The Face: Ah Xian
AH Xian giggles into his green tea as he describes how he once recruited himself as a guinea pig and ended up in casualty with chemical burns.
Rosemary Neill
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Dangerous to know
FROM the sirens of Greek mythology who lured mariners to their deaths to executed spy Mata Hari and the sinful seductresses of film noir, the femme fatale is an enduring archetype. With high sex drive and low morals, she at once excites and repels us. She is brazen, beautiful and dangerous to know.
The Face: James Galea
WHAT does James Galea have against rabbits? “Nothing at all,” he says, flashing an impish grin.
Their island homes
As SBS unveils its groundbreaking indigenoushistory series, Rosemary Neill finds thelands rights story didn’t end with Eddie Mabo.
Kids’ author on a winning roll
BY any measure, it was an unglamorous start to a literary career. Two years ago, Aaron Blabey, who had just turned his back on a flourishing acting career, started work on his first children’s book — writing on a toilet roll.
Former actor wins top kids’ book prize
TWO years ago, Aaron Blabey chucked in a flourishing acting career. Soon after, he wrote his first children’s book, with another surprising twist.
Less sex, more city
ON the promotional trail for the new Sex and the City film, one of the leading ladies was in an unusually confessional mood.
The Face: Robert Newton
WHEN author Robert Newton visits schools, the teachers, naturally enough, want him to discuss his fiction.
The Face: Mark Tedeschi
DURING a lunchtime adjournment, barrister Sarah Huggett sits at her computer in a horsehair wig, breastfeeding her infant. Crown prosecutor Frank Holles bursts out of the hatch of an army fighting vehicle, his horsehair wig half camouflaging his eyebrows.
The Face: Anita Amirrezvani
WHEN Anita Amirrezvani gives speeches about her acclaimed debut novel, The Blood of Flowers, she tells her audiences: “I was born in the axis of evil and raised by the Great Satan.”
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