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To say that Oprah Winfrey’s life is astonishing and inspirational is, for once, not celebrity hyperbole. From a dirt poor, abused child, she’s become one of the century’s most influential women. Born to an unwed young mother, raped and sexually abused as a young girl, losing a baby at 14, told she was too fat, […]

Selected as the Great Read in the February issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly. A poignant, funny story, told through a series of letters and emails between Rosie and Alex, best friends since childhood. Through the years the possibility of a romance between the two hangs tantalisingly in the air, but life seems to conspire […]

These recipes and craft ideas come from The Best of Children’s Art & Crafts. You will need: toothpicks vegetable dye apples, oranges and various fruits carrots, potatoes and various vegetables sultanas, marshmallows, soft sweets, chenille sticks, to decorate Place toothpicks in a warm vegtable dye mixture. wood colours more quickly in warm dye. Spread on […]

You will need: 2 x 1 litre (1¾ pint) milk cartons foil coloured cardboard cylinder pen cotton wool chenille sticks adhesive tape scissors Step 1 Seal the open end of a milk carton with tape. Cut a piece of foil to fit around entire carton. Carefully cover milk carton with foil lengthways, so that the […]

Selected as the Great Read in the January issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly. There is a Mute in the Kitchen Devi never cooked. It wasn’t like she was a terrible cook; she’d just never done it before. Saroj had tried to teach her children to cook without having them actually cook in her kitchen, […]

Santa Kid by James Patterson (Headline $29.95) Best selling thriller writer James Patterson turns his hand to writing for...

The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig (Bantam $29.95) An American student, Eloise, comes to London to research a couple of historical spies and comes upon the trail of the most elusive agent of all, the Pink Carnation who saved England from Napoleonic invasion. A breezy historical romance, escapist and enjoyable. My […]

Selected as the Great Read in The Australian Women's Weekly - The Tenko Club.

You will need: pencil cardboard coloured and uncoloured pasta shapes gold or silver spray paint, if desired newspaper, if desired ribbon PVA...

You will need: pencil or paintbrush small foil pie plates glitter string or ribbon PVA glue Step 1 Adult: punch a hole into pie plate with a pencil or the end of a paintbrush. Step 2 Apply glue to pie plates (either side for different effects). Apply glitter to glued areas. Shake off excess glitter. […]