THE English follow-up to hugely successful Spanish writer Carlos Ruiz Zafon's debut novel is out this week
PETER McConchie's passion nearly cost him his life. Now he hopes his photographs will save that which nearly killed him.
UK author Louise Bagshawe is fired up and ready for a sex scandal.
THE nickel price is skyrocketing and mine workers from around the world are besieging the small, remote West Australian town of Hopetoun to make their fortune.
From adoring book club fans to publicity declaring him "the next Tim Winton", WA's Craig Silvey has plenty of expectations on his plate - not to mention a lot of rhubarb.
A US woman has written a book about the unusual gift she gave her husband for his 40th birthday - 365 nights of sex.
IT'S easy to think US author John Grogan is your new best friend after reading his memoir, The Longest Trip Home.
IT may be a time past, but there are many who haven't forgotten it.
Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke will not be taking on the highly-anticipated follow-up, New Moon.
Past Imperfect
by Julian Fellowes
(Hachette Livre, $33)
STM Entertainment reviewers look at some of the offerings now on bookstore shelves.
STM reviewers look at what's hot on the bookstore shelves.
STM reviewers look at what's hot on the bookstore shelves.
Me Cheeta: The Autobiography
HarperCollins, $33.
DENNIS Lehane will happily 'fess up to being unpredictable, uncompromising and utterly driven.
THERE'S nothing like a publicity tour to encourage self-obsession. But fiercely friendly and relentlessly cheerful Kathy Lette bucks the trend.
Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia
by Maureen McCormick
(HarperCollins, $29.99)
GRAND finals are like birthdays. The more you experience, the more depressing they become.
The Other Hand,
by Chris Cleave
(Hachette Livre, $33)
HEIDI Holland asks the man sitting on the other side of the large wooden desk if he's ever been deeply in love.
STM reviewers look at recent offerings on the bookshop shelves.
READ the extract from Michael Robotham's new book Bombproof.
The Household Guide to Dying, by Debra Adelaide (Picador, $32.95)
Under attack by WA Police for her yet-to-be-released book on the Claremont serial killings, true crime writer and journalist Debi Marshall talked to Danielle Benda:
A NEW historical novel about a Dutch visit to pre-colonial North Fremantle and Mosman Park has drawn rave reviews from archeologists and Aboriginal experts.
WHEN you mention the term "mail-order bride", stereotypes and cliches jump to mind, bypassing deeper thought on the way.
THE plot is simple, the execution perfect. There will be death, lots of death. Some of it will be accidental, some deliberate. Much of it will be gruesome.
JODI Picoult's fourth-grade teacher gave her an F for one of her writing assignments. It still wrankles.
A forgotten tale of Australian Women's lives on the cusp of great social change gives a fascinating insight into a past era
Dog Boy
by Eva Hornung
(Text, $45)
CATHY Kelly has come to terms with her unholy work ethic. It worries her less, too, that she still has bad days as a writer.
STM Entertainment reviewers look at four recent offerings on the bookstore shelves.
Blanche Clark interviews award-winning Australia author Alex Miller, and STM Entertainment reviewers report on more of the best reads out now.
STM Entertainment looks at Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith, and the new P.D. James novel The Private Patient.
Nothing, they say, succeeds like a mystery, and author Boris Akunin is living proof of the maxim.
STM Entertainment reviewers look at some of the best reads available in bookshops now.
STM reviewers look at some of the best reads available in bookshops now.
THE death of Perth journalist Matt Price last November touched many - from Prime Minister Kevin Rudd down. Now a book of his best columns has been published.
Billy's Book for Blokes,
by Anthony William Brownless
(Allen and Unwin, $29.95)
DUSTY Buchanon is a female murder detective in the Top End. Her creator, Phillip Gwynne, has a sister, Colleen, who is among the Northern Territory's highest-ranking police officers.
STM reviewers take us through recent arrivals on the bookstore shelves.
STM reviewers look at recent offerings on the bookshop shelves.
A TRADITIONAL Noongar story about an extinct giant goanna that terrorised WA thousands of years ago is to get world-wide exposure on The History Channel.
WA booklovers can join one of the biggest book clubs in the country as part of The Sunday Times Big Book Club.
STM reviewers look at four new books -- Dead Men's Dreaming, The Crimes of Billy Fish, Hidden Depths and The Peacock Throne.
THOUSANDS of years ago, a giant goanna fought a pitched battle with a pack of dingoes at Fremantle, according to new book.