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2 days ago

The best memoirs and biographies of 2025 ⊕

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Anthony Hopkins and Kathy Burke on acting, Jacinda Ardern and Nicola Sturgeon on politics, plus Margaret Atwood on a life well lived

Not all memoirists are keen to share their life stories. For Margar…

27 days ago

The Mushroom Tapes review – Erin Patterson through the eyes of Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein ⊖

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

This account of what the three authors observed during Patterson’s triple murder trial does resemble a podcast transcript at times, but it is extremely readable

Every reader of The Mushroom Tapes will…

29 days ago

‘Erin Patterson remains mysterious to me’: Helen Garner, Sarah Krasnostein and Chloe Hooper on the mushroom murders ⊖⊖

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Three of Australia’s most acclaimed writers have teamed up to write The Mushroom Tapes, about the weeks they spent at the triple-murder trial, picking apart lies, media ethics and evil

“None of us wan…

31 days ago

‘I’m never surprised when I read about a woman murdering a man’: Helen Garner on her Baillie Gifford prize-winning diaries

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Her first book outraged Australian critics – but now she’s scooped the UK’s top nonfiction prize. She talks about female anger, becoming cool at 82 – and why winning made her feel like a stunned mull…

61 days ago

Erin Patterson mushroom murders inspire new book by Helen Garner ⊖

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Co-written with Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein, The Mushroom Tapes is inspired by their experience attending the headline-grabbing trial earlier this year

Helen Garner, one of Australia’s most acc…

3 months ago

Helen Garner and Dua Lipa’s interview caused a personal crisis. How do I be ‘quietly intelligent’? | Leading questions

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There’s a way of thinking about traits such as intelligence as gifts, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. The next step is figuring out how to share them

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4 months ago

Pissants by Brandon Jack review – is this novel a critique or a celebration of toxic masculinity? Even it isn’t sure

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The former AFL player’s debut novel barely has a plot, following a group of aggressive, entitled footy players as they get wasted and treat women like props

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Helen Garner praises Dua Lipa as ‘serious and sensitive’ after musician adds Australian author to her book club

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Music superstar announces 2014 courtroom drama This House of Grief as first Australian pick for global monthly book club

Helen Garner has praised Dua Lipa as a “serious and sensitive” interviewer afte…

5 months ago

My perfect holiday reading, by Bernardine Evaristo, David Nicholls, Zadie Smith and more

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Authors including Michael Rosen, Samantha Harvey and Rutger Bregman reveal their books of the summer

  • Summer reading: the 50 hottest books to read now

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8 months ago

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