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Life imitated art for Debra Lawrance and Dennis Coard, who are still together after nearly 20 years. Home And Away favourites Debra Lawrance and Dennis Coard might have left the show years ago, but in real life their love story is still going strong. They’re about to celebrate their 19th wedding anniversary! Now living in […]

He is arguably the most infamous man in the world, but little is known about Australian Julian Assange. David Leser looks at the subversive’s youth and tells the story of a boy who has only ever known life on the run. Nearly two decades ago in the hills outside Melbourne Julian Assange would go to […]

Do you remember what it was like to get pocket money? You might’ve got 50 cents a week, if you were lucky, to save up for that toy you so desperately wanted. These days the amount and frequency of pocket money has become more like a bank formula than a simple savings idea. When to […]

John Travolta’s wife, Kelly Preston, has spoken to US TV about the “miracle” birth of their son Benjamin in November last year. The 48-year-old actress admitted how hard it was to conceive and also spoke of how the birth has helped heal the family from the tragic loss of son Jett, who died aged 16 […]

There is nothing MasterChef judge George Calombaris loves more than cooking for his family and soon he will have one more mouth to feed, after he announced his partner is pregnant. In October last year George told Woman’s Day he “definitely wanted children” after working on Junior MasterChef. Now the 31-year-old chef and his partner […]

Model Brooklyn Decker has revealed how she succumbed to the pressure of modelling as a young girl and tried “crazy diets” in order to be thin. The 23-year-old American told US magazine Self in their February issue about her experience starting out as a young model and how it made her feel about her body. […]

Scarlett Johansson reportedly had a face-to-face meeting with her good friend Sandra Bullock at the Golden Globes, the first time the pair have met since rumours began circulating that Bullock is seeing Ryan Reynolds, Johansson’s ex-husband. In pictures: expensive Hollywood divorces According to Bullock’s representative, the Oscar winner, 46, met Johansson, 26, at an awards […]

Only a day after announcing to the world the addition to her family of baby Faith Margaret, Nicole Kidman has spoken exclusively to the Australian Women’s Weekly to express her joy. In an email overnight to Weekly Editor-in-Chief Helen McCabe Nicole wrote of the anxiousness she and husband Keith felt in the lead-up to the […]

Once called the Pearl Princess of WA, Marilynne Paspaley feels at home in the remote pearling port where her family made its fortune.

The first episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show‘s “Ultimate Australian Adventure” has aired on US television overnight with three more episodes planned throughout the week. The first episode, which airs tonight across Australia, includes Oprah’s visit to Hamilton Island, cuddling a koala and meeting Prime Minister Julia Gillard in Melbourne. The second episode will take […]

Australian supermodel Miranda Kerr announced the name of her new baby via her Facebook profile earlier today. “Thank you for all your lovely comments,” she posted. “We have a beautiful little boy named Flynn.” Miranda went on to confirm baby Flynn’s date of birth as January 6, 2011 and that he was born after a […]

**Dear Fashion Team, How do I add a bright colour to my wardrobe??** Imogen, NSW Answer: Dear Imogen, Our favourite way to bring in a statement shade is through an accessory. An easy way to add colour is to choose a bright pair of shoes or a bag and wear them with a neutral-coloured outfit, […]

Loved up and loving the tennis, Dannii Minogue and her beau Kris Smith stepped out in Melbourne to attend the Australian Open yesterday. The 39-year-old tweeted that she “had a ball at the Australian Open tonight!” — and judging from the pictures, she did. Wearing a dress from her new clothing line, Project D, Dannii […]

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have announced they have welcomed their second child via a surrogate. The pair welcomed baby Faith Margaret on December 28, 2010, a sister to the couple’s first child, two-year-old Sunday Rose. “Our family is truly blessed, and just so thankful to have been given the gift of baby Faith Margaret,” […]

Royals expert James Whitaker says the palace is concerned about Katie’s dramatic weight loss as the big day nears. While the daring see-through panel that allowed guests a good look at her cleavage may have turned heads, it was Kate Middleton’s whippet-thin figure that caused the biggest stir at a recent wedding. The princess-in-waiting revealed […]

