By Alexis Schaitkin Books about writers’ dogs and cats are a literary staple. Now there’s a booming subset of memoirs about writers’ relationships with less domestic creatures.

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In his new book, Ian Leslie explores the close relationship between John Lennon and Paul McCartney and its demise. This week, Kristin Hannah answers our questions, what's she reading now ...

In the Australian imagination, Bundanon–‘deep valley’ in Dharawal–is deeply connected with Arthur Boyd and the Boyd’s dynastic legacy: the 1993 bequest of 1000 hectares of bushland, farmland, two ...

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