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WRITER VICKI ARCHER

Australian writer Vicki Archer has found success charting her love of all things French. In 1999, alongside her husband and three children, she bo...

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travel

writer lisa clifford

I was almost afraid to ask. Because my dad is a family history buff and you can get sidetracked for hours with him if you ask about our origins. Bu...

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writing

writer linda jaivin at swf

I thought I'd share some of the inspiring quotes, info and advice from various talks I'm attending at the Sydney Writers' Festival.On Monday night ...

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writing

sydney writers' festival

This week is the Sydney Writers' Festival, which must mean that I've been blogging for almost a year. I know it gets said so often that it usually...

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homes

shannon fricke

Shannon Fricke was one of the many talented Australian women I featured on Design*Sponge during my guest blog stint, and I'm so happy that Murdoch...

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writing

writer georgia blain

That's it. Next year I'm packing my bags and heading to Writers' Week at the Adelaide Festival. While I've enjoyed the talks at its Sydney counterp...

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art

emma magenta...contd

Here's more about... Emma Magenta. Have you always been an illustrator? Was this the focus of your study at art school? I have always, since I was...

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writing

writer nikki gemmell

Success is a funny thing. Publication of The Bride Stripped Bare - with the teasing author note: anonymous - threw Nikki Gemmell onto the world pu...

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fashion

karin upton baker

Wonder woman - Karin Upton Baker. The style queen with Australian media personality Deborah Hutton. Because she turned Harper's Bazaar into a mus...

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food

writer martin hughes

James Braund, photographer of The Slow Guide Melbourne, says of this pic: "This was taken at Werribee Zoo. I like the negative space with the clou...

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travel

taking it easy?

I'm off to Melbourne this weekend and going to try very, very hard to absorb rather than devour the city. In my bag, I'm taking The Slow Guide To ...

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