8 d. ago I know what you read last summer (and it was probably horror)

In 2023, there was a record number of new horror books published, and two years on, the trend shows little sign of slowing.

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1 week ago Luke Bateman shared his love of books online. Then social media turned on him

TikTok has fundamentally reshaped the way people read. And yet, a former footy player is now facing all the blame for a changing industry.

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1 week ago Australia news as it happened: Albanese could put US cattle back on table; Musk loses $52 billion in one day as Trump feud boils over

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1 week ago Australia news LIVE: Albanese could put US cattle back on table; Musk loses $52 billion in one day as Trump feud boils over

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1 week ago Australia news LIVE: Albanese could put US cattle back on table; housemates charged with murdering Queensland teenager

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1 week ago Australia news LIVE: Missing Queensland teenager’s housemates arrested over her death; Musk

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1 week ago Australia news LIVE: US beef on the table in trade talks; Musk

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2 w. ago Australia news LIVE: Tasmania’s AFL dreams up in the air as premier loses vote; Trump plays down Russia

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2 w. ago Australia news LIVE: Liberal powerbrokers face backlash over ‘assertive women’ remarks; Kean warns on ‘projected shortfall’ on climate targets

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2 w. ago Australia news LIVE: NSW rail workers wage deal stalls; Tasmania debates no

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2 w. ago Australia news LIVE: Economy grows by 0.2 per cent; Tasmania debates no

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2 w. ago Australia news LIVE: Canavan says ‘no way in hell’ Nationals will back Labor’s super tax; Ley urges US to grant Australia an exemption to Trump’s metal tariffs; Westpac

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2 w. ago Australia news LIVE: Canavan says ‘no way in hell’ Nationals will back Labor’s super tax; Westpac

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2 w. ago Australia news LIVE: Greens leader ‘disappointed’ over senator’s shock defection; European Commission President to visit Australia; Canavan says ‘no way in hell’ Nationals will back Labor’s super tax

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2 w. ago Australia news LIVE: Minimum wage lifted by 3.5 per cent; ‘part

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2 w. ago Jacinda Ardern: I was days away from learning if I’d run the country. But I waited on even bigger news

In an exclusive extract from her memoir, the former NZ leader writes that she had always “grappled with the idea that I was never quite good enough”.

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2 w. ago As Jacinda Ardern waited to become PM, she was sitting on even bigger news

In an exclusive extract from her memoir, the former NZ leader writes that she had always “grappled with the idea that I was never quite good enough”.

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2 w. ago I just read Jacinda Ardern’s memoir. No wonder she didn’t last

The former New Zealand prime minister’s memoir isn’t a dry political affair; it’s full of sympathy, love and empathy.

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3 w. ago As it happened: PM visits NSW flood zone and announces extended disaster relief payments; Healthscope enters receivership

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3 w. ago Australia news LIVE: Ley mulls Coalition front bench overhaul; Bradfield in the balance as amid informal vote surge; 3500 make insurance claims after wild weather

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