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Then follow our healthy meal plan! When it comes to losing weight, just like everything in life we need to a little bit of inspiration to achieve our goals. If you’re serious about budging the unbudgeable, providing yourself with visual reference for you […]

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Then follow our healthy meal plan! When it comes to losing weight, just like everything in life we need to a little bit of inspiration to achieve our goals. If you’re serious about budging the unbudgeable, providing yourself with visual reference for you […]

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Then follow our healthy meal plan! When it comes to losing weight, just like everything in life we need to a little bit of inspiration to achieve our goals. If you’re serious about budging the unbudgeable, providing yourself with visual reference for you […]

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Then follow our healthy meal plan! When it comes to losing weight, just like everything in life we need to a little bit of inspiration to achieve our goals. If you’re serious about budging the unbudgeable, providing yourself with visual reference for you […]

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Then follow our healthy meal plan! When it comes to losing weight, just like everything in life we need to a little bit of inspiration to achieve our goals. If you’re serious about budging the unbudgeable, providing yourself with visual reference for you […]

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Then follow our healthy meal plan! When it comes to losing weight, just like everything in life we need to a little bit of inspiration to achieve our goals. If you’re serious about budging the unbudgeable, providing yourself with visual reference for you […]

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Then follow our healthy meal plan! When it comes to losing weight, just like everything in life we need to a little bit of inspiration to achieve our goals. If you’re serious about budging the unbudgeable, providing yourself with visual reference for you […]

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Then follow our healthy meal plan! Here is what you will need to follow week one’s daily meal plans of the Woman’s Day 30 day diet. PRODUCE 2 x Mango 2 x nectarine 2 x banana Small jar olives 1 x rocket 3 […]

The couple will this year face their toughest test as Lleyton continues to tour the world and Bec stays home with the children. Lleyton Hewitt is famous for his on-court battles but now he’s fighting another, far more furious battle a lot closer to home. Relations are said to be strained between the Aussie tennis […]

John Travolta and Kelly Preston introduce us to their gorgeous newborn. As John Travolta and Kelly Preston pose with daughter Ella Bleu and new son Benjamin, it’s clear they are elated to welcome their little bundle of joy, and the love and happiness is palpable. Even Benjamin is smiling as his proud father softly sings […]

As John Farquharson and his fiancèe Jean Stewart snuggle up together on the couch, it’s clear there’s nowhere else they’d rather be. It’s taken John nearly 90 years to meet the woman of his dreams – and he’s not letting her go now. John, who turns 90 on Valentine’s Day, met Jean, 86, at a […]

Sonia Kruger was born in Toowoomba and grew up in Brisbane. Our house was flooded in 1974, like almost everyone else living in Brisbane. We lived in a two-storey house, so the bottom part was flooded but we were fine living in the top part. As kids I suppose we didn’t really understand the danger. […]

Mick was my first love; we met when we were both 19 while taking a year off before attending university. We were together for two years, he was my first boyfriend and I was his first girlfriend. We shared many firsts throughout those years; first kiss, first sexual encounter, first heartbreak and I was certain […]

Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik have released the first images of their newborn twins. The Danish royal family’s new little prince was born at 10.30pm local time on January 8, weighing 2.7kg and measuring 47cm long. A princess followed 26 minutes later weighing 2.5kg and measuring 46cm long. Princess Mary went into labour on […]

Australian chef Pete Evans is a busy man. Apart from being co-owner and executive chef of Hugo’s, he has just released a product range in David Jones, has his name associated with a Breville Pizza Maker and is the author of four books. His latest, My Party, shows you how to throw the perfect bash […]

After the sun-kissed look? UK researchers have found that eating large amounts of fruit and vegetables can give you that golden glow you are after, the UK’s Daily Mail reported. Lead researcher Dr Ian Stephen, from the University of Bristol said those who ate bigger portions of fruit and vegetables a day had more of […]

A test has been designed by US scientists that aims to accurately predict whether a relationship will be a success. Using a specially designed quiz, researchers correctly predicted whether more than 50 couples would still be together or have thrown in the towel over a 12 month period, the UK’sDaily Telegraphreported. The test, carried out […]

