To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select ...

To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select ...

The Book of Katerina is about motherhood and bipolar disorder; it is also a biopic about the author's own mother. You wouldn't know that her son Petros is the author, if you were just reading the ...

Winner of a Queensland Literary Award for best manuscript ... s writing is typically so taut and uncluttered. The Calendar Mums Lauren K. McKellar HQ, $34.99 Black mould is the initial villain ...

TAYLOR-Jane Wedge, 24, couldn’t believe it when her mum cheated with her ... Dave moved into my then-one bedroom flat. I was marrying my best friend and I loved our whirlwind romance.

The book has pockets of Gothic darkness ... to be at the expense of character ... all my stuff is quite character driven. “I suppose it’s the best of both worlds. I think of the crime genre ...

These films and TV series capture the pain, happiness, chaos and comedy of the hero’s journey that is motherhood.

The best example I can give you is my home. It was gifted to me. Yes, very lucky, I know. I see now it was also a major tax break for her. Graham Hornigold with Dionne Hanna in 'Con Mum/ConMom'.

Now, armed with the wisdom of experience, my present buying for new mums and their babies has taken ... It’s easy to assume cuddly toys, rattles, and books are the perfect choice – and they ...

It wasn’t her fault. My mum grew up in 1960s Northern Ireland, where she was taught by nuns in a convent school. Our chats about sex were awkward and stunted at best. But I was part of the American ...