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She’s dancing her way to a fabulous new figure. The former Fat Actress star stunned onlookers last week when she showed off her new physique at a Hollywood party. The event was to launch the latest series of the US version of Dancing With The Stars, and Kirstie has been confirmed as one of the […]

Melissa and Rosemary introduce their new babies to KATHERINE CHATFIELD. Melissa Keevers and Rosemary Nolan beam as they cradle baby son Noah in their arms. But Noah isn’t the only new addition to the family. He’s big brother to fellow quintuplets Charlie, Eireann, Evie and Abby. Same-sex Brisbane couple Mel, 27, and Rosie, 22, have […]

Eight weeks out from the wedding of the decade, Kate Middleton’s family have released a series of intimate family photographs of the young princess-to-be. The snaps show Kate as a toddler, on holidays with her family, and posing informally with Prince William on the day of their graduation from St Andrews University. The candid images […]

Someone Else’s Son by Sam Hayes, Headline, $32.99 Carrie Kent creates sensational television by manipulating grieving victims of crime, and luring explosive confessions from the perpetrators. She’s rich, famous, and demands perfection in every part of her life, except for her own performance as a mother. It’s not until her own son, Max, is stabbed […]

Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny, Sphere, $29.99 Three mysteries unfold together in this latest Armand Gamache novel, keeping even the sharpest of readers in suspense from page one. He’s one of the truest and bravest Chief Inspectors, but what went so badly wrong that it drove an anguished Gamache to seek solace with an […]

Daniel by Henning Mankell, Harvill/Secker, $32.95 Hans Bengler is a 19th century loser, running away from his purposeless, hopeless life in Sweden. Deep in the Kalahari Desert he finds a young boy who’s survived the massacre of his entire family. With the kindest of intentions he adopts the child, re-names him Daniel, and takes him […]

The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul by Deborah Rodriguez, Bantam Australia, $32.95 Sunny is a Southern gal who’s made herself a home, and a buzzing small business, in the middle of a war zone. Her coffee shop in Kabul, Afghanistan, is a place where men check their weapons at the door, and women support each […]

Vanity Fairby William Makepeace Thackeray With tongue-in-chic and cheeky chutzpuh, Becky Sharp was the Madonna of her day, flaunting tradition and challenging hypocritical sexual mores. And what a survivor. After the nuclear holocaust, all that will be left are a couple of cockroaches and Becky. Okay, she had a few minor faults – snobbery and […]

Emma by Jane Austen I adore Emma because it reminds me of what we should expect from men when it comes to courtship; the gallantry of Mr Weston, the generosity of Frank Churchill, the chivalry and honesty of Mr Knightley and the perseverance of Mr Martin. We should only accept hand-written and delivered invitations (not […]

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Some of the world’s greatest books were written for children and Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland takes, for me, pride of place in that pantheon. Carroll’s surreal fictional world maybe full of games and riddles and bizarre characters but it is Alice herself with whom we engage – the […]