Goldie Hawn’s former husband is looking to cash in on his relationship with the movie star by selling a book about their relationship. Bill Hudson, father to movie star Kate Hudson, is shopping around a tell-all memoir under the title So You Are a Star, the New York Post has reported. In pictures: messy celeb […]

UK actor Christian Bale has made sure his five-year-old daughter Emmeline won’t follow in her famous father’s footsteps after he banned her from acting. The Dark Knight star started his career as an eight-years-old, he was later cast in Steven Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun at just 13. But he isn’t keen on his daughter […]

He is currently playing a gay owner of a drag club in La Cage Aux Folles on Broadway, but does US actor and comedian Kelsey Grammer enjoying dressing up as a woman in his own time? In an interview with shock jock Howard Stern, the comedian’s soon to be ex-wife, Camille Grammer, intimated that Kelsey […]

The official death toll from the Queensland flood crisis currently stands at 20, with 12 people still unaccounted for. On Monday night an instant inland tsunami struck the Brisbane town of Toowoomba washing away cars and closing majour roads. Follow Ninemsn’s flood coverage here. At 5am on Thursday the Brisbane River peaked at about 4.46m […]

The pregnant partner of an Aussie who died in the New Zealand mine explosion says their baby will never forget Dad. Each night, Rachelle Weaver dreams of the happiness she shared with her soul mate Josh Ufer. The touch of his skin, the smell of his hair and the warmth of his strong hands softly […]

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Slim yourself down at the click of a button and then follow our healthy meal plan! When it comes to losing weight, just like everything in life we need to a little bit of inspiration to achieve our goals. If you’re serious about […]

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Slim yourself down at the click of a button and then follow our healthy meal plan! When it comes to losing weight, just like everything in life we need to a little bit of inspiration to achieve our goals. If you’re serious about […]

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Slim yourself down at the click of a button and then follow our healthy meal plan! When it comes to losing weight, just like everything in life we need to a little bit of inspiration to achieve our goals. If you’re serious about […]

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Slim yourself down at the click of a button and then follow our healthy meal plan! When it comes to losing weight, just like everything in life we need to a little bit of inspiration to achieve our goals. If you’re serious about […]

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Slim yourself down at the click of a button and then follow our healthy meal plan! When it comes to losing weight, just like everything in life we need to a little bit of inspiration to achieve our goals. If you’re serious about […]

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Slim yourself down at the click of a button and then follow our healthy meal plan! When it comes to losing weight, just like everything in life we need to a little bit of inspiration to achieve our goals. If you’re serious about […]

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Slim yourself down at the click of a button and then follow our healthy meal plan! When it comes to losing weight, just like everything in life we need to a little bit of inspiration to achieve our goals. If you’re serious about […]

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Then follow our healthy meal plan! Here is what you will need to follow week one’s daily meal plans of the Woman’s Day 30 day diet. PRODUCE 2Packet of frozen berries 2 x zucchini Lettuce 2 onions 2 celery sticks 2 carrots One […]

Chloe Lattanzi is getting married – and her famous mum Olivia Newton-John is thrilled about finally getting to be a grandmother. There were times in Chloe Lattanzi’s life when many people weren’t sure there would be a happy ending for the daughter of Australian showbiz icon Olivia Newton-John. A veritable wild child who’s lived on […]

The Aussie star wants to bring his family back home. He took America by storm as The Boy From Oz, and now Hugh Jackman is keen to move back to his homeland with his family. While Hugh, wife Deborra-lee Furness and their children, Oscar, 10, and Ava, 5, have made the most of life in […]

Fresh from a Gold Coast holiday and 25kg lighter, The Circle’s presenter tells a baby is next on her wish list. There aren’t too many women who relish the thought of going swimwear shopping. Let’s face it, it’s enough to make most of us run screaming from the fitting room. Chrissie Swan might just be […]

In the wake of her shock separation from NBA basketball star Tony Parker, Eva Longoria was painted as the grief-stricken Desperate Housewife, shattered by the discovery of hundreds of text messages from another woman on her husband’s mobile phone. But Woman’s Day can reveal that Eva may not be quite so innocent. She’s reportedly in […]

