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Writers Festival fans take it as read

Fran Metcalf JONATHAN Franzen, Anita Shreve and Ann Patchett are some of the A-List literati attending this year's Brisbane Writers Festival.

Celebs have been bullied too

By Fran Metcalf TIM Ferguson wasn't always funny and Penny Wong didn't get many votes, but a new book reveals how schoolyard bullying shaped some of Australia's most talented people.

Power behind the thrones

Baz McAlister EPIC fantasy saga-spinner George RR Martin brings his game changer, A Game of Thrones to the screen.

Potty-mouth book for parents hits shelves

By Fran Metcalf AUTHOR Adam Mansbach has some advice for those who think the profanity in his book Go the F*** to Sleep might be offensive: Don't read it. Audio and video

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Magic of Amazon is author's muse

Fiona Purdon ART really did imitate life for writer Ann Patchett, whose sixth novel draws on her own travel adventures in South America.

Water force for good and evil

Fran Metcalf ANNE Berry was nine years old and exploring the snow-covered English countryside with a friend when the pair fell through the ice into a freezing lake.

Samuel L Jackson's kiddy book F-bomb

Fran Metcalf SAMUEL L Jackson says the F-word better than anyone, so getting him to record a hit book telling kids to 'go the f*** to sleep" was an obvious fit.

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