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How Tea Cosies Changed the World

Thu, 2012-05-10 12:30 Author: Loani Prior Murdoch Books RRP $30.00 This is the third of Loani Prior’s books on tea cosies, you know the knitted doilies you put over teapots to keep them warm and stop them from burning you?  Who would have thought there was an entire cult following of such objects?  But there... Read more

COCO CHANEL: HOMOPHOBE OR LESBIAN?

 Wed, 2011-08-24 13:55 A juicy new book about the life of Coco Chanel comes out this year with its publisher, Penguin Books, describing it as “the truth about Chanel’s drug habit and lesbian affairs”. Its author, Lisa Chaney, has certainly done her homework, drawing on recently discovered love letters,... Read more

A GUIDE TO AUSTRALIAN ETIQUETTE: FOR ALL OCCASIONS, FROM WEDDINGS TO WORK

 Tue, 2011-06-21 11:33 Ms Buttrose has published her second book on etiquette, the first released 25 years ago.  Many things have changed in 25 years, but Buttrose unerring ability to scold the reader in the sweetest possible way has not.  In fact, she has gotten feistier and funnier with age, chiding people... Read more

MISSOURI BY CHRISTINE WUNNICKE

 Wed, 2011-03-30 16:09 Douglas Fortesque is an ambitious court clerk in northern England, and not just a little bit of a con man. He therefore lets his hair down (literally), dyes it black, starves himself until he has that gaunt, poet-like appearance, and pens utter gibberish to the wild acclaim of an effete London... Read more

GONE BY JENNIFER MILLS

 Fri, 2011-03-11 12:57 Gone is an amazing novel about a mentally ill hitchhiker who cannot remember his past when he is released from prison.  Travelling some 4,000 km through the unforgiving Australian outback, his identity and past gone, Frank survives on the generosity of strangers.  As he approaches closer... Read more

BEYOND “THAT’S SO GAY”

 Fri, 2010-07-16 14:37 If you could significantly change student attitudes toward gay men and lesbians, would you do it? What if it only took you one hour a week for six weeks? The first response to these questions is typically disbelief: “Six weeks? Is that all? Are you mad? Have you been into schools lately? Have... Read more

Q Books - Girls Like Me by Teri Louise Kelly

 Fri, 2010-05-21 10:28 Review by Angela Yin Girls Like Me is the first collection of poetry from Teri Louise Kelly. Her poetry can be best described as raw, sexy and rather intimidating in its brutal honesty. A feature of her collection is that she dates all her poems and they span five years – from 2004 to 2009.... Read more

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