Did you know Jane Austen completed just six novels in her lifetime?
When you think of English literature, the name Jane Austen readily springs to mind. Born in 1775 in Steventon, England into a close, educated family that…
Cambridge Dictionary has named ‘parasocial’ its word of the year due to its viral and “unhealthy” relevance in today’s online world
The Cambridge Dictionary has just announced ‘parasocial’ as its word of the year for 2025 due to it being relevant to today’s social media relationships between…
Guinness World Records 2026 packs plenty of pop culture punch: we’ve got 15 copies to give away!
They say don’t judge a book by its cover. If you did, you might look at the Guinness World Records 2026 with its 2D monochrome cover…
Lonely Planet introduces a new ‘Journey’ series where long road trips and extensive treks become the destination itself
While things like physical fold-out maps and train and ferry timetables can now conveniently be viewed in digital apps on our phones, there are other aspects…
Beauty and the Beast: a monster of a production packed with memorable tunes, high-tech wizardry and talent aplenty
So far as adaptations go, if the job of film is to revive a classic story so that it reaches broader audiences and continues to satisfy…
Collecting: a coffee table book as glorious a keepsake as the artworks presented within
There are some coffee table books that look as beautiful – simply as decor in your living room – as the pages within those books. Such…
We test AI’s translation of the opening lines in popular literature… surprisingly it sets the scenes up quite nicely
I find it difficult to imagine a life without books. Even amid a relentless digital world – one with ongoing media everywhere we turn –…
Often feel you’re the one making dad jokes around the watercooler? Tips on landing a great job as the clock ticks on, in a book well worth re-viewing
When I was 24 I began going out with my first long-term partner. He was a confident 18 years older than me; indeed the digits of…
Seemingly infinite genres of literature at cool new bookstore Boundless Books
Oxford Street, Leederville, just a few minutes drive from the Perth CBD, has always been a bustling hub of culture and leisure. It seems that every…
Wonder World: Interview with ‘Wonders Under the Moon’ author Tai Snaith
While we’re all laying in bed on balmy summer or windy winter nights, there’s a heck of a lot of action going on under that everchanging…
Cool new coffee table book uncovers the brilliant history of Australia’s milk bars
I’m not sure what the kids today will consider fond memories when they’re grown up and surpassed their digital addictions. I do know I hold many,…
Arlyn Osborne’s cookbook ‘Sugarcane’ hones in on her Filipino-English heritage but the influences go even further back
Sugarcane is a cookbook that pays homage to Arlyn Osborne’s heritage, this being a blend of Filipino and English ancestry. It is an amalgamation of her…
Release date for Britney Spears memoir announced plus teaser cover art…
Britney Spears’ hotly anticipated autobiography has an official release date and some tentative cover art. The memoir, titled ‘The Woman In Me’, will be available on…
