Why you shouldn’t let celebrities read to your kids
Schools and parents have been warned not to let the rise of digital storytelling – where celebrities read kids’ books – replace the act of reading out loud to children
Books
‘I wanted to ask you out’: A new Sydney love story
A city florist confronts her feelings for a hunky regular customer in this exclusive short story for Sydney readers ahead of Valentine’s Day by Mills & Boon author Annie West.
Meet Australia’s newest bookworms: babies
More parents are signing up their newborns for a library card to give the gift of reading to their children even before they start school. You too can help Raise a Reader with our book giveaway.
Affair that ripped Simpson’s family apart
Jessica Simpson has opened up about the devastating secret that destroyed her family, and how the truth was eventually discovered.
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Babies fed with water and honey
BIRTH is no delicate matter and the things midwives see would astound you. But as Beth McRae can attest, not very long ago things were done very, very differently.
Crime writer Ruth Rendell dies
BEST-SELLING British crime writer Ruth Rendell, who wrote over 60 books in a career spanning five decades, has at the age of 85.
‘I woke up in the future’
NAOMI Jacobs went to bed one night as a 32-year-old single mother, and woke up the next day believing she was fifteen again. Yes, really.
How a mother’s love conquered all
WHEN Cath Marriott’s husband died, the farmer raised their four children through flood, fire, drought and debt.
‘I beat him back, but it was useless’
MOST of us only endure such a moment of terror in our worst nightmares. Gina’s kidnapper wanted to do hurt her as much as he could – and she couldn’t stop him.
Why it all tastes like ‘chicken’
SO much of the food we now eat is not only a lie, it is a very good lie. Here’s why you’ve probably never tasted real chicken in your life.
Melbourne bar owner wins Stella Prize
AUTHOR Emily Bitto has been awarded the $50,000 Stella Prize for women’s writing for her debut novel, The Strays.
Sneak peek: Inside Kim’s selfie book
GET ready to see A LOT of Kim Kardashian in her upcoming book of selfies. In a sneak peek of Selfish, the selfie queen’s “photography” work
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