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Duchess in distress? Meghan Markle allegedly ‘worried sick’ over best friend Jessica Mulroney’s tell-all book about her
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The state of it: two new medical memoirs, reviewed
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Jade Chang’s ‘What a Time to Be Alive’ takes aim at social media
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Astrid Jorgensen talks memoir, Pub Choir NZ tour and life after America’s Got Talent
At her Pub Choir gigs, she takes a song and, in a single evening, teaches hundreds, and sometimes…
‘Will There Ever Be Another You’ review: Patricia Lockwood on COVID
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Book Box | Other people’s lives: The ethics of the tell-all
Dear Reader, As I read these books and discuss them with friends and book clubbers, one question keeps…
Charlie Sheen claims Bill Clinton hit on his girlfriend in new memoir
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This book proves a crime book is only as good as the characters that make it rip
Like all great crime writers, Lou Berney knows that a ripping story is only as good as the…
Comedy Samurai by Larry Charles review – the painful business of making people laugh
Comedy guru Larry Charles is a celebrated writer/director whose credits include Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm and the first…
8 new Parkinson’s books for autumn 2025
Looking for new Parkinson’s books to read? Our fifth books roundup is here, and features some incredible reads,…