The cute tot could stop Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes from separating. The tension between Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes is clear to see as they share afternoon tea with their daughter at the Palm Court in New York’s Plaza Hotel. Sitting as far apart from her husband as possible, with a pillow placed trategically […]

If you watch more than four hours of TV a day, be warned it could lead to heart attacks regardless of how much exercise you do, UK researchers have found. Watching TV or playing video games for extended periods of time can increase your chances of heart disease and premature death research, the UK’s Daily […]

Tom Cruise and wife Katie Holmes are not planning to attend the Oscars this year after this year’s co-host, Anne Hathaway, made fun of Katie in a skit on Saturday Night Live late last year. “Anne didn’t even warn her it was going to be on TV. The whole thing has left a sour taste […]

Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham is expecting her fourth child with her football star husband, David Beckham. The couple’s three sons, 11-year-old Brooklyn, eight-year-old Romeo and five-year-old Cruz, are said to be “very excited” about the family’s new arrival. David Beckham confirmed the news in a message on his Facebook fan page this morning. “I’ve […]

I have been with John for 7 years and we have 3 wonderful kids together. Over the past few months I have come to realise that I am not in love with him anymore. Just recently I told him it was over and deep down I have fallen for someone else. I never thought this […]

Princess Mary and Prince Frederik have welcomed twins, a boy and a girl, into their royal family. “Both mother and children are doing well and we are very happy,” Prince Frederik said. Princess Mary first welcomed the couple’s son, born at 10.30am on Saturday (about 8.30pm Sydney time) weighing 2.7 kilograms followed by their daughter […]

Australian super model Miranda Kerr and her Hollywood actor husband Orlando Bloom have welcomed their first child a baby boy, according to reports. Website X17 reports that the 27-year-old Victoria’s Secret model went into labour on Friday morning in Los Angeles. The website’s photographer claims to have heard her husband bragging about “his son”. Despite […]

With society’s idealised image of beauty a painfully thin size zero, it has never been more important to ensure that your teenage daughter has a healthy body image and does not lean toward self-harm as she aspires to conform. Award-winning educator Dannielle Miller, CEO of Enlighten Education, asks, “What conversations aren’t we having with our […]

She celebrates her body now, but there was a time the singer didn’t feel quite as bikini-ready. The wind is picking up, the clouds are getting more ominous by the minute and there’s a chill in the air that’s hard to ignore. It’s anything but a sunny summer’s day in famously unpredictable Melbourne. But at […]

They say that people fear public speaking more than death, or in the case of The King’s Speech, more than ascending the throne. And it is two men’s journey to overcome it that is the basis of this very powerful movie. Colin Firth plays Prince Albert, the Duke of York, who has a stammer. The […]

The secret to overall wellness and beauty is down to achieving homeostasis, a balance of alkalis and acids in the body. Monique Bolland, owner of Sydney’s Alkaline Spa and Clinic reveals to Anna Warwick all you need to know to glow inside and out. The magic of pH balance For optimum health our bodies need […]

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Sir Elton John has officially been named the biological father of his first son, Zachary, after it was discovered his name appears on his son’s birth certificate. The birth certificate confirmation ends speculation as to whether he or his husband of six years, David Furnish, was the biological father. The couple’s son was born via […]

At just eight years of age, Romeo Beckham has beaten the likes of Prince William and Jude Law to take out the number 26 spot in Britain’s GQ magazine 50 best-dressed men list. The youngster landed himself only 10 spots behind his football star dad David Beckham, who came in at number 16. Romeo has […]

It can’t be easy travelling with eight children under the age of 10 but Kate Gosselin is managing to take her brood around Australia without any trouble. However, it wasn’t so easy getting here. Before their trip Kate’s ex-husband Jon Gosselin tried to prevent his children from leaving the US over the New Year by […]

Some married men might enjoy this news more than their wives, but UK researchers have found that husbands are more attractive to other women than single men. Psychology researchers at the University of Stirling and University of Aberdeen have found that when deciding if someone is attractive, we take our cues from others, the UK’s […]

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Then follow our healthy meal plan! When it comes to losing weight, just like everything in life we need to a little bit of inspiration to achieve our goals. If you’re serious about budging the unbudgeable, providing yourself with visual reference for you […]

