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*The Block* 2003: Where are they now?
The show’s 2003 stars all turned fame into success! Gaz and Waz Gavin Atkins and Warren Sonin were the designer duo of the original Block back in 2003, and gave us a dose of gay pride as the first same-sex couple on Aussie reality TV. The irrepressible pair still live a luxurious life, but now […]
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Aussie actor Peter Phelps tells all about family, his career and celebrating his 50th birthday!
He’s been a fixture on our screens for the past three decades, but it’s still hard to believe that eternally-youthful actor Peter Phelps is preparing to celebrate a major personal milestone – his fiftieth birthday on September 20. Currently filming series three of Nine’s high-octane drama Rescue: Special Ops, Peter confesses he initially approached the […]
*Junior MasterChef* judge Anna Gare: 10 things you didn’t know about me
The new Junior MasterChef judge dishes up some morsels about herself When I was little I wanted to be a member of ABBA. My favourite cooking ingredient is lemon. I love listening to Ry Cooder when I’m cooking. I can’t cook brains – they gross me out! At school my favourite subjects were cooking and […]
The Pleasure Seekers
Two young lovers – one Indian, one Welsh – fall in love, sparking a lifetime of challenges, children and courageous rebellion, with a vow to “rattle the cage of the world”. The Salman Rushdie endorsement on the cover does this charming, gentle love story a disservice. Not because it isn’t “captivating”, as Rushdie notes – […]
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*Indelible Ink*
Indelible Ink, BY FIONA MCGREGOR, SCRIBE, $32.95 A late-life divorce leaves Marie King with a large house on Sydney’s North Shore, a horribly judgmental brood of adult children and a growing dependence on white goods and alcohol. So far, so predictable – until the day, on impulse, she gets her first tattoo. Then another. She […]
*Nomad*
NOMAD , BY AYAAN HIRSI ALI, HARPERCOLLINS, $35. Just 40 years old this year, Somali-born Ayaan Hirsi Ali has already lived many lives: the dutiful Muslim daughter, who was hideously “circumcised” at five; the young woman who fled from an arranged marriage; and the conservative Dutch politician. Ali has been called brave, but also a […]
*The Lacuna*
THE LACUNA BY BARBARA KINGSOLVER, FABER & FABER, $23.99. A lacuna is a blank space, like the missing part of a jigsaw, and a title well-chosen for this fascinating novel and winner of the 2010 Orange Prize. It tells the story of dreamy young Harrison – son of a flamboyant Mexican mother and largely absent […]
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*The Snowman*
THE SNOWMAN BY JO NESBØ, RANDOM HOUSE, $32.95. “Guaranteed cooler than Stieg Larsson,” says the cover sticker. Who could resist? Nesbø is Norway’s gun crime writer and with this – his fifth novel to be translated into English – he has broken big, proving there’s life in the old serial-killer genre yet. Distinguishing this one […]
*The Last Letter From Your Lover*
THE LAST LETTER FROM YOUR LOVER BY JOJO MOYES, HODDER & STOUGHTON, $32.99. The Last Letter From Your Lover is a perfectly executed love story. It weaves together two tales: that of present-day journalist Ellie and wealthy 1960s housewife Jennifer. Ellie is in a less-than-perfect relationship with a married man when she discovers a beautiful […]