Why Myleene Klass's advice is not my cup of tea
Hard-to-stomach celebrity revelation of the week? It has to be that bizarre announcement by Myleene Klass, self-appointed spokeswoman for the Breast Milk Marketing Board, that she has offered her...
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Look at the body language of police officers and any other first responders. Are they moving briskly, their heads on a swivel? Or are they chatting each other up with an overall tone of relaxation...
View Article10 ways to talk to your child about weight
Education secretary Michael Gove's nine-year-old daughter has been withdrawn from her ballet classes over fears she was becoming worried about her weight. So how exactly do you tackle such a touchy...
View ArticleThe Nita B. Kibble Literary Awards: celebrating Australia’s women writers...
(Source: Perpetual Limited) Media Release The Nita B. Kibble Literary Awards: celebrating Australia's women writers for 20 years 2013 shortlists for the Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards (Kibble...
View Article'The Bold and the Beautiful': Steffy wants to be alone and Liam chats with...
Naturally, Brooke continued to force the issue telling Eric they could have it all again. She told him if he would step up and help her, she would devote her entire life to him. She insisted this time...
View ArticleRude Celebrity Interviews: When Stars Get Frustrated With Their Interviewers...
Jesse Eisenberg surprised many fans when he was a bit rude during an interview with Romina Puga of Univision News last month. The actor was chatting with Puga as part of her "Say My Name" web series,...
View ArticleThe critical perspective
THERE are critics, and there are critics' critics: those who not only practise literary criticism but are advocates for its advancement. Adelaide author, academic and critic Kerryn Goldsworthy -...
View ArticleIt's hard to get a word in edgeways when your interviewing Thomas Keneally
Keneally spoke about his latest book, Daughters...
View ArticleTen thoughts to take from Sydney Writers' Festival
Last week the Sydney Writers' Festival kept booklovers busy with an array of talks and events from writers from Karl Ove Knausgaard to Annabel Crabb, Diego Mariani to Kirstie Clements. These are the...
View ArticleWho Was Aristotle's Daughter?
Jun 4, 2013 4:45 am - by Annabel Lyon Novelist Annabel Lyon on why she wanted to give voice to a Greek girl whose famous father was a screaming misogynist. Sharefacebooktwittergoogle plusemailprint0...
View ArticleWord of mouth sells at bookseller convention
Should Hannah Kent's "Burial Rites" become a hit with readers this fall, give some credit to the passion of a publishing executive named Karen Torres. Torres, vice president for account marketing and...
View ArticleSmitten by Zafón
What do you say when you meet your literary idol? SYDNEY Writers Festival. Sylvia Nasser (The Beautiful Mind) was there. Robert Greene (The 48 Laws Of Power) was there. Feminist writer Naomi Wolf...
View ArticleHow Lewis stood firm despite mother's fear of hate campaign
Ben Te'o training with Queensland. Photo: Getty Images Katie Lewis knew she was in for the roughest of rides when she went forward with her allegations against Queensland State of Origin forward Ben...
View ArticleRajan's Wrong Un': How I and the finest bunch of amateur rascals brought a...
It was at a Christmas party 17 months ago that the actor Dan Stevens said I was going to get a call from Charlie Campbell, a man bent on reviving the Authors XI that played over a century ago. It had...
View ArticleInterviewing the Indies: Sophie Duncan (Photos)
View slideshow: Sophie Duncan's Books What do you have published? All my books are published through Wittegen Press (www.wittegenpress.com), which I run with my sister Natasha Duncan-Drake. I write a...
View ArticleCanterbury confirm Keneally was not linked with Dogs
Former NSW premier Kristina Keneally never applied for nor received an approach from the Bulldogs about the club's CEO job, as reported in the Herald on Friday. Fairfax Media apologises to Keneally...
View ArticleActually, 'A Good Day to Die Hard' plays a little better on the small screen...
Rating for A Good Day to Die Hard 2 In "A Good Day to Die Hard", John McClane (Willis) travels to Russia to help out is estranged and wayward son Jack (Jai Courtney). However Jack isn't in as much...
View Article156 hot summer reads: Fiction, thriller, YA, nonfiction, kids, more
If you're planning to hit the beach -- or mountains or woods or backyard patio -- don't forget to bring along a book or two. In our list of 156 summer book picks, you'll find thrillers and young adult...
View ArticleMeacham talk sparked lessons for authors
Last month I had an opportunity to see a master craftsman in action — a master in the writing world, that is. Jon Meacham, Pulitzer-prize winning author of "American Lion, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of...
View ArticlePaul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice Gets A Female Lead ...it's Katherine...
Paul Thomas Anderson has delved into his big book of casting and pulled out a female lead for his adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice. It's Katherine Waterston, a new face to most, but,...
View ArticleWhen violence came home
Aziz’s Notebook, published by Yoda Press, is just that: A notebook filled with an old man’s story of communities turning on each other; of loss and helplessness and terror, during the Iranian...
View ArticleDogs considered Keneally for top job
SIN BIN The Bulldogs' new chief executive, Raelene Castle, wasn't the only woman seriously considered for the job, with former NSW Premier Kristina Keneally also on a final short list of candidates...
View ArticleHay Festival 2013: day four, as it happened
Catch up with all the action from day four of the Telegraph Hay Festival 2013, the world's best literary festival. Image 1 of 20 left to right: Sarah Crompton, Baroness Bakewell, Jenny Abramsky, Katy...
View ArticleTeenage girl apologises for racist insult in letter to Adam Goodes
THE teenager at the centre of the Adam Goodes racism scandal has apologised for "being racist", but the Brownlow medallist she abused does not blame her. In a remarkable day in Australian sport, AFL...
View ArticleHay Festival 2013: day five live
Catch up with all the action from day five of the Telegraph Hay Festival 2013, the world's best literary festival. Image 1 of 20 Hay Festival 2013 attendees enjoy a sunny Saturday Photo: Jay Williams...
View ArticleHay Festival 2013: day five as it happened
Catch up with all the action from day five of the Telegraph Hay Festival 2013, the world's best literary festival. Image 1 of 23 Howard Jacobson was presented with a pig called 'Zoo Time' for winning...
View ArticleHay Festival 2013: Nothing better when all is read and done
When the role of the author shifts from desk to stage the results, as the Hay Festival has shown, can be electrifying . Festivalgoers enjoy the sun on the last day of the Telegraph Hay Festival 2013...
View ArticleNever mind the one per cent - we're the bottom 30 per cent and proud
“Tom Keneally is keen to help us,” says Waldegrave, whose...
View ArticleThe sorry history of Australia's apology
Kevin Rudd apologised to the stolen generations in 2008. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images The historical process that eventually led the Australian state to offer an apology to its Indigenous inhabitants...
View ArticleThe mettle of history's master
Thomas Keneally is a famously genial interviewee - courteous, self-deprecating and with a chuckle Sid James might have envied for its earthiness. Even so, this meeting must be something of a tester....
View ArticleThomas Keneally was inspired by journals of real-life war nurses
LOS ANGELES - Thomas Keneally has always been a novelist who writes and lives in the big sweep of epic history. He took on the end of the First World War in "Gossip From the Forest," the U.S. Civil...
View ArticleBook News: Germany's Longest Word Gets The Ax
The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. Until recently, the German language's longest "authentic" word was the 63-letter...
View ArticleHay Festival: day eleven as it happened
Keep up with all the latest from day eleven of the Telegraph Hay Festival 2013, the world's best literary festival. Image 1 of 22 Festivalgoers enjoy the sun on the last day of the Telegraph Hay...
View ArticleNever Give Your Kid A Cold Shower: Advice From The Worst Dad On Earth
Excerpted from Someone Could Get Hurt: A Memoir of Twenty-First-Century Parenthood, which makes a great Father's Day gift for foul-mouthed dads everywhere. I was on the phone with my dad and he...
View ArticleHow to Create Your Own Money Roadmap
Bart Astor’s new book helps baby boomers think holistically about their finances Comment () Tweet Bart Astor's "aha" moment came as he was listening to author Gail Sheehy give a speech about caring...
View ArticleInterview: Tristan Chaput on Charity Miles for college
At the College of Mount St. Joseph in Ohio students are using the app. Tristan Chaput, the president of the Campus Activities Board there, talks about Charity Miles on her campus. She hopes that the...
View Article>An Interview With Lucy Clarke, Author of Swimming At Night
Lucy Clarke has written a wonderful debut novel that suggests she's a new artist who we should all watch. Her novel, Swimming At Night, is about several subjects at once, including sisters, travel...
View Article'The Bold and the Beautiful': Steffy tells Hope Liam is hers
Taylor pleaded with Steffy to cut herself some slack and let go of the guilt. She insisted she could have another child and told Steffy Liam couldn't wait to be a dad. Steffy showed no signs of hope...
View ArticleHay Festival 2013: day three, as it happened
Catch up with all the best bits from day three of the Telegraph Hay Festival 2013, the world's best literary festival. Image 1 of 19 KT Tunstall enjoys the landscape in Hay before performing at the...
View ArticleWell, What Purpose DO You Serve? Musto Talks to Marie Calloway
Welcome to Next Question With Michael Musto, a regular feature in which the veteran La Dolce Musto writer uses his time-honed skills to interrogate big celebrities, former celebrities, and wannabe...
View ArticleDads share lessons learned the hard way
Don't put disposable diapers in the washing machine. Ever. Nothing in a glass jar labeled "baby food" is meant for a babe just home from the hospital. Almost everything in your house is about to smell...
View ArticleDerbyshire brain injury marine Thomas Birch wins damages
A royal marine who had to re-learn how to walk and talk after he plunged off a cliff in a Land Rover in Afghanistan has won his fight for damages. Thomas Birch, from Heanor, Derbyshire, was an...
View ArticleMalaysian author Tan Twan Eng wins Walter Scott Prize
Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng has won the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction for his second novel The Garden of Evening Mists. He travelled from his home in South Africa to be at the...
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