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The June 2 Edition

In our special winter reading issue, we talk with a slew of great writers. We’re thrilled to have famed Chilean author Isabel Allende grace our cover and share her success story.

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The June 2 Edition
Isabel Allenda wrote the children’s book Perla: The Mighty Dog, featuring her rescue dog of the same name.

At 81, Isabel Allende knows how she’d like to die: ‘At home, with warm socks and a dog’

The Chilean writer, who has sold more than 74 million books, has an unlikely new project featuring her rescue dog, Perla.

  • by Robyn Doreian

At 30, this writer put bad boys and drink behind her. Then she sold 30 million books

Novelist Marian Keyes’ life is divided into two, but she says her painful youth still haunts her.

  • by Johanna Thomas-Corr
Where do all the bookish kids go if their school doesn’t have a library?
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Where do all the bookish kids go if their school doesn’t have a library?

They need a retreat to the quiet world of imagination sometimes, away from the hurly-burly of the playground.

  • by Jane Caro
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I saw a woman call Kathy Lette a moll. It could have been me

I saw a woman call Kathy Lette a moll. It could have been me

This literary fan had suffered an unfortunate affliction known as a spoonerism, where the beginnings of two words are transposed.

  • by Jo Pybus

From thrillers to a saucy romance, here are the best can’t-put-down winter reads

When it’s too cold to go outside, curl up with a good book.

  • by Georgie Gordon
Microscopic molecules released by food, flowers, fragrance – anything with a scent – stimulate these sensory cells and send messages to the brain.

As a beauty editor, these are my top five fragrances I always recommend

Looking for a new scent? These perfumes get the tick of approval.

  • by Stephanie Darling

‘When I got married, I wore the same dress I wore on our first date’: Author Bri Lee

A big, white wedding dress was never on the agenda for the Australian writer.

  • by Georgie Gordon
Stephanie Alexander in her inner-city garden.

The men in Stephanie Alexander’s life are mostly ‘husbands of friends or gay’

“I get plenty of hugs from them and I am happy with that,” says the 83-year-old author and cook.

  • by Jane Rocca
Centre photograph courtesy of Helle Mardahl

Create a contemporary reading nook you’ll want to spend hours in

Everything you need to cosy up with a good book, from a fluoro lamp with a gentle glow to a warm wool throw.

  • by Georgie Gordon
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‘Dark chocolate, a chamomile tea and some CBD oil’: An artist’s day on a plate

Hannah Fox’s plant-based diet is reviewed by dietitian, Dr Joanna McMillan who gives top marks for her intake of fermented foods.

  • by Nicole Economos
Kate Holden and Tim Flannery in the open-plan living area, where they like to entertain. It is filled with books, plants and numerous op-shop finds. Suspended above them is a wooden-framed canoe handcrafted by Peter Ingram-Jones.

Writers’ retreat: Inside Tim Flannery and Kate Holden’s eclectic, coastal home

Inspiration abounds, both in the cabinets of curiosities within this eco-built house and the Illawarra bushland outside.

  • by Susan Redman
The centuries have changed, but Greece is eternal.

Ready to quit your job, move abroad and write a book? Go to Greece

Having lived there twice, I know I’m not the first writer to fall in love with the country.

  • by Susan Johnson
Winter vegetable tray bake.

Adam Liaw’s winter vegetable tray bake

Winter brassicas are caramelised in an oven with stock powder, salt and pepper and served with lemon wedges.

  • by Adam Liaw
Mulled wine pears.

Adam Liaw’s mulled wine pears

The warm spices of mulled wine combine with winter pears for a simple but classic dessert.

  • by Adam Liaw

Gemini: Get ready to embrace a new chapter

Free weekly forecast in life, love and career from renowned astrologer, Hedy Damari.

  • by Hedy Damari
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