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Slim yourself down at the click of a button and then follow our healthy meal plan! When it comes to losing weight, just like everything in life we need to a little bit of inspiration to achieve our goals. If you’re serious about […]

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Then follow our healthy meal plan! Here is what you will need to follow week one’s daily meal plans of theWoman’s Day30 day diet. PRODUCE 2 punnets berries or packet of frozen berries Eggplant Zucchini Pumpkin 2 red capsicums Packet of rocket Packet […]

The TV star has shed 11 kilos and feels as fit as when she swam for Australia. She shares her healthy approach to diet and exercise. We’re seeing a lot less of Johanna Griggs lately – and the TV darling couldn’t be happier! Right under our noses, the Better Homes and Gardens host has quietly […]

The supermodel is hotting up with a tall and gorgeous 22-year-old footy player. Supermodel Megan Gale has secretly started dating a strapping AFL player 13 years her junior, enjoying a very private interlude with him at her Whale Beach holiday house last week. Megan, 35, and rising Carlton star Shaun “Hammer” Hampson, 22, spent much […]

A new nephew is taking Sarah Monahan’s mind off a very painful and traumatic year. Sarah Monahan can’t stop nuzzling her beautiful newborn nephew, Byron. The cute, plump bub sleeping in her arms is the good news she and her family desperately needed. “I’ve come thousands of miles for this little fella to cheer me […]

America’s sweetheart, Reese Witherspoon, is hoping to strike it second time lucky in the marriage stakes, announcing she’s ready to walk down the aisle again, three years after her divorce from Ryan Phillippe. Reese, 34, and Hollywood agent Jim Toth, 40, are engaged after just 12 months together, with the loved-up couple confirming through her […]

I still miss Heath

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Slim yourself down at the click of a button and then follow our healthy meal plan! When it comes to losing weight, just like everything in life we need to a little bit of inspiration to achieve our goals. If you’re serious about […]

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Slim yourself down at the click of a button and then follow our healthy meal plan! When it comes to losing weight, just like everything in life we need to a little bit of inspiration to achieve our goals. If you’re serious about […]

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Slim yourself down at the click of a button and then follow our healthy meal plan! When it comes to losing weight, just like everything in life we need to a little bit of inspiration to achieve our goals. If you’re serious about […]

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Slim yourself down at the click of a button and then follow our healthy meal plan! When it comes to losing weight, just like everything in life we need to a little bit of inspiration to achieve our goals. If you’re serious about […]

We all know that eating fibre helps to keep bowel habits regular, so it comes as a surprise to learn that up to 27 percent of the population of Western countries regularly experience constipation. Apart from being uncomfortable, chronic constipation predisposes you to colon cancer, possibly because, if the stools remain in the intestine for […]

You already know that certain vitamins and minerals — notably the B-group and magnesium — help to support brain health and mood. Now a study by researchers from Northumbria University in England, published in Human Psychopharmacology, has found that taking a multivitamin supplement is also of specific benefit to the mental performance of women who […]

When it comes to nutrients for cancer protection, the antioxidant vitamins A, C, and E get most of the press. Now a very large study from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre of over 20,000 people, published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, suggests that a less well-known mineral, selenium, is also strongly associated with […]

Conscious evolution healer and author Dana Mrkich talks to Anna Warwick on using intuition to make some very powerful new year resolutions. Checking in with ourselves “The start of a new year is a perfect time to take stock of our lives,” says Dana. “Too often we find ourselves at the end of yet another […]

He has sung with some of the biggest names in the music industry, appeared on Oprah’s show six times and just released his fifth album. But there is a lot more to Josh Groban than meets the eye. The 29-year-old Los Angeles-born singer, who got his break singing a duet of ‘The Prayer’ with Celine […]

If you answered in the bathroom cabinet or on top of the fridge, then you are probably compromising their nutritional value. According to a study from Purdue University, published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, high humidity (which is certainly a common feature in bathrooms, but can also occur in “hot spots” in […]

