Bret Easton Ellis

Ellis returns to the world of Less than Zero in his seventh novel, Imperial Bedrooms. Just don't call it a sequel.»

Ten Things You Didn't Know About Bret Easton Ellis

To celebrate Bret's arrival in Sydney, we've dug up some dirt...»

Sydney Writers' Festival must-sees

Bibliophiles, get ready to gorge on Time Out's highlights of the Sydney Writers' Festival.»

Stop Press!: Irvine Welsh to appear at Oxford Art Factory

The pope of grunge lit is on his way to Sydney.»

Reviews

A Fraction of the Whole: Steve Totlz

Time Out thinks Steven Totlz's first novel seems to be worth every red cent of of his much publicised $100,000 advance. The Booker Prize judging panel agrees.»

My Columbian Death - Matthew Thompson

Former Sydney journalist journeys to the dark heart of Latin America for a death-defying rite of passage»

Bright Shiny Morning - James Frey

Bright Shiny Morning is a screamingly ambitious portrait of modern Los Angeles featuring a cast of thousands.»

The Good Parents - Joan London

When Toni and Jacob de Jong arrive to visit their 18-year-olddaughter, Maya, in Melbourne, they find she has simply disappeared.»

City of Thieves - David Benioff

As the siege of Leningrad grinds on the frostbitten city faces starvation. »

The 100 Mile Diet: Alisa Smith & JB MacKinnon

A young Vancouver couple attempts to only eat food grown within 100 miles of their home. »

When You Are Engulfed In Flames: David Sedaris

Sedaris and his partner move to Tokyo for three months to enforce the complete change of routine the how-to-quit books recommend.»

A Wolf At The Table: Augusten Burroughs

Daddy is a sinister alcoholic with psoriatic arthritis and rotting teeth who starves Augusten of attention and the child's pet hamster to death.»

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Snuff: Chuck Palahniuk

Porn queen, Cassie Wright, wants to crown her illustrious career by smashing the world record for serial fornication. »

The Science of Sex: Mary Roach

Finally: a book unafraid to tell all about... er, rat sex»

Deaf Sentence: David Lodge

Retired linguistics professor Desmond Bates is slowly going deaf.»

The Bridge

H G Nelson

He's the straight-talking sports pundit who goes in hard, early and often, discovers Luke Benedictus»

Music

Robert Forster

The former Go-Between talks the Ten Rules of Rock and Roll ahead of his Sydney Writers Festival appearance.»

Kids

Best of Sydney Writers' Festival for kids

Mini-bookworms will love the extensive kid-friendly line-up at this year's fest.»

Famous 5: Detective books

When it comes to a page turning whodunnit, kids enjoy a good detective mystery just as much as anyone...»

Competitions

CoasterProse competition

Here's the latest installment of our Coaster Prose story, courtesy of reader Gabriel A. Miller»

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