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Edge of reality: it's a fuzzy boundary between fact and fiction

REALITY HUNGER: A MANIFESTO David Shields Hamish Hamilton, 219pp, $29.95

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LIFE STORIES By David Attenborough Collins, 224pp, $39.99

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Gregory Maguire has made his name and created his niche with the contemporary rewriting of classic fairy tales and fables. He is the author of Wicked, originally a novel and now a hit musical, which is a quirky re-reading of The Wizard of Oz.

Burning issues in a quest for truth

A South African-born journalist has turned successfully to crime and the Australian landscape.

Courage under fire

Diaries from WWII's final days tell of resilience to brutality in A Woman In Berlin, writes Elissa Blake.