In Search of Angels

When her 14 year old niece was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, respected journalist, radio producer and TV researcher, Janise Beaumont (pictured), set off in search of a miracle. What she found will warm your heart and perhaps, restore your faith in humanity. Eight years ago life hurt like crazy. Janise Beaumont felt she had [...]

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Do You Want Sex With That?

Journalist for The Age newspaper in Melbourne, Claire Halliday (pictured), was asked to write a book on Australian’s attitudes to sex. As well as providing a fascinating look inside Australia’s sex industry and the organisations that oppose it, Do You Want Sex With That? discusses the impact of sex in the media on our society. [...]

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Lisa Williams – Life Among the Dead

Since 2006 Lisa Williams (pictured) has been hosting her own cable TV show, Life Among the Dead, which airs in Australia on W. On 14th September the popular medium and clairvoyant spoke to me by telephone from her home in England. It was the evening before my 40th birthday and I was hoping Lisa Williams [...]

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To Hellas and Back: My Modern-day Greek Tragedy by Lana Penrose

BOOK REVIEW. To Hellas and Back is the true story of one woman’s four year Greek Odyssey for love.  Lana Penrose subtitled her book, ‘My modern-day Greek tragedy’, but it soon becomes clear to the reader that Penrose was being facetious, as this very funny book does not read like any Greek tragedy I’ve ever [...]

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Comedian Denise Scott reflects on her first gig as an author

Denise Scott (pictured) is a well-loved Melbourne based stand-up comedian, actor and radio and TV personality. She has appeared regularly on TV shows such as Full Frontal, The Today Show and The Big Gig, and was the breakfast host at Melbourne radio station Vega FM for 3 years and is currently a regular on Spicks+Specks [...]

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Piecing life together after childhood sexual abuse

Singer, songwriter, public speaker, business owner and author, Monique Lisbon (pictured) was twenty years old when her life fell apart. After years of being scared silent, Monique was able to admit to herself and to others that she had been sexually abused by her father and thus, began a long and often painful journey to [...]

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‘The Woodcutter’s Wife: A Stepmother’s Tale’ by Dolla S. Merrillees

Book of the Month: May 2008 Lets face it, in the minds of millions of children, stepmothers are about as popular as broccoli and visits to the dentist. Always cast as the villain In fairy tales, the stepmother in reality faces an uphill battle to convince all others she is not the wicked witch of [...]

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‘Judas Kisses’ by Donna Carson with Debbie Ritchie

Judas Kisses by Donna Carson with Debbie Ritchie A true story of betrayal and survival On Good Friday in 1994, Donna Carson was bashed, doused in petrol and set alight by her de facto partner. Donna suffered horrific burns to 65 per cent of her body and spent the next six months in hospital lapsing [...]

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