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‘Miracle’ weight-loss drugs shut down desire, but where’s the fun in that?
Drugs such as Ozempic cut our craving for food. But they can’t control our hunger for all the good things in life.
- by Jacqueline Maley
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When the internet cut out, Colum McCann boarded a ship – and found his next novel
The writer joined the crew of the Leon Thevenin as they trawled the bottom of the ocean looking for a break in a cable.
- by Jane Sullivan
Jay Zee or Jay Zed? I can tell your age by your answer
Z has always been trouble, and Gen-Z is just the latest to claim the letter.
- by David Astle
Why do all book covers look the same now?
That book looks so familiar to you … because it is.
- by Michael Sun
Eight new books to take you from rock ‘n’ roll to the joy of nature
Our reviewers cast their eyes over new fiction and non-fiction releases.
- by Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp
Two new books delve into the 20th century’s wittiest women
Nora Ephron and Dorothy Parker lived in different times but had much in common.
- by Tom Ryan
‘I could feel the cold’: the dreams that told Hannah Kent what to write
Drawn to snowy Iceland as a teenager, the award-winning author found the country calling her again.
- by Suzie Keen
This new biography of Yoko Ono is a compelling, if one-sided, read
Biographer David Sheff first met John Lennon and Yoko Ono shortly before Lennon was murdered in 1981, and has remained friends with Ono since.
- by JP O'Malley
James Bradley’s new novel subverts the classic crime-solving trope
Landfall, like Bradley’s previous two novels centres on exploring the impacts and possible remedies to the human-induced climate crisis.
- by Justine Hyde
The master of courtroom drama returns with a new sequel
Scott Turow resurrects an old hero for the latest novel in his Kindle County legal series.
- by Tom Ryan
Meet the 21-year-old BookToker doing a crawl through Sydney’s independent bookshops
Ava Maguire turned her love of reading into a thriving community via her TikTok account – but when it comes to buying books, she prefers to go analogue.
- by Chris Hook