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This book, published by Chatto & Windus ($32.95), has been selected as the Great Read in the January issue of The Australian Women's Weekly. On sale in major book stores everywhere, it will display the red and gold Great Read sticker, recommending it as the outstanding book of the month. The following extract is taken from the first chapter:

A fun friend to hang around with – our Charlie the Chimp soft toy will be a hit with children of all ages.

Pattern 1 10ch, slst to form a ring 1st Row: 1ch, 24dc into ring. 2nd Row: 1ch, 1dc into same place as slst. Dc to end. Slst into 1st dc. 3rd Row: 1ch, dc into 1st dc, 18ch, miss 3dc, dc into next dc. Repeat from to end. Slst into 1st dc. (6points) 4th Row: […]

10ch, slst to form a ring. 1st Row: 1ch, 24dc into ring. 2nd Row: 1ch, dc into same place as slst, 4ch, 1dc into next 4dc. Repeat from 5times, 4ch, 1dc into next 3dc, slst into 1st dc. 3rd Row: Slst into 1st loop, 3ch (1st tr),1tr, 1ch, pc, 1ch 2tr into same loop (shell) […]

1st Row: 1ch, dc into ring (6ch, slst into 5th ch from hook) twice, 8ch, slst into 7th ch from hook, 10ch, slst into 9th ch from hook, 12ch, slst into 11th ch from hook, 14ch, slst into 12th ch from hook, 12ch, slst into 11th ch from hook, 8ch, slst into 7th ch from […]

8ch, slst to form a ring. 1st Row: 1ch, 18dc into ring, slst into 1st dc 2nd Row: 1ch, dc into same place as slst, dc to end. 3rd Row: 6ch, slst back into 1st dc. Dc into 2dc, slst into next dc, 6ch, slst back into same dc as slst. Repeat from to end. […]

Exclusive Extract from THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE (Random House Australia) by Audrey Niffeneger, the Great Read in the December issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly. Prologue Clare: It’s hard being left behind. I wait for Henry, not knowing where he is, wondering if he’s okay. It’s hard to be the one who stays. I keep […]

Stranger than fiction, here are the real stories of the book world. In the US they paid $US2million, for an American Idol judge to write a book called, I Don’t Mean to Be Rude, But… According to rumours, There’s A Bear In There (and he wants Swedish) by Australian actress and former Playschool presenter, Merridy […]

**Thora ** Written and illustrated by Gillian Johnson (A&R $14.95) First in a new and charming series about a ten year old girl who is half human, half mermaid. Thora wears her pony-tail in a scrunchie – to disguise the blow-hole on top of her head – has scales on her legs and feet that […]

It’s the hottest craft at the moment – one where you can preserve precious memories and create beautiful album pages in no time. It’s all about photos, telling the story behind the photos and creating albums which commemorate events in the life, from the important special moments to everyday events. Creating a page You can […]