snellen $34.95

‘It seems to me the basic conflict between men and women sexually, is that men are like firemen. To us, sex is an emergency, and no matter what we’re doing, we can be ready in two minutes. Women, on the other hand, are like fire.

Pitching in Perth

Is there value in a pitch? Jane Pearson, senior editor at Text, reflects on a session at Perth Writers Festival.

A pitching session pits a roomful of writers against a panel of publishers in an exciting battle of words and nerve.

David Vann on his new novel, Aquarium
Aquarium David Vann $29.99

This month sees the release of a new novel by David Vann, whose dark and deeply personal fiction debut, Legend of a Suicide, brought him to international prominence in 2008.

Long Reads for a Long Weekend

The March long weekend always seems to sneak up when you feel the year is just starting to settle into its routine: summer is over, kids are back at school and the credit card is looking a little weary, then, presto! Up pops another holiday, but this time when you have no plans

Remembering James Aldridge

I first encountered James Aldridge’s books in the Kangaroo Flat Library when I was a braces-wearing, freckled eleven-year-old in zinc cream and Ken Done shorts.

Hannie Rayson’s Hello, Beautiful!
Hello, Beautiful! Hannie Rayson $29.99

I am a playwright. I have spent thirty years pretending to be other people. I lie on the floor in my study and try to imagine I am someone else. It’s exhausting. Right now I am a dying man with drug-resistant tuberculosis.

Jayne Keeney P. I. in Thailand
Behind the Night Bazaar Angela Savage $23.95

Sex. Death. Corruption. Jayne Keeney P. I. on the case in Thailand.

Angela Savage's first Jayne Keeney novel came to our attention when it won the 2004 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript.

The Meaning of Things: Kate Grenville on The Lieutenant
The Lieutenant Kate Grenville $22.99

Jill Fitzsimons, English teacher at Whitefriars College, interviewed Kate Grenville about her novel The Lieutenant, which is a set text for the VCE English 'Encountering Conflict' context.

The Amazing Kelly Link
Get In Trouble Kelly Link $29.99

Kelly Link has been attracting some terrific press for her new collection of stories, Get in Trouble.

Scarlett Thomas in the Read more

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Love notes found between the covers of books at the Strand bookshop.

The love DNA of classic novels: now in handy infographic form!

17 ways to squeeze in a few extra books around the house.

'Oh, I don't need help moving' and other things you won't ever hear a book lover say.

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