Popular US baker joins RecipeTin Eats founder in plagiarism allegations

Popular US baker joins RecipeTin Eats founder in plagiarism allegations

A popular American cookbook author has joined Nagi Maehashi in claiming recipes were copied in a book by Brisbane baker Brooke Bellamy.

  • byKerrie O'Brien

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‘Inconvenient women’,mortality and a controversial work by Joan Didion:13 new books to delve into

From a book that its own author may not have approved of to a beautiful and confronting photography collection,there’s a bumper crop of releases this month.

  • byJason Steger
A century on,this Great American Novel still captivates readers

A century on,this Great American Novel still captivates readers

F.Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is said to contain some of the most perfect sentences ever written about America.

  • byJane Sullivan
Homework,bullies and pets:Jeff Kinney on why kids love his books

Homework,bullies and pets:Jeff Kinney on why kids love his books

The American author’s Diary of A Wimpy Kid series is the fourth bestselling book series of all time - and not just in kids’ books.

  • byJohn Bailey
This hotly anticipated novel explores the dark embers of the psyche

This hotly anticipated novel explores the dark embers of the psyche

In the third instalment of her fictional triptych,Katie Kitmaura wields her words with scalpel-like precision to explore the demands women are “expert at negotiating”.

  • byJessie Tu
Tom Hanks’ daughter reveals a childhood marred by abuse at the hands of her mother

Tom Hanks’ daughter reveals a childhood marred by abuse at the hands of her mother

E.A. Hanks’s memoir re-creates a road trip she once took with her late mother to seek answers to what was an “incomprehensible” childhood.

  • byNathan Smith
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Does the US suffer from an abundance of good intentions?

Does the US suffer from an abundance of good intentions?

A central focus for US progressives should be raising wellbeing by creating more for everyone,argue Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson in their new book.

  • byAndrew Leigh
RecipeTin Eats founder accuses Bake with Brooki author of stealing recipes

RecipeTin Eats founder accuses Bake with Brooki author of stealing recipes

Nagi Maehashi alleges at least two recipes in Brooke Bellamy’s cookbook were plagiarised.

  • byKerrie O'Brien
Festivals have ‘privileged literary works’ over popular,commercial fiction:Veronica Sullivan

Festivals have ‘privileged literary works’ over popular,commercial fiction:Veronica Sullivan

As the new director of the Melbourne Writers Festival,Veronica Sullivan has tried to create a program with broad appeal.

  • byKylie Northover
‘Miracle’ weight-loss drugs shut down desire,but where’s the fun in that?

‘Miracle’ weight-loss drugs shut down desire,but where’s the fun in that?

Drugs such as Ozempic cut our craving for food. But they can’t control our hunger for all the good things in life.

  • byJacqueline Maley
When the internet cut out,Colum McCann boarded a ship – and found his next novel

When the internet cut out,Colum McCann boarded a ship – and found his next novel

The writer joined the crew of the Leon Thevenin as they trawled the bottom of the ocean looking for a break in a cable.

  • byJane Sullivan