“I had always been 15-20kg overweight, but the kilos really piled on while breastfeeding my youngest daughter, Hallie. But even when Hallie turned two, my weight wouldn’t shift. “Then in February 2009 my weight problems hit crisis point when I suddenly started to notice numbness in my hands and feet. I was chronically fatigued, couldn’t […]

“In the past six months I’ve lost 15kg – the last 4kg on the Woman’s Day diet, which I thoroughly enjoyed road testing. It’s really family-friendly, so I didn’t have to cook separate meals for the kids, and there was even a hamburger in one week. You can still enjoy a few wines and some […]

John Laws opens up to Glen Williams about his amazing life, his great love, and why he’ll never be contented. On the eve of his return to radio, John Laws is in a reflective mood, gazing intently at the lapping waters of Sydney Harbour as they ebb and flow beneath his plush Woolloomooloo apartment. “I’m […]

Their weight-loss achievements inspired us – now we catch up with past contestants to see how they’ve survived after the show. Many thought they’d go back to their old ways once they left the house, but all our contestants say there’s no way they’ll ever return to their former selves – unhealthy, unhappy and uncontrollable. […]

It’s crisis talks for fighting couple Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. Battling rumours of an impending break-up, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes tried to put split stories to rest with an intimate date in New York for the actress’s 32nd birthday. But a tense public argument – which saw Tom speaking sternly to his miserable-looking […]

Woman’s Day takes a sneak peek inside the extravagant mansions of the filthy rich and famous. Learn how to live like a star – then cross your fingers for a lottery win! Heidi Klum and Seal: With four young kids, Heidi and Seal need a whole lot of space – and their new house has […]

Michelle Williams has opened up about Heath Ledger‘s death from an accidental drug overdose in 2008. The actress, who has a five-year-old daughter Matilda from her relationship with the late actor, said she coped with the loss by reading The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion. “It didn’t seem unlikely to me that he […]

FOR THE LOVE OF NATURE: E. E. GOSTELOW’S BIRDS & FLOWERS BY CHRISTOBEL MATTINGLEY, NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA, $29.95. An unexpected gem of a book, not just for the delicate colour plates of Australian wildflowers and birds, but for the story of the man who painted them. Born in 1866, Ebenezer Edward Gostelow was a […]

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD BY HARPER LEE, RANDOM HOUSE, $21.95. Fifty years old. Thirty million copies sold. Does Harper Lee’s classic of injustice and courage in a small town in the Deep South really warrant this celebratory edition? Can it be as good as we remember from school? Yes and even better. The familiar tale […]

A TINY BIT MARVELLOUS BY DAWN FRENCH, PENGUIN, $32.95. Families are the current Big Subject in fiction, so I was interested to check out UK comedian Dawn French’s first novel, which arrives with the tag, “Everyone hates the perfect family. So you’ll love the Battles”. Well, I didn’t love them at first. Written in the […]

THE ROMANTIC: ITALIAN NIGHTS AND DAYS BY KATE HOLDEN, TEXT PUBLISHING, $32.95. Plot-wise, Kate Holden’s latest memoir is a bit like the very dark sister of Eat, Pray, Love. A woman heads to Italy in search of romance, adventure and knowledge. She eats well, struggles with the language, has lots of great sex and constantly […]

STORIES OF LOVE & WAR BY REBECCA BRITT, NEW HOLLAND PUBLISHERS AUSTRALIA, $35. The pain of longing for a loved one is exquisite. Yet when that emotion is set against the backdrop of war, it is almost too heart-wrenching to contemplate. In this beautiful collection of love stories from The Australian War Memorial, author Rebecca […]

AN OBJECT OF BEAUTY BY STEVE MARTIN, WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON, $32.99. This is Steve Martin’s third novel and, Hollywood star status aside, he’s a pretty decent novelist. The setting is one close to his heart, if a little rarefied – the New York art scene. Yet he imbibes it with sass in the form of […]

SWAINSTON’S FISHES OF AUSTRALIA BY ROGER SWAINSTON, VIKING, $125. It may seem an odd choice for an artist, but once you see Roger Swainston’s gentle, mesmerising illustrations of Australia’s fish, you’ll understand immediately where this artist gets his inspiration. This is a big book and certainly a specialised one, but it’s also surprisingly captivating. Swainston […]