Books

The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult, Allen & Unwin, $29.99. This astonishing return to form from US best-selling author Jodi Picoult, whose last two books were comparatively lacklustre, is surely her most outstanding work to date. Sage Singer, 25, is a brilliant baker at Our Daily Bread in small town Westerbrook, run by former nun, Mary […]

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion, Text Publishing, $29.99. After winning the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for best unpublished manuscript last June, interest in Graeme Simsion’s The Rosie Project has catapulted from low hum to very loud buzz in the literary world, with 30 countries snapping up the rights, earning the Melbourne-based debut author more […]

Ketchup Clouds by Annabel Pitcher, Indigo, $22.99. It’s called cross-over fiction; novels that speak to adults as potently as they do the youth market and if any sector is going to save the future of book publishing, surely this is it. It’s a category forged by Harry Potter, Twilight and a host of post-utopian serials, […]

Surprise and romance are the order of the day at the couple’s restaurant… When images of South Australian MKR star Lisa Gabel, 41,wearing a ring on her engagement finger re-surfaced last week, the rumour mill went into overdrive her boyfriend Stefano Guerra had popped the question! And now a source connected to the couple hints […]

Candice and Lisa allege there’s more to the scoring than food. There’ve been allegations of strategic scoring in the past, but never before in MKR history has anyone been accused of collusion. However Western Australian mother/daughter team Lisa and Candice Clarke say that’s exactly what happened during filming of the current season. “There was definitely […]

A couple of headline makers grab more attention together. Stunning Aussie swim star Stephanie Rice appears to have fallen for her Celebrity Apprentice co-star, singer Rob Mills, since meeting him on the set of the Nine Network reality series. “Everyone has been talking about it,” an insider confirms. “There is chemistry there and they make […]

It was surprising enough for Sydney brothers Julian and Dailius Wilson to win their way to Los Angeles to meet their idol Ellen DeGeneres, but the surprise she had in store for them surpassed their expectations. The brothers, who were flown to LA to watch a live taping of The Ellen DeGeneris Show in LA, […]

Popularity has never been their strong point. They’ve been called everything from “Spice Girls” to spoilt brats, but MKR’s Jessie Khan and Biswa Kamila are used to not winning friends. “I said to Mum the other day, ‘My friends are coming over to watch TV,’ and she said, ‘What friends?’” Biswa, 23, reveals. “We don’t […]

The Voice winner is pushed to her limit by the pressure of stardom and online bullies. From her astonishing first audition on The Voice it was clear Karise Eden is a sensitive soul. “I am very introverted… so it is really hard to be in this position,” she admitted during filming last year. “I am […]

The latest recruit on The Voice, Latino super star Ricky Martin has hit our shores, touching down in Sydney this morning. Geared up to join the popular show’s coaching panel, Ricky made a low-key entrance into Sydney without his partner, Carlos Gonzales, or twin sons Matteo and Valentino. Ricky was selected for